63-681: Point Lonsdale is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula , near Queenscliff , Victoria , Australia . The town is divided between the Borough of Queenscliffe and the City of Greater Geelong . Point Lonsdale is also one of the headlands which, with Point Nepean , frame The Rip , the entrance to Port Phillip . The headland is dominated by the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse . At the 2016 census , Point Lonsdale had
126-485: A knight in armour enters the lighthouse through a magical door. At the beginning of the series, the knight's face is hidden behind a visor; in the second half, the visor is raised. In the final episode, "The Isle of Dreams", the stranger is revealed to be a girl, Ariel, who offers the children a perfect life on the Isle of Dreams if Pete will become her husband. In the end, they decline, and Ariel disappears forever, along with
189-716: A Dutch public channel, acquired the second series in June 1995. The ACTF received letters and phone calls from viewers of Les Twist Famille in France, many of whom had watched the program on Canal J , the French children's channel. In Canada, CBC Television started screening the program in May 1995, while the French-language version was broadcast on sister channel Télévision de Radio-Canada later that year. The CBC reported that
252-570: A gently undulating topography with no major rivers, mountains or significant landforms. The most distinct feature in the western region of the peninsula is the Barwon River which flows through a series of large lakes and extensive wetlands before emptying into Bass Strait at Barwon Heads . The uplifted block of the Bellarine Peninsula forms a very weakly dissected undulating plain of low elevation, less than 150m. Drainage from
315-635: A population of 2,684. The population grows rapidly over the summer months through to the Easter period due to its popularity as a holiday destination. The traditional owners of this area are the Wautharong people of the Kulin nation . The escaped convict William Buckley , the first known European to have lived in the area, lived with local Aborigines from 1803 to 1835. A signal station was built in 1854. Permanent European settlement began at Point Lonsdale in
378-542: A show that both children and parents could watch. Early episodes were based on stories by author Paul Jennings . Patricia Edgar agreed to have Jennings write the series on the condition he would be mentored by and collaborate with the director, actor, and writer Esben Storm . Edgar previously worked with Storm on the children's show Winners and the TV film series Touch the Sun . The partnership between Edgar, Storm and Jennings
441-487: A storyline workshop for the feature film was held in October 1994. Production was planned for 1997–98, but funding for the project was not granted. Edgar explains in her book Bloodbath that feature films based on television are rarely financed by distributors, must compete with big-budget films, and are typically launched during the school holidays, among many other complicating factors. Despite Edgar's best efforts to have
504-681: Is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia , surrounded by Port Phillip , Corio Bay and Bass Strait . The peninsula, together with the Mornington Peninsula , separates Port Phillip Bay from Bass Strait . The peninsula itself was originally occupied by Indigenous Australian clans of the Wadawurrung nation, prior to European settlement in the early 19th century. Early European settlements were initially centred on wheat and grain agriculture, before
567-629: Is covered by two local government areas with a population of approximately 70,000. 35 per cent of residents on the Bellarine are aged sixty years or older, which is significantly higher than the national average of 23 per cent. The Borough of Queenscliffe , situated on the peninsula, is the last remaining borough left in Victoria, and was the only local government area not changed in the mass Victorian municipality reorganisation of 1993 enacted by then Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett . The remainder of
630-548: Is generally considered to begin its protrusion between the town of Torquay and east of Geelong . It is surrounded by Corio Bay and the Outer Harbour to the north, Port Phillip to the north-east and east, The Rip to the south-east and Bass Strait to the south. The peninsula's eastern regions host several bays and islands such as The Rip , Lonsdale Bay, Swan Bay , Swan Island , Rabbit Island and various other small islands. The central and north-eastern regions host
693-453: Is haunted again by two ghosts who reveal themselves as Matthew and Jeremiah, who are being punished because, 100 years ago, they failed as lighthouse keepers to stop a ship carrying Matthew's love, Jane, from being wrecked on the rocks. In the final episode, "Seeing the Light", the ghost ship comes again, and this time, all of the characters from the show help turn on the lighthouse light and save
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#1732782730054756-897: Is located on Black Rock Road in Breamlea . Erected in November 1987 by the then State Electricity Commission of Victoria and the Victorian Solar Energy Council (now Energy Victoria) as a demonstration, it was sold in 1994 to the Alternative Technology Association of Melbourne . Electricity production ceased at 1200hrs on 17 May 2003 due to an electrical generator burn-out, caused by moisture, salt, and electrical flash-over. The wind generator remains in place today intact. 38°12′43″S 144°31′37″E / 38.212°S 144.527°E / -38.212; 144.527 Round
819-702: The Bellarine Wetlands and Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Areas . Brushtail and Ringtail Possums (Wadawurrung: 'Walert' for Brushtail and 'Barnong' for Ringtail) are endemic to the region and live within the Townships, Swamp Wallabies also live in the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve. Marine mammals visit here include whales ( southern right and southern humpback ), endemic Burrunan dolphins , Australian fur seals and Australian sea lions . The peninsula
882-815: The Round the Twist feature film come to fruition, the project was scrapped. In the United Kingdom , Round the Twist aired on BBC One during the channel's Children's BBC strand several times in the 1990s and early 2000s. It was rerun in 2007 on Channel 5 on Sunday mornings. It also regularly appeared on Network 2 in Ireland , and was popular in Germany and the Netherlands . It was shown in Sri Lanka by
945-579: The Round the Twist series won its time slot in the afternoons with a 25 percent audience share. TV 2 Denmark also screened the series during the year and reported excellent ratings. In Denmark, Round the Twist is called “The Children Of The Lighthouse”; in Germany, it is called “Twist Totale”. The Finnish Broadcasting Company and Wharf Cable in Hong Kong acquired Round the Twist in March 1995, while AVRO,
1008-521: The Sullivan Bay settlement in 1803, and lived among the Wadawurrung people for 32 years on the Bellarine Peninsula. In 1835, John Batman used Indented Head as his base camp, leaving behind several employees whilst he returned to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land ) for more supplies and his family. In this same year, Buckley surrendered to the party led by John Helder Wedge and
1071-518: The ACTF's offices. In 2000, the ACTF completed the development of the fourth series of Round the Twist , which was written by Storm, Boseley, Louise Fox, Christine Madafferi, and Robert Greenberg. The pre-production of the fourth series commenced in November 1999, with principal photography starting in February 2000 and ending in May 2000. Edgar was executive producer and producer, and the line producer
1134-540: The Australian TV series SeaChange was filmed at various locations on the peninsula, particularly at Barwon Heads , which helped promote tourism on the peninsula. The peninsula is showing signs of environmental consciousness and attitudes towards sustainability , much the same as the Mornington Peninsula . The Bellarine Peninsula is a gently to moderately undulating landform that protrudes in an east and north-easterly direction into Port Phillip . The peninsula
1197-488: The Australian children's bestseller list at the time. Jennings was the scriptwriter for the first and second series, while Storm became script editor of the first series, co-writer for the second series, and screenwriter and script editor for the third and fourth series. Ray Boseley and Chris Anastassiades were also the writers for the third series, while Louise Fox, Christine Madafferi, and Robert Greenberg were assigned
1260-413: The Bellarine Peninsula was originally occupied by Indigenous Australian clans of the Wadawurrung nation, prior to European settlement in the early 19th century. This area was a favourite and extensive camping place for the Wadawurrung people. One Wadawurrung name for the area is 'Balla-wein' which refers to 'balla' meaning 'elbow' or 'reclining at the elbow'. The convict William Buckley escaped from
1323-529: The Gribbles, and Fiona) were cast, and most of the major adult roles were recast at least once. Around sixty child actors from all over Victoria were divided into small groups and given the scripts to the workshop under Esben Storm's direction. The show revolves around the Twist family: Characters who appear briefly in each episode of a series include: Round the Twist pushed the boundaries of acceptability for children's television. Four series of Round
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#17327827300541386-539: The Peninsula lies in the 143 hectare Ocean Grove Nature Reserve . The peninsula contains several significant wetlands , many of which form part of the Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site and are of international significance for the protection of waterbirds and the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot . They are also recognised by BirdLife International in
1449-833: The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. In Canada , it won the Banff Television Festival award for "Best Children's Program" in 2000, and in Australia , it won the Logie Award for "Outstanding Children's Program" in 2001 (tied with Hi-5 ) and 2002. It was also nominated for an award at the Australian Film Institute . The show is currently shown in Australia on ABC Me . In 1995, TV 4 Sweden advised that
1512-534: The Twist Round the Twist is an Australian children's comedy drama television series which follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family, who leave their conventional residence to live in a lighthouse, in the fictional coastal town of Port Niranda. The series was created and produced by Patricia Edgar , and developed by the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) as
1575-544: The Twist made during the show's 11-year run. The first 13 half-hour episodes were part of a three-program package the ACTF sold to the Seven Network in September 1988, which also included Kaboodle and The Greatest Tune on Earth . The first series of Round the Twist was based on the popular novels Unreal! , Quirky Tales , Unbelievable! , Cabbage Patch Fib , and Uncanny! by Jennings, who had three books on
1638-897: The Twist was first produced by Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) in 1989. The four series of the program won 16 national and international awards, including the Prix Jeunesse, the Banff Rockie Award for Best Children's Program, the Grand Jury Prize, two Gold World Medals in the Youth Category at the New York Festivals, two Australian Film Institute awards for Most Outstanding Children's program, and five Australian Teachers of Media Awards. The series
1701-440: The Twist were made, each comprising thirteen episodes. Although each episode has a self-contained plot, each series has a recurring theme, usually an object or character which appears briefly in every episode, and develops until the final episode of each series in which it is explained and resolved. The Twist family also has frequent conflicts with a ruthless local businessman, Harold Gribble, and his family. Gribble seeks to remove
1764-441: The Twist family and the local identities from the coastal town of Port Niranda. The thirteen stories in the second series were completely new tales. They shared elements in style, characterisation, theme, location, and genre with the first series but each storyline was unpredictable and fresh. The second series has the following episodes: Richard Moir reprises his role as Tony, but his children have been recast. The lighthouse
1827-706: The Twist family's lighthouse home were shot at the Split Point Lighthouse in Aireys Inlet . The school and some town scenes were shot in Williamstown , Point Lonsdale , and Queenscliff . The seventh episode of series one was supposed to be "Frozen Stiff", but that had to be changed as it was too expensive to freeze a house and thirty animals inside large ice blocks. Nell was supposed to die in "Lighthouse Blues", but Storm told Jennings, "it's too depressing after thirteen weeks. We can't finish
1890-482: The Twists from the lighthouse in order to turn it into a tourist attraction. This is a continuing feature of the first series and a recurring feature of the third and fourth series. The first series had the following episodes: The lighthouse is haunted by eerie music coming from upstairs. In the final episode, "Lighthouse Blues", the music is revealed to be played by the ghosts of Nell's deceased family. The ghosts help
1953-466: The Twists prevent one of Gribble's business associates from destroying the lighthouse. In a subplot, Tony falls in love with Fay and spends the series developing a relationship with her, culminating in a marriage proposal at the finale. The answer to the proposal is left open-ended. The series provides a lot of laughter and suspense and retains the surprise endings which made the books so popular among modern young readers. The second series reintroduces
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2016-453: The area became a popular tourist destination with most visitors arriving by paddle steamer on Port Phillip in the late 19th century. Today, approximately 70,000 people live on the Bellarine, and this population doubles at peak periods during summer. The peninsula is a growing tourist region with a variety of beaches and seaside resorts and wineries; most of the peninsula is a part of the City of Greater Geelong . The area of Geelong and
2079-677: The bay, with the coastal towns being major holiday resorts. In 1879, one of the first branch railways was built in Victoria, from South Geelong station to Drysdale and Queenscliff. Encouraging the growth in agricultural production and leading to the decline in the bay steamer traffic to towns along the way, the line did not close until 1976. In recent years, with improved roads, the peninsula has become popular with people employed in Geelong, with population growth in towns such as Leopold , Drysdale and Ocean Grove . The Seachange demographic phenomenon has also led to increased growth. Ironically,
2142-425: The children, to start an evening of entertainment by local performers. Glowcandles are sold as a fundraiser for maintaining equipment on the tree with all profits supporting the ongoing lighting of the tree. The tree itself is decorated by community volunteers and service club members coordinated by The Christmas Tree Committee. Festooning is hauled up by hand and manually secured into the tree. This tree can be found at
2205-431: The corner of Grimes Road and Point Lonsdale Rd, Point Lonsdale, Victoria. When lit up this tree can be seen for miles out to sea and is a Queenscliffe Borough icon, having been lit since about 1952–1953. When the lights are on you know Christmas is getting close. The township of Point Lonsdale has also been used in some episodes of the hit children's series Round the Twist for some of the exterior scenes. Golfers play at
2268-725: The course of the Lonsdale Links Golf Club on Fellows Road, rated a Top 20 course in Australia, after undergoing a major renovation. Bowlers bowl at the Point Lonsdale Bowling Club. Surfers surf with the Point Lonsdale Boardriders Club The tennis club is open to members and their guests. [REDACTED] Media related to Point Lonsdale, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons Bellarine Peninsula The Bellarine Peninsula ( Wadawurrung : Balla-wein or Biteyong )
2331-529: The enchanted isle. A subplot in this series is Fay's pregnancy with Tony's baby, named Ariel, who is born in the series finale. The first series of Round The Twist went into pre-production in March 1989 and production began on 4 April and ran for 13 weeks. Filming took place at Melbourne Film Studios and the lighthouse on the Victorian coast. Throughout the series, several locations in Victoria , Australia , were used for external shots. Exterior scenes of
2394-511: The event is the community and children and each year the lights are turned on by a special guest (or guests) of honour chosen for their contribution to the Community. The Borough of Queenscliffe has a high percentage of volunteers and it is usually volunteers that are chosen as the special guest/guests of honour in recognition of their contribution to the community. Santa arrives at 7:25 pm in the local Fire Brigade Truck, whilst throwing lollies to
2457-400: The family who was lost at sea and redeem the ghosts. Tony and Fay become officially engaged, but Fay becomes concerned that Bronson does not want her to marry Tony, which leads to the engagement being broken off. They are re-engaged at the end of the series. In this series, Mr. Gribble is not concerned with removing the Twists from the lighthouse; rather, he campaigns for a Senate seat with
2520-481: The fictional Progressive Conservative Party. Disagreeing with his policies, Nell runs against him in a party similar to the Australian Greens and ultimately wins in a landslide. The demand for more Round The Twist worldwide led Edgar to proceed with Series 3 and 4, which were made back-to-back with the same child cast. Storm led the workshops to create scripts for the third and fourth series, which have
2583-583: The first series. It borrowed lines from nursery rhymes such as, " There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly ", " Humpty Dumpty " and " Rain Rain Go Away ". The song was used in a series of Halloween television adverts by UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's in 2018. Making a show about children over the course of more than a decade necessitated a number of cast changes, as the child actors became too old for their parts. Three sets of children (the Twists,
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2646-415: The following episodes: The third series recast most of the characters. In this series, Mr. Gribble plans to turn Port Niranda into the honeymoon capital of the world by tearing down the lighthouse and building a casino in its place. Fay has moved in with Tony and the kids for a trial period to see if they can live in harmony with each other. The fourth series has the following episodes: In each episode,
2709-518: The fourth series. In addition to these, the second (1992), third (2000), and fourth series (2001) shared elements with the first regarding styles, characterisations, themes, locations, and genres with the original series. The third and fourth series were not based on Jennings' books but served as continuations for the former two series. The lyrics and music of the theme song were written by Andrew Duffield and sung by Tamsin West , who played Linda Twist in
2772-537: The latter half of the 19th century with the construction of a lighthouse in 1863 and the extension of the railway line from Geelong to Queenscliff in 1879. Since settlement, many ships have been wrecked on the rocky reefs at the entrance to Port Phillip . The post office opened on 15 January 1902. The town is named after police officer William Lonsdale and is the birthplace of former Premier of Victoria Thomas Hollway . Point Lonsdale contains several Victorian Heritage Register listed sites, including: Next to
2835-605: The native vegetation throughout the peninsula has been cleared for agriculture, notable exceptions being areas of land around Swan Bay, parklands in Portarlington, coastal areas along the Barwon Coast and some small remnant pockets around the Barwon River lakes and wetlands, many of these last remaining areas are protected or included in parklands. The largest area of original native woodland vegetation remaining on
2898-509: The open coast there are regular sightings of threatened marine mammals such as humpback and southern right whales . Point Lonsdale has a large 100-year-old Norfolk Pine 'The Christmas Tree' that is lit up on the first Saturday in December at the end of an evening of A Community Celebration of Christmas. The Community Celebration of Christmas is run by a committee of volunteers assisted by the local service clubs, Lions and Rotary. The focus of
2961-618: The peninsula is part of the City of Greater Geelong , having been part of the Rural City of Bellarine before this time. The peninsula is also one of the parishes of the County of Grant , one of the Cadastral divisions of Australia . Some of the more significant and historical shipwrecks include; Black Rock on the southern coast (near Breamlea ) is the location of the main ocean outfall for Geelong 's sewage. Opened in 1915, initially
3024-589: The remnant basalts of the Palaeogene Older Volcanics forms a vaguely radial pattern on the elevated plateau . A narrow strip of deeply weathered Cretaceous Otway Group rocks occurs in outcrop along the southern edge of the Curlewis Monocline , which forms the northern boundary of the peninsula. Landslides and narrow gullies have formed along the northern edge of the monocline. A sheet of marine sands of Late Neogene age covers
3087-513: The roles of Linda, Pete, Bronson, and the Gribble gang, Rabbit, Tiger, and Gribbs. Filming took place on location at Aireys Inlet and Crawford Productions' studio in Melbourne in early 1999. The series was completed and distributed to broadcasters in November 1999. Storylines for the fourth series were being written in 1998 following a creative workshop directed by Storm in early September at
3150-451: The scripts. Storm was the main series director, Steve Jodrell also directed episodes in the second series, and Antonia Barnard was the co-producer of the second series. Adult cast members remained the same as in the first series, except for Mr. Gribble and Matron Gribble, who were recast with Mark Mitchell and Jan Friedl. Auditions were held in 1991 to find new child actors to replace characters like Pete, Linda, and Bronson. The second series
3213-607: The series by killing off a well-loved character." The first two series were written by Jennings and edited by Storm. Jennings made cameo appearances, including as the ghost of Ben Byron in "Without My Pants". Following the success of Round the Twist both in Australia and in overseas markets, the ACTF developed a second 13-episode series. The second series was in pre-production in April 1992. Filming took place from 23 March to 19 June 1992 and finished on 23 June 1992. Edgar continued as executive director, and Jennings and Storm wrote
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#17327827300543276-453: The sewage was left untreated before being discharged into the ocean. A primary filtration system was installed in the 1970s, and in the 1980s the current plant was built with an upgraded filtration system, along with a 1.2 kilometre long ocean outfall. The plant was upgraded in 1997, with secondary filtration introduced, and a pipeline installed to transport recycled water to the flower farm at Torquay . A 60 kW capacity wind generator
3339-428: The southern portion of the uplifted Bellarine block. The majority of soils on the peninsula consist of grey-brown sedimentary sandy loams, overlaying medium to heavy textured clay. The Bellarine Hills are a significant variation with heavy black self mulching clay loams being well suited to intensive crop production. Mining of shell grit for glass making was an important industry on the shores of Swan Bay . Much of
3402-421: The third series was aired, Jennings' stories were being adapted into a different show called Driven Crazy , which failed to match the popularity of the early Round the Twist and of which only one series was produced. The ACTF started development of a new series of Round The Twist in 1997. It was produced by Edgar with Bernadette O'Mahony and written by Storm, Chris Anastassiades, and Ray Boseley. The series
3465-876: The town is Lake Victoria , a shallow saline lake that is part of the Lonsdale Lakes Nature Reserve and an important site for the waterbirds and migratory waders that form part of the population using the Ramsar -listed Swan Bay wetland system. The coastal rock platforms and adjacent waters are included in the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park . The intertidal platforms have the highest invertebrate diversity of any calcarenite reef in Victoria, while subtidal areas are characterised by diverse and abundant algal communities as well as by encrusting organisms such as ascidians , sponges and bryozoans . Along
3528-529: The “Dream Block” included Rugrats and The Simpsons . Round the Twist was set around an old lighthouse in the fictional Port Niranda, on the rugged southwest Victorian coast and features the Twist family: fourteen-year-old twins Pete and Linda, eight-year-old son Bronson, and father Tony, a widowed artist who makes sculptures. Each episode finds the Twist kids involved in surreal, supernatural adventures. The series has been categorised as humorous, contemporary fantasy. There were four series of Round
3591-515: Was Helen Watts, with directors David Swann, Arnie Custo, and Boseley. Filming for the series started on 7 February 2000, and continued for three months in and around Melbourne, in the Crawford Productions' studio, Williamstown Primary School, and Airey's Inlet. Most of the main cast from Season 3 returned for Season 4. A full-length Round the Twist feature film was developed and written by Storm and Boseley. Under Storm's guidance,
3654-398: Was an efficient team for the development of the first series, whose characters and community were set around a lighthouse on a coastline. Storm and Jennings drew from the plots in the latter's existing short stories and created new ideas, sometimes using two stories in an episode to fill out the plots. Edgar's instructions, based on research done on Australian children's viewing preferences,
3717-551: Was directed by Boseley, Storm, and Pino Amenta. The series was pre-sold to the ABC, BBC, Nickelodeon UK, and Disney European channels, and financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation. The scripts were completed by November 1997, and official pre-production of the series commenced in November 1998. An Australia-wide search for the child leads was conducted, and more than 800 children auditioned for
3780-587: Was in post-production until 30 November 1992. It was pre-purchased by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Ravensburger Film, and TV Gmbh (for German-speaking territories), and Tri Star Gmbh (for Italy). The third and fourth series were written by various writers and re-used the same characters, but they did not draw from Jennings' material. Two years before
3843-492: Was later pardoned by Lieutenant-Governor Sir George Arthur , and subsequently given the position of interpreter to the natives. By the 1850s, the peninsula was known as ‘the granary of the colony’ and Portarlington became a major player in the wheat industry. Transport was by sea on Port Phillip Bay due to the poor roads. By the 1870s, excursion traffic to the peninsula commenced, with tourists travelling from Melbourne by paddle steamers to enjoy fishing and swimming by
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#17327827300543906-474: Was screened in over 70 countries by broadcasters such as Fox Kids (USA), BBC One (UK), Nickelodeon (UK), CBC Television (Canada), France 2 (France), ZDF (Germany), Network 2 (Ireland) and NHK (Japan). In 1998, Round the Twist was chosen in the international trade magazine KidScreen' s "Dream Block" poll – a "Dream Two-Hour Children's Block" — by the world's leading programmers and distributors of children's television. Other programs selected for
3969-406: Was to balance the stories around a family with three leading child characters. The children (Pete, Linda, and Bronson) were given equal time throughout the episodes' stories. The rest of the cast were to be gender-balanced. Edgar stressed the importance of jokes and humour and told Storm to push the boundaries, while grounding the series firmly in the emotions and issues of growing children. Round
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