Visits in Australia during 2001

Palm Beach visits

Palm Beach is situated in the Northern Beaches, a two hour drive from Sydney (New South Wales), and can be reached by public transport. The trip on the bus takes 1:45hr. Filming may occur one at a time or a few at a time in different spots. Scenes used for filming are the exterior of the Surf Club, the beach down the path from the Surf Club and also on the grassy area parallel to the beach. You are not allowed to interrupt when filming is underway. Only when filming stops and cast members are free to walk around, can you approach them. When they have their breaks, they sit at the tables and you are not allowed to speak to them. Filming does not take place every day and takes place almost every week. Days of filming are given on the Friday before.

I went four times to see filming and the episode numbers they filmed for are below. You can make comparisions by watching the episodes and checking the photos on the following pages. To see when the episodes are due to come on air or when it has been broadcast, refer to the episode guide. Information is provided at the bottom of each photo

March - filming was for episode 3057

April - episode 3078 was filmed

May - episode 3105

December - episode 3231

Filming takes place at Palm Beach once a week, though not every week. Filming occurs at the start of the week, so you may catch them between a Monday and Wednesday.

In the public

I went to see a play in Newtown and met Stephen James King (who played Edward Dunglass) and Anna Hruby (who played Judith Ackroyd) there. They are involved in the deaf community and have full knowledge of Sign Language. They are very friendly. I have also met Judy Nunn who was signing books that I took a day off work to meet her! She acted in a play in Glebe. Click here

Studio visit

Ms Supple took me around Seven Network studios. During the tour, I met Martin Dingle-Wall, Rebecca Cartwright, Susie Rugg. More information is provided with photos. Click here

If you want to go visit the studios, there is no guarantee that you could visit them. Please see question 10 in Victoria's interview why. You can visit Palm Beach - see above

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