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My big fat Gypsy return

Ailsa — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:00:37 +0000

It’s been on Facebook, it’s been on Twitter and now here is the blog announcement that Ms. Gypsy Nash is returning to Summer Bay! Once the town’s biggest wagon, then a roadside ma, who knows what scandal she’ll bring with her this time. I bet she makes a beeline for Dr. Sid.

Kim Hyde likes Horse Outside

Ailsa — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:35:42 +0000

Ah, he sounds like a grand chap.

Kim Hyde aka Thor

Ailsa — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:20:07 +0000

Not satisfied with heading off to the city with Kit and baby Archie, Kim Hyde has discovered within himself great Norse powers. Turns out he was Thor, god of thunder, all along! Does that mean Barry is Odin?

Lights, camera, Alex

Flathead — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:38:26 +0000

Guess who directed Friday’s episode? None other than Danny Raco, aka Alex Poulos. Apparently he’s been directing on the show since he returned in 2007. Fair play Danny. Related posts: Fairy lights Alf Stewart Home and Away set photos Related posts:

Fan art

Ailsa — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:59:50 +0000

Check this out; who do you think wears the beard best? This was sent to homeandawayireland HQ by the reader known only as Saul.

The very start

Ailsa — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:34:44 +0000

Check this out. The very very first episode of Home and Away, as sent to us by one Donal O’Malley. Fisher was a bit evil, eh, suggesting lying in order to land Bobby in prison?

Hammer of the gods

Flathead — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:46:33 +0000

Once we knew him as Kim Hyde but now you will have to refer to him as Thor. Between this and the Star Trek film last year, Chris Hemsworth is doing pretty well for himself. You can expect Kenneth Branagh’s film to hit your screens sometime in the new year.

Is this Bridget?

Ailsa — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:32:08 +0000

Commenter Belle pointed out that the Fashion on the Field lady was very like Alf’s erstwhile paramour, Bridget. They are suspiciously alike. What do you think?

: Bridget 1

Bridget 2, from http://www.whatsontv.co.uk

I suppose I could have looked at the credits to find out.

Summer Bay’s most loved

Ailsa — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:37:34 +0000

Well, we asked and you answered. Unsurprisingly, the most popular person in the Bay is none other than everyone’s favourite galah, Mr. Alf Stewart.

There were some surprises though. For example, Aden and Belle made the top ten. I’d say it was on account of their ridiness. Belle in particular was a bit moany, no?

The no-voters were Brodie, Shelley, Rebecca, Jade, Max, Rachel, Hyde, Roxy, Saul.

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Will!

Ailsa — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:55:25 +0000

Rack off pointed us to this – Will’s coming back to the Bay!

That RTE Ten site has loads of H&A gossip on it sure.

Sally got married!

Ailsa — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:52:01 +0000

I think she should have had Roxy as bridesmaid.

Oi Tasha nooooooooooooooooooooooo

Ailsa — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:47:16 +0000

Young Tasha is a bit famous in Hollywood now – was she in Transformers? Anyway that hasn’t stopped her wearing mad clothes.

P.S. And continuing her mad streak…

Too steamy

Ailsa — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:09:57 +0000

A scene between Liam and Martha has been deemed “too steamy” for young audiences. You’d expect nothing less from Martha, though.

Essential objects of cultural significance: Home and Away

Ailsa — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:14:14 +0000

Intrepid reader Saul sent me this. Isn’t it amazing?
I think my favourite item is the stoned crow.

Who was Rory?

From http://turbomonthly.blogspot.com/

Great birthday present

Ailsa — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:51:06 +0000

Unbelieveable. Kate Ritchie introducing the Summer Bay weddings of the past. We had a pregnant (with Martha?) Roo running out on Frank, Alf and Ailsa slying off to become man and wife, and Angel miraculously rising from her wheelchair to walk down the aisle. Not to mention Don and Marilyn’s nuptials, and Hayley’s ghost dad giving her away. Hayley was always seeing ghosts. Do yis want a lend?

The lives and loves of Martha McKenzie

Flathead — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:13:22 +0000

Methodical? Never.

Mysterious? Sometimes.

Misunderstood? Often

Monogamous? Rarely.

Moron? Always.

Martha. Summer bay is a poorer place without it’s resident wild card. You can say many things about her but life was never dull with her around. It’s hard to know where to start with her.

She arrived in town with a flash when Jack dared her to streak naked along the seafront. Alf was unimpressed but he had to get used to these kind of shenanigans from his grand daughter. She later went onto appear in a strip club as a pole dancer which was classic H&A viewing. She wasn’t slow in showing her assets.

Yes, it was never dull with old Martha. She was the subject of regular kidnappings, attempted murder, car crashes, cancer, miscarriages and any kind of disaster going really. The bay will miss it’s resident queen of drama.

She knew when to fight for what was right, such as when she saved Tasha from Mama Rose and the cult. She also knew when to forgive and forget with Jonah’s past and Hugo’s people smuggling. Bit of a goldfish memory.

Martha had a talent for making snap decisions. This is what made herself and Jack such a good match. Life changing choices like “I’m going to buy a farm”, “I’m adopting Bum bum” or “I’m leaving the bay” would be made in space of a lunch hour. It would often be followed by the rational of “I’ve thought about it” – for a whole five minutes, went unsaid.

What of her lovers? Let us count the names. I’ll start with Jack. I wonder if we can name them all?

You’re going to feel the leather of my belt

Ailsa — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:54:40 +0000

AKA wasn’t Duncan an awful brat?

R.I.P. Vinoire Patterson

Flathead — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:44:54 +0000

Elijah has finally revealed his secret, and it was a double-barrelled one. Firstly, he told Miles that Vinnie didn’t die in prison. This was news to Miles, but not to us. Leah knew he was alive and in hiding from the Teddy bear incident. But Elijah also revealed that Vinnie has died recently and the reverend was the last one to see him alive. Shocking stuff. How will Leah reacts when she finds out the truth? Go mental for five minutes and then get over it is my prediction. Then she’ll make her move on him. Maybe she’ll vomit on him like she did with Roman. What a winner.

Who is Marilyn Chambers?

Flathead — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:25:11 +0000

Marilyn has returned to the bay after 10 years away in Blighty. But who is she and what makes her so popular in the Bay? Here is the lowdown for those fans who don’t remember her from the first time around.

She ran a beauty parlour out the back of the old diner and gave facials to Madge Wilkins et al.
Marilyn used to be Morag’s housekeeper. It provided some great comedy as they were the ultimate odd couple. It’ll be interesting to see how they get on the next time Morag turns up in the Bay.
Marilyn went out with Lance Smart, Colleen’s son. Colleen seems to bear a grudge about their break up.
Lance, Marilyn and Martin Dibble were in a band together that went national for a brief time. I can’t remember what they were called. Lance got jealous as the press insinuated that Marilyn was going out with Martin, not Lance. This caused the band to split up.
Donald “Flathead” Fisher married Marilyn in an unlikely liaison. They had a baby called Byron but he sadly passed away. His poor parents were distraught and Marilyn got depressed and fled to London. Irene and Flathead went to look for her. Their method of searching involved touring the city on an open top bus. Preposterous as this may sound, they managed to find her.

It’s good to have her back and I’m sure she’ll provide us with much hilarity. She seems to have ditched her habit of wearing tiny backpacks as handbags.

Summer Bay Superpowers

Ailsa — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:44:26 +0000

Building on the bonza idea that Drew’s Shrew had about a cross-over Home and Away/Heroes show, commenter Sorry for being a crazy dingo has given us a deadly list of Home and Away character super-powers:

ALF – grows gills when he jumps in the water and swims underwater, like a fish which is kind of ironic.
COLLEEN – able to speak any language at will and talk to animals, that means she can gossip with anyone or anything.
MILES – the ability to eat food without ever getting full. (Sounds like a crappy superpower, but in later seasons he will discover he has a psychic conscience named Rabbit).
NICOLE – the ability to attract any person at will with her beauty.
JAI – the ability to be invincible.
IRENE – the ability to attract troubled children into her lair.
ANGELO – the ability to cause amnesia to others (everyone, including Martha, seems to have forgiven him for killing Jack and covering up the murder).
CHARLIE – the ability to change sexuality at will.
RUBY – the ability to screech so loud, it causes one’s ears to bleed.
GINA – the ability to convince people that she’s actually Tony’s sister and not his grandmother.
XAVIER – the same ability as Ruby.
MARTHA – the ability to never grieve and be constantly sexually promiscuous.
LIAM – the ability to be completely forgotten about only few months after being an Australian megastar.
ADEN – the same ability as Martha.
LEAH – the ability to be as sexy as Penelope Cruz but no-one in town appearing to notice.mink
RACHEL – the ability to heal, in all areas of medicine.
TONY – the ability of super strength.
ROMEO – the ability to to…eh…surf…REALLY REALLY WELL. (That one sucked).
MINK – the ability to stare at someone and kill them. What a bad ass!
VJ – the ability to shoot water bombs from his hands.
MORAG – the ability to be the best lawyer ever.
RABBIT – the ability to rise from the dead, be psychic and make herself invisible to all but Miles.

What do you reckon? Do you have any others to add?