<P> In Australia, Home and Away currently airs on the Seven Network at 7: 00 pm from Mondays to Thursdays, going up against rival current affairs shows A Current Affair on the Nine Network, and The Project on Network Ten . The show is on air for approximately 45 weeks each year . Each season is usually broadcast from January / February and conclude with the season finale in November / December, as it goes off air for a two months during the Christmas and New Year period . The last five aired episodes shown are available to watch on the Home and Away official Australian website, as part of the Seven Network's catch up TV service . They are also broadcast in an omnibus edition each Sunday on Seven's digital multichannel 7Two . </P> <P> When the show first began in 1988, it aired at 5: 30 pm in Adelaide, at 6: 00 pm in Melbourne and Sydney, at 6: 30 pm in Brisbane, and at 7: 00 pm in Perth . In January 1992, Seven moved Home and Away to the 7: 00 pm timeslot across the network . On 3 November 2009, 7Two began airing repeat episodes of the show from the very beginning at 9: 30 am, before moving to 9: 00 am . Since its premiere, the show had been screened as a 22 - minute episode each weeknight . However, beginning in March 2013, Better Homes and Gardens began replacing Home and Away on Fridays to make way for Seven's AFL coverage . Friday's episodes of Home and Away now air on Thursdays at 7: 30 pm . </P> <P> Since 2000, Home and Away has ceased broadcast mid-season for two weeks during the Olympic Games and the episode to screen prior to this is referred to as an' Olympic cliffhanger' . An Olympic cliffhanger episode would usually involve increased drama, with the peak of a storyline, similar to a season finale episode, and the outcome of the cliffhanger to conclude after the Olympics . Olympic cliffhangers have been broadcast in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2016, with the exclusion of 2012, as the Nine Network screened the 2012 London Olympics . </P> <P> Home and Away has been sold to over 80 countries around the world, making it one of Australia's successful media exports . </P>

When is home and away taking their summer break