My new favorite is an Australian production called Sea Patrol. It chronicles the adventures of the HMAS Hammersley and her crew. (That’s Her Majesty’s Australian ship – and, by the way, Canadian ship names start with HMCS) The Hammersley is a Royal Australian Navy patrol boat, based out of Cairns. She patrols the waters on the north side of Australia, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Mike Flynn. Mike has a crew of 21, only 3 of whom are women. His XO is Kate McGregor, who happens to also be an old flame (she was a student in a navy training course he taught, and they ended up ‘involved’.) But, they have put that in the past (sort of) and work together quite well – most of the time.
Hubbie also likes Sea Patrol. His only complaint is that we can only get the first 2 seasons on TV here – but he has found a site where we can watch more online. Season 5 is now being broadcast in Australia, and that will be it. Production is shutting down for several reasons, not least of which is that the Australian government discontinued a subsidy the producers have been counting on. Hubbie wants to get the DVD’s – if we can get a region 1 or all regions set.
Well, this is very interesting. It's been about 10 days since I posted this about Sea Patrol - and this one post is getting lots of views. People from all over the world are looking at my blog now. :-)
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Just watched the last episode of season five. Cried my eyes out, and was very disapointed to learn that it is the final.
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