Home and Away is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called Refuge, but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of Home and Away once production began.
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Palm Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches district has been used to represent Summer Bay since Home and Away began in 1988.
Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart) is currently the only remaining original cast member in Home and Away.
The Seven Network is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by Seven West Media Limited, and is one of the five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. The network's headquarters are located in Sydney.
8 Central Avenue, Eveleigh; the Seven Network's current headquarters in Sydney
The network's centralised digital playout facility, Broadcast Centre Melbourne, located in the city's Docklands precinct.
Seven News Sydney and Sunrise reporter Jessica Ridley reporting outside the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Ultimo studios in Sydney.
Telecast to 6.5 million Australians via the Seven Network – The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.
