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Yeah it's been mentioned by many since the casting was announced http://www.backtothebay.net/characters/caldwell_lachie/

Following on from the above location, we have the next incarnation of the same on-screen house. Whilst it's probably best remembered via stock shots when Sally & Flynn lived there, the location has actually been used for two other Summer Bay houses over the years. It's no longer standing, but we have pictures of it's replacement alongside the screenshots for comparison. http://www.backtothebay.net/locations/garner-saunders-jefferies-house/

You could always add your own thoughts to the three new threads you created...?

The Ellis/Fraser House has now been uploaded to the site, which some may not realise was actually the first incarnation of what is currently the Braxton House: http://www.backtothebay.net/locations/ellis-house/

Yes they were, George & Heather Davidson

Good news for UK fans regarding Home and Away over the summer: http://www.backtothebay.net/news/2016/05/05/no-summer-break-ha-channel-5/

Channel 5 HD goes free-to-air tomorrow (Edit: Now changed to Wednesday 4th) It'll be on 105 on both Freeview HD and Freesat

The last of RR1's current character profile updates have gone up today, with Olivia bumped up to the regulars, and a huge expansion to Irene's profile to include all of her major storylines from the 90's and early 00's (which the profile was previously lacking somewhat). On the subject of Irene, the second Beach House location was also added to the site this week (with thanks to QA for getting the pics again).

She was only in it for 7 weeks in 1992, playing Kelly Chan who Shane went out with briefly.

That's an upcoming location addition on the site

I'd have liked to see it return too, though I think the time has passed when you look at it now (maybe it's just me being sentimental)... (not an actual spoiler below, just an image) There's a plethora of other houses around the area which could be suitable though if they did bring back a proper exterior location.

I guess with Summer Bay House it's just the fact that people refer to the whole place as "the caravan park" for simplicity. I'm certain I have heard it in dialogue at least once, but I honestly couldn't say when. Both 'Summer Bay House' and 'Beach House' are still used when referring to the sets in the production paperwork though (scripts, filming schedules etc.)

Today we've uploaded a major, yet rarely seen, location to the site - a bit of an oxymoron... The current Beach House location, used solely in stock shots at various points over the past 15 years. To give it its due though, at least it has a proper upstairs

Everything we know is on the location page - it wasn't mentioned after that.

Usually story generation is down to the Script Producers, or Story Editors as they were called back in the day. Though obviously any storylines have to be approved by the Producer and other powers that be. As for specific reasons for storylines, well that's down to them... For Roxy, it's likely that they wanted something that would eventually facilitate a reason for her departure. We have had interviews/Q&A's etc. over the years with two of H&A's venerated Script Producers, Bevan Lee and Coral Drouyn, and I have been in touch with others in recent times - so never say never.

You'll find all you need to know here - it burnt down in real-life in 2002, was rebuilt, and started appearing on-screen again in 2015. The interior was a set, as are all the other regular character houses.

Time to update this thread a bit, though it does seem I've been talking to myself in here for the past year With the 2015 season now over in the UK, our current character profiles are in the process of being updated once again - starting with Jett, John and Marilyn as today's update. A big thanks to RR1 once again for his continued effort with keeping them up to date. There's also been a few new guest character profiles, including one for Darcy Callahan last week (again thanks to RR1). A number of new locations have been added to the site in the past couple of months, thanks to QA going out and getting the pics for us, including Harry's Kidnap, Morag's City Mansion and Meg's Funeral amongst others. (discussion here) We've recently run an exclusive interview with Laura Vazquez that can be read here (discussion here) - and the rest of the Interviews section also got a spruce up. The Births, Marriages and Deaths pages have been updated (discussion for that here) There's also been a large number of news articles, largely thanks to Matt - and for those watching the Early Years repeats on 7TWO, I recently added a preview for the 1995 season with dates of the key episodes. For those following the 'Who Shot Charlotte?' storyline, Matt's also running two articles - one at Australian pace and one at UK pace - to show all the latest developments with the investigation and possible suspects, which he endeavours to update on a weekly basis. There's still lots of tweaks being made to the site here and there, and we know there's a number of areas which are yet to be revamped/updated. It is a long process due to the sheer volume of pages on the site, but Chris is still beavering away when he can. We're getting ready to launch a whole new section of the site very soon, and work has started behind the scenes on a big expansion/makeover of one of the existing sections.

Apologies for the apparent inability to post at the moment - the problem hasn't seemed to have affected Admin accounts, so I didn't even notice until RR1 just emailed me (I thought it was a bit quiet!). We hope to have it sorted as soon as we can!

The location of Meg Bowman's Funeral has been uploaded to the site today, with the following locations also uploaded in recent weeks: Federation Bank (2008) Lily Nelson's Hostel Elliot Gillen's House Thanks again to QA for the pics. There's also been a small update to the info on the Bellingham Mansion after the resident at the time got in touch with us. http://www.backtothebay.net/locations/

Yes there's a passing reference in a few weeks time, not really a spoiler as such so I figured I'd include it with this update whilst I was at it

The Births, Marriages and Deaths pages have been updated with the following: BIRTHS/MISCARRIAGES Casey Braxton Twins of Kyle Braxton & Phoebe Nicholson MARRIAGES/ENGAGEMENTS Nathan Roberts & Grace O'Connor Zac Macguire & Leah Patterson-Baker James Edmunds & Roo Stewart DEATHS Dean Sanderson Tom Knight Denny Miller Trystan Powell Charlotte King The pages themselves have had a bit of a revamp, but that section is still on the old publishing system - so some of the old look/logo still remains in the main indexes etc.

It's a natural affinity to the Norfolk Pine trees which cover Summer Bay

The Facebook profiles you're referring to for Alan and Lynne are fake (I know that for a fact), and I'm not even sure why anyone would believe they're real given the comments they're coming out with. So can we please get back on topic rather than spreading gossip about actors which is false.

Early days and probably of no consequence to many, but Channel 5 have recently been granted a licence by OFCOM to broadcast Channel 5 HD on Freeview. (the HD channel has only ever been available on Sky and Virgin Media since it launched nearly 6 years ago)

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