First Episode: 4771 (19th January 2009)
Last Episode: 4995 (27th November 2009)
For the first time in the history of Home and Away, the full opening titles sequence was replaced with a 15 second sequence showcasing Palm Beach and surrounds, with the colour scheme from a sunrise to sunset.
The introduction of this type of sequence follows a long period of an introductory title card being used since 2006, albeit intermittently.
The titles were created by Sydney based design and post-production house Engine. Hundreds of photos were taken around the Palm Beach area which were graded and composited together as one large collage in Autodesk’s Flame software. The collage begins with the views from Barrenjoey Headland, before taking us past the Barrenjoey Boathouse, the Pier Diner and along various parts of the peninsula, finally ending (as is tradition in recent years) on a sunrise shot of the beach.
For the first time since 1989, the Home and Away logo is white.