News and Spoilers > August 2005

Further to the news of the cast's appearance at St Mark's Park on Saturday we now have three confirmed names who will be there.

Jon Sivewright, Paul O'Brien and Laurie Foell will be three of the possible six stars which may be there.

Laurie will be appearing within hours of stepping off the plane from her six week stint in Shortland Street

We hope to bring you pictures from the event so keep an eye out

We reported yesterday that a brand new Home and Away promotion featuring Martha McKenzie has started airing on 'five'.

A second promotion has now been spotted, featuring bikini-clad Martha and Cassie playing together in the sea. As the pair run out of the sea, the voiceover announces "Welcome to Summer Bay, girls".

Martha and Cassie arrive on UK screens in September.

The new promotions haven't been well received by members of our Forum, who feel the emphasis needs to be on the storylines themselves. What do you think? The discussion is continuing on our forum.

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Five have started airing a new Home and Away promo, featuring Jodi Gordon who plays Martha McKenzie. She emerges from the sea and says "You didn't know Alf had a grandaughter, did you?"

This is Five's first promotion of one particular storyline since Dani's trial which aired last July.

Martha makes her first appearance on UK screens on September 14th when, along with Alf, she returns from New York where she has been living with Roo.

As member c120701 points out, most people did know that Alf had a grandaughter, with Roo giving birth in the first season of Home and Away.

Discuss the new promo in this forum topic

If you live in Sydney then head on down to Marks Park in Tamarama on Saturday 3rd September to see some of your favourite stars!

At least 3 of the Home and Away cast members will be there to help launch the latest stage of the Spicers Paper 'Recreate' program - a native regeneration project introduced to help rebuild the fragile ecosystem in the area.

The launch will commence at 10am at Marks Park, Marks Lane, Tamarama

See more info in this article posted by forum member 'sydneysider'

Ben Unwin, who appeared as Jesse McGregor until recently in Australian episodes, will be in the UK from 2nd to 15th October. He will be doing a number of appearances whilst over here. We'll bring you more details as soon as soon as we get confirmation on dates and locations of appearances.

Home and Away has been nominated at this year's 'Inside Soap Awards'. The soap is nominated in all but one of the categories:

Best Actor
Kip Gamblin (Scott Hunter)
Chris Hemsworth (Kim Hyde)

Best Actress
Ada Nicodemou (Leah Patterson)
Kate Ritchie (Sally Fletcher)

Best Bad Boy
Mark Furze (Eric Dalby)

Best Bitch
Laurie Foell (Josie Russell)

Best Family
The Hunters

Best Couple
Ada Nicodemou and Tim Campbell (Leah Patterson and Dan Baker)
Kate Ritchie and Joel McIlroy (Sally Fletcher and Flynn Saunders)

Best Newcomer
Tim Campbell (Dan Baker)
Chris Hemsworth (Home and Away)

Best Storyline
Sarah Lewis's revenge campaign
The mine shaft disaster

Best Young Actor
Tobi Atkins (Henry Hunter)
Indiana Evans (Matilda Hunter)

Funniest Performance
Lyn Collingwood (Colleen Smart)
Lynne McGranger (Irene Roberts)

Sexiest Female
Rebecca Cartwright (Hayley Lawson)
Tammin Sursok (Dani Sutherland)

Sexiest Male
Kip Gamblin (Scott Hunter)
Ben Unwin (Jesse McGregor)

Best Soap
Home and Away

You can vote now here. Voting closes on the 26th August, so be quick!

The first book, Home and Away 6 : Mayday, was released on the 1st June 2005, and follows Colleen, Dan, Leah, Tasha, Kim and Hayley's path as they board the mysterious seaplane, only to return to land ahead of schedule in a dramatic plane crash.

Back at Summer Bay, the anxious hours pass. Alf organises the search and rescue mission; Scott thinks of all the things he desperately needs to tell Hayley. But as the daylight begins to fade, there is still no news of the missing plane. And soon, terrible doubts begin to creep in.

The second book, Home and Away 7 : Second Chances, will be released on the 1st September 2005. It follows Kane and Kirsty's ordeal as Gus Phillips returns to town to chance (and possibly ruin) their lives forever.

He's back in Summer Bay. Gus Phillips - Kane's good-for-nothing father. And now, Kane stands to lose everything he loves.

Both books are published by Pan Macmillan Australia and are priced at A$14.95. They are both written by Jane Anderson, and can be bought from good Australian bookstores.