Temporal setting: 2000s
Location notes:
Joe meets his son Harry at the Adelaide Airport when Harry comes to visit from the UK.
Shooting Locations
Adelaide Airport, Adelaide, South Australia
Temporal setting: 2000s
Location notes:
The unnamed beach on which Joe drives with Artie on the bonnet of the 4WD is Aldinga Beach.
Aldinga is one of the few beaches close to Adelaide that have 4WD access.
Shooting Locations
Aldinga Beach, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Opening scene in which Artie hoons along the beach atop the bonnet of Joe's land cruiser is shot at Aldinga Beach.
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Temporal setting: 2000s
Location notes:
The Australian Open tennis championship is held at Tennis World Melbourne Park, Olympic Boulevard
Melbourne VIC 3121
australianopen.com
Shooting Locations
Majestic Roof Garden Hotel, Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
While Joe travels to Melbourne to report on the Australian Open, the scenes were
actually shot in Adelaide. His hotel is the Majestic Roof Garden at 55 Frome Street, Adelaide.
majestichotels.com.au
Mesa Lunga Sangria Bar, Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
The scene in which Joe gets into a bar brawl and is injured was filmed at
the Sangria Bar, 140 Gouger Street.
AAMI Stadium press box scenes, Adelaide, South Australia
Scenes in the press box at the Australian Open were filmed at the Adelaide Oval and AAMI Stadium
Adelaide Oval press box scenes, Adelaide, South Australia
Australian Open press box scenes.
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Temporal setting: 2000s
Location notes:
Joe takes Artie on a road trip to try to recover from the death of Katy (Joe's much missed wife and Artie's mother). Hahndorf is one of the places where they stay along on the road trip.
Hahndorf is located half an hour's drive East of Adelaide in the Adelaide Hills region. It is Australia's oldest
surviving German settlement and there is still Barvarian architecture and a Germanic character to the
town.
Shooting Locations
Hahndorf Resort, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Hahndorf Resort is where Joe allows Artie to jump into a spa bath full of bubbles while they are staying in a hotel during their road trip. The bathroom was actually a studio set with an extra deep bath, but the interior of the hotel bedroom and the exterior shots of their cabin were filmed at Hahndorf Resort.
The address is: 145 Main St, Hahndorf SA 5245
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Temporal setting: 2000s
Location notes:
The location of Joe Warr's home is not named in the film so coordinates for the shooting location are given here.
Shooting Locations
Myponga Beach, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
The set for Joe Warr's house was built on private land at Myponga Beach.
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Temporal setting: 2000s
Joe Warr is a sports
journalist and his place of work is the office
building of Adelaide's major daily newspaper, The Advertiser, at 31 Waymouth Street in Adelaide's CBD.
Shooting Locations
Adelaide Advertiser, Adelaide, South Australia
Exterior and interior scenes at Joe's office are filmed at the Adelaide Advertiser.
31 Waymouth Street
Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
adelaidenow.com.au
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Temporal setting: 2000s
Location notes:
Myponga Beach is the beach in the narrative that is within walking distance of the Warr family home.
Shooting Locations
Myponga Beach, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Myponga Beach is where
the party scenes were filmed.
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Temporal setting: 2000s
Location notes:
The location of the Warr's home is not specified in the film and it does not correlate to the book on which the film is based so the coordinates for the shooting location are given here. Views of the rolling hills approaching the coast in the film can be seen driving along a dirt road called
Sampson Rd on the way to Myponga Beach.
Shooting Locations
Samson Rd, Myponga Beach, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
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Temporal setting: 2000s
Location notes:
Tom and Barbara's Vineyard was filmed at Dog Ridge Wines, McLaren Vale.
195 Bagshaws Rd
Mclaren Flat South Australia 5171
dogridge.com.au
Shooting Locations
Dog Ridge Wines, McLaren Vale, Adelaide, South Australia
This beautiful vineyard is the shooting location for the home of Artie's maternal grandparents, Tom and Barbara.
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