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Perth Now
27-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Home and Away is coming to WA: Hit soap to film in the west this October
Home and Away is headed to Western Australia to film in October. Home and Away is headed to Western Australia to film in October. Credit: Supplied Home and Away is heading west for the first-time. Australia's number one television drama will film an 'ambitious, high-stakes storyline' in WA this October. Details are still unknown at this stage, with filming preparations a closely guarded secret. But pre-production is underway for the five special episodes, which will see Home and Away visit this side of the country for the first time in its 37-year history. 'In partnership with Tourism Western Australia, this special Home and Away event will see the show trade the familiar sands of Summer Bay for the vast and varied landscapes of WA,' an official release states. Filming is set to take place 'at several locations' across the State, with producers promising Western Australia will be showcased in all its stunning glory, 'from cosmopolitan Perth to its rugged coastline and expansive red outback.' The WA Government claims the episodes will showcase the State to audiences beyond Australis and New Zealand to almost 50 other international markets. The UK has a strong Home and Away fan base, with 250,000 UK-based viewers per episode, presenting a huge opportunity to promote WA as a tourism destination. Home and Away series producer, Lucy Addario, said the cast and crew were 'beyond excited' to be packing their bags and heading to Perth to begin shooting in two months' time. '(Western Australia's) awe-inspiring beauty, diverse landscapes and sheer scale make it the perfect backdrop for this huge storyline,' she said. 'Working with the Tourism Western Australia team has been an absolute joy and we can't wait for audiences to fall in love with WA like we have.' Camera Icon Hailey Pinto joined Home and Away a year ago, and is nominated for a Logie this year. Credit: Scott Ehler / TheWest Tourism Minister Reece Whitby said he was thrilled to welcome the iconic show here. 'Home and Away has been a staple of Australian television for close to 40 years, and this special WA storyline presents a great opportunity to showcase the State to millions of viewers across the country and around the world,' he said. 'When our pristine coastline and diverse tourism experiences are broadcast to homes across the country and overseas next year, we encourage viewers to come and see these spectacular locations for themselves.' Camera Icon Tourism Minister Reece Whitby. Credit: Ross Swanborough / The West Australian Home and Away, which has been on air since 1988, famously films its outside locations at Palm Beach in NSW's northern beaches. The special Home and Away event will premiere in 2026 on Seven and 7plus. Home and Away airs Monday-to-Thursday at 7pm. The show's stars, Lynne McGranger and Hailey Pinto, are nominees for the 65th TV WEEK Logie Awards, broadcast exclusively on Seven and 7plus from 7.00pm on Sunday August 3. Click here to vote.
7NEWS
15-07-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Unfiltered: AFL fan favourite Jeremy Howe shares moment he thought his career was over
Collingwood veteran Jeremy Howe has opened up on how close he was to retiring following the horrific broken arm he suffered in 2023. Howe suffered the gruesome injury in the opening-round clash against Geelong, but it was the complications and infections after the surgery that almost forced him to walk away from the game. Unfiltered with Hamish McLachlan, featuring Jeremy Howe, 9.30pm straight after The Front Bar on Seven and 7plus. The much-loved player detailed his immediate thoughts of the sickening injury to the low points of the recovery in a powerful episode of Unfiltered. 'The moment where I go upside down, I heard the snap before I hit a deck,' he tells Hamish McLachlan. 'And then once I got to the ground, I'm literally was laying there. Feels pretty painful ... Bruzzy (Brayden Maynard) comes over to pick me up, and then he's like 'oh f***' and I looked down my forearms facing the bench, but by the rest of my forearms up against my rib cage.' 'So it's snapped in four different places, and then my elbow tried to dislocate, chipped two bones in my elbow and snapped my AC joint at the same time. 'And they gave me a green whistle, and it did nothing. I had to wait for the ambos to get there before I could get pain relief. 'My dad was at the game. He came down. I was pretty much in tears, and I was shaking on the bed. I couldn't stop shaking, and I was like, whether I was in shock or they were trying to hold my arm but my legs are trembling. 'The chest is just shuddering, felt like I'm having pain attack. The pain was so significant, I've never felt like anything like it, it was like a blow torch to my arm.' But while the pain of the initial injury was unbearable, things got a lot worse for Howe. An infection to the arm forced him to take antibiotics and painkillers, which took its toll. There was a moment when he couldn't even pick up his one-year-old son Zander, which made Howe question his AFL career. Unfiltered with Hamish McLachlan, featuring Jeremy Howe, 9.30pm straight after The Front Bar on Seven and 7plus. 'It was the pills and the painkillers that got me the most,' he continued. 'But taken so many antibiotics, painkillers, all at the same time for like, a large period of time, like 11 days in a row. 'I was in such a haze where I just had no emotion. I didn't know what I was doing. 'Kahlia would bring Xander in. I couldn't pick him up. I wasn't allowed to touch him. I was like, what's going on? 'I questioned everything ... was this really worth it? Is this what I want to be at 32? I'm not even capable of picking my son up. 'And I've said it before, if I can't be a husband and I can't be a dad then footy just gets parked. That's generally when I thought I was gonna scrap it.' Howe went on to say that surgeon Julian Feller came to see him every single day, which is something he'll 'never ever forget'. For the time in his career, he needed time to decide his future and coach Craig McRae was fully supportive. He went back home with his wife Kahlia and young son, and lasted just nine days before he returned to the club. Howe immediately ticked off a lot of milestones in his recovery, but admitted that he still doesn't have feeling his thumb — two years after the injury. But there was an episode during his recovery that almost forced him to retire on the spot. 'I had an episode where I was taking so many antibiotics, and the strength of what they were, my gut started eroding from the inside, and I ended up having to go back into hospital, getting more pills to try and fight what the other antibiotics were doing,' he said. 'I was like, is this really worth doing this? Because I don't want to be 40, and all of a sudden my intestines in my stomach is gone. It's cooked. 'But I managed to get through I managed to weed myself off the antibiotics. It's either stop playing and get the metal (plate) out, or scrap the antibiotics and pray that the infection doesn't come back. 'So we stop the antibiotics and if it comes back, I'll get it metal (plate) out and then that's it, put a line through me, I'm done. 'And it never came back. So I got off the antibiotics and it instantly made me feel better.' Howe remarkably returned to the field just three months after the horror incident, going on to play in Collingwood's 2023 premiership team. And the 35-year-old is still going strong as the Pies embark on another tilt at the flag.
Daily Mail
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Emotional footy star reveals the heartbreaking reason why he 'cheered against' his own team and how he 'despised' AFL during a tough period
An emotional Alex Pearce has described how he 'despised' AFL football for a large period of his career and why he found himself 'cheering against' his own team, after falling victim to multiple horror injuries. After being drafted to Fremantle as pick No 37 of the 2013 National Draft, The 29-year-old would quickly establish himself as a key pillar in the Dockers' backline. But his brilliant start to life in the AFL came crashing down in 2016 when he suffered a horror leg break during their Round 9 defeat by Richmond. The then-emerging young defender, who has captained the side now for three seasons, was ruled out for the remainder of the 2016 season. Complications with the injury forced him out for longer than anticipated, with Pearce, who is now also studying a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Deakin University, suffering a setback in pre-season forced him to miss the entire 2017 campaign. He'd return to play the following year, but would again experience injury woe in 2019, with his year being agonisingly cut short in Round 11 after he broke his ankle. He'd then miss the entire 2020 season as a result. "I despised AFL for a large period because I was so jealous of everyone that was playing." 📺 Watch Alex Pearce on Unfiltered TONIGHT after The Front Bar on Seven and 7plus! — 7AFL (@7AFL) April 30, 2025 Alex Pearce (pictured) has opened up on battling depression during his injury layoff in 2017 and 2019 The Freo star agonisingly missed several seasons of footy after he broke his leg in 2016 before breaking his ankle again in 2019 In an open interview with Hamish McLachlan on Channel 7's Unfiltered, Pearce claimed that his absence from the game changed the way that he thought about footy and his team. Pearce admitted he struggled with depression after breaking his leg for the second time in 2017. 'I was young, I was 20. I hadn't played a lot of games,' he told Mclachlan on Unfiltered. 'Initially, I was like: "Lots of guys have broken their leg", I played with Michael Barlow at the time, great man, he's come back. 'But when I did it again I was like: "Woah, maybe this game is not for me". Pearce became more emotional as he spoke on his injury tribulations. 'At that point, my whole life revolved around playing and being a footballer and that was my main passion. 'I had struggled with some depression. Through that period, I started to learn a bit more about myself and that I'm interested in other things. 'It was tough but because I'd learnt some lessons and I'd built some resilience, I think I was able to manage it better.' But after breaking his leg for the second time, Pearce heartbreakingly admitted that he did not see football in the same light. 'By this stage, my relationship with football had changed, I wasn't watching football games on TV,' he said. 'I despised AFL for a large period because I was so jealous of everyone that was playing.' The Fremantle captain was promoted to the footy club's leadership group in 2018 before succeeding Nat Fyfe as the club's captain in 2023. Pearce, though, also opened up on how he used to 'hate' himself for one act he used to find himself doing when he watched footy on TV during his rehabilitation. 'There's this thing that happens, and I've spoken to other people about it, that when you watch your own team play you're cheering for them but you are also cheering against them because you want to be missed, you want to be needed,' he explained. 'That's the feeling I had and I hated myself for that because I wanted to be this team man who does the best for everyone.' "You're cheering against them because you want to be missed... I hated myself for that." Alex Pearce discusses the mental toll of injury tonight on Unfiltered 🤕 🏉Watch after The Front Bar on Seven and 7plus 👉 — 7AFL (@7AFL) April 30, 2025 However, Pearce's story is an inspiring one. Despite battling with depression and the pain of not being able to play, the 29-year-old, who is affectionately nicknamed 'Moose' by his team-mates, sought out ways that he could still influence and support his team-mates, and that began in the Crossfit room. 'I just remember that was my sort of goal, in a way. I can't play and train with my teammates, but I can go so hard in the crossy (Crossfit) room, that they can notice me. I can invest in them and invest in our group,p and that's my influence,' he said, speaking on how he strove to inspire others to success. 'I've spoken about leadership before but I think it stems from just a desire to be a part of something great. 'If you want to win badly enough, then you'll do whatever it takes. 'I've probably got some traits, but we're a better chance of winning if I can influence those around me to be better.'
