Please do not use an ad blocker Click on ads to get the service you want br Continue to follow my channel and recommend it to your friends br br br Home and Away" chronicles the lives, loves, happiness, and heart-breaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town in New South Wales, Australia. br br Set in the fictional Australian town of Summer Bay, a small coastal hamlet just north of Sydney, is this long-running soap - it debuted in 1988 - that depicts the sun-drenched residents of a beach-side resort. The programme has served as an acting apprenticeship of sorts for a number of notable former cast members, including Heath Ledger, Isla Fisher, Julian McMahon, Dannii Minogue, Simon Baker, Guy Pearce and Naomi Watts.