<P> Palm Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches district has been used as the location for Summer Bay since Home and Away began in 1988 . It has since become popular with tourists, and tours to the show's exterior sets at Palm Beach run throughout the year . The exterior scenes are filmed mainly at Palm Beach and at Fisherman's Beach in Collaroy . Interior scenes for the show were filmed at the Seven Network's Sydney studios in Epping until 2010 . Following the closure of these studios in early 2010, the interiors are now filmed at the Australian Technology Park in Redfern . The Jackeroo Ranch estate in Kenthurst had been used for the exterior sets of the Summer Bay House and Caravan Park since 1988 . After both sets were destroyed by a bushfire in December 2002, the caravan park set was moved and filmed at other locations such as the Waratah Park Earth Sanctuary between 2007--09 and the Lane Cove River Tourist Park between 2010--14 . A replica of the Summer Bay House was rebuilt in its original location at the Kenthurst estate several years later, with the exception of a grey roof instead of a red one . The caravan park set moved back to the estate after the house was rebuilt, and both exterior sets made their on - screen returns in 2015 . The Summer Bay House is the only house to still be seen on screen since the pilot episode . </P> <P> Aside from New South Wales, Home and Away has also filmed scenes in other states of Australia . In May 2012, the show filmed scenes at Flinders Ranges and Nilpena Station in South Australia for a storyline in which Casey Braxton (Lincoln Younes) was kidnapped and taken to the outback by Kyle Braxton (Nic Westaway). The following month, Home and Away filmed scenes in Melbourne for the second time . In November 2014, the show filmed an episode at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra with several cast members, as a tribute to the Anzac Centenary . The episode centered around Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher), "who becomes upset with the younger generation's perceived lack of respect for Anzac Day, and joins the school trip to Canberra to visit the War Memorial ." Outside of Australia, Home and Away has filmed in Hawaii once and in the UK three times . </P> <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 . All aired episodes shown during the week 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 began on Thursdays at 7: 30 pm . As of 2016, Home and Away currently airs sporadically, with episodes consisting from four to six episodes per week . </P>

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