Australian film/tv recommendations please

[30birthdaygirl]

Hi all, I'm looking for recommendations of Australian made films or tv series please, old or new, but particularly based in Melbourne so we can get more excited about our upcoming holiday!

Obviously I realise it might be tricky for me to access them, but don't let that stop you! I'll pull out all the stops to find them ☺️

Thanks!

Thank you guys so many good options here. I'll never have time for all of them before my trip but I'll keep them all in mind for the future that's for sure!

Two Hands.
It has our beautiful Heath Ledger in it.

Bondi Rescue? For a bit of real life TV. Also some education on rips, just in case!

Chopper. Violent but funny 😆

Rake, the male version of Fisk, though I think it is filmed in Sydney.
I highly recommend Rake.

My favourite movie as a kid... Bush Christmas! I believe it was Nicole Kidman's first ever movie, still had her frizzy red curls.

Was going to suggest Picnic at Hanging Rock too. Great to visit Hanging Rock after watching it. Not far at all from Melbourne either.

A Place to Call Home - one of my favourite ever programmes, it’s brilliant!
The Newsreader
Five Bedrooms

Housos & Fat Pizza😆😆

They were filmed in western Sydney and utterly hilarious but not sure I'd want them as advertisements of our fine country!

The dressmaker
Red dog

Not Melbourne but Royal Flying Doctor Service. It’s on C4 app. Obsessed.

The office in Fisk is on Errol St in North Melbourne. Although the office is upstairs, all the street scenes outside the office are very recognisable. You can catch the 57 tram there from the city.

Little Lunch and The Inbestigators if you have kids

Offspring
The Secret Life of Us
Bump

Mr Inbetween. Best tv show I’ve seen in ages.

H2O and Mako Mermaids
Dance Academy

Thank you- my kids have already devoured these, and the various mermaid related shows 😄 they are great!

Offspring
Fisk
Utopia
Upper Middle Bogan
Secret life of us (oldy but a goody)

TV series:

Love My Way

(one of the lead actresses is the wonderful Asher Keddie)

TV

"McLeod's Daughters" (2001-2009)
Great tv series about a cattle station in South Australia. Half-sisters Claire and Tess run it. Tess is from Melbourne.
Romance, friendship, family, and also horses, cows, sheep, dogs.

Spellbinder TV series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellbinder_(TV_series)

Rosehaven

Upper Middle Bogan

Tim - stars a young Mel Gibson in it

Upright
Frayed
Wellmania

second loads that have been recommended but don’t see these listed. Im not sure where they’re set though.

Wolf like me