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You can relive your childhood by rewatching Round the Twist here.

The opening scene of Round the Twist was originally [inspired by] that house.

It was the people who were children that watched Round the Twist and read my books.

All art films to me just look like Round the Twist, and I don't know why.

BROADLY: I have such vivid memories of watching Round the Twist, as most Australians my age do.

Originally I wanted Round the Twist to be set at The Twelve Apostles, which is not far from where I live in Victoria.

If your weren't raised in Australia from the late '80s to early '90s, you might be blissfully unaware of the nostalgic joy that is Round The Twist.

Now Netflix has delivered the ultimate homage — a Stranger Things opening credits redux, in which the show becomes a frame-by-frame Round The Twist do-over.

"It's got me round the twist," said Martin Herglotz, 59, using an idiom for "crazy" in referring to the assault on Mr. Jozwik, whom he had met at a barbecue last year.

From finding the theme tune to Round The Twist stuck in your head, oh, about once a day, to the part we played in the return of Ben-from-A22017's curtain hairstyle, our interest in the pre-millennium decade has gone from a gentle comedic obsession to full-blown fetishization.

The main cast from Round The twist 3 returned for Round The twist 4.

Penguin Books reported sales of 58,233 of the Round the Twist book for the same period. The Round the Twist series videotapes were captioned by the Australian Caption Centre in 1990. The Foundation distributed the Round the Twist 1 videotapes and to 30 June 1993 had sold more than 5,800 units. To 30 June 1993, penguin Books Australia Ltd advised sales of the Round the twist book to be 106,773.

Was later adapted as an episode of Round the Twist.

Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

To 30 June 1995 there were sales of 7,403 units. CEL distributed Round The Twist videotapes to the general market and to 30 June 1995 reported sales of 30,133 videotapes. Penguin Books Australia Ltd advised sales of the Round The Twist book to be 138,000. > “The Round The Twist 1 series went into profit with the distribution to > investors dated 30 June 1997.

A.C.T.F. Productions Limited. ISBN: 0864210175 Round the Twist was re screened on the Seven Network at 12.00pm on Saturdays from 1 February 1992. Round the Twist was screened on the Ansett In-flight Entertainment Service in 1992.

BBC Enterprises entered into a contract with the Foundation for the release of Round the Twist videos in the United Kingdom. Round the Twist 2 was also sold into Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Zimbabwe and Thailand in 1993.

The ABC screened Round The Twist 2 at 9.00am on Sunday mornings from 1 March 1998 until 24 May 1998. The ABC repeated Round The Twist 2 (for the fifth time) during the school holidays in December 1998 and January 1999.

The second series of Round the Twist went to air for the first time on the ABC at 6:30pm Saturday evenings from 20 March 1993. Round The Twist 2 was screened on the ABC at 6.30pm on Saturdays from November 1994, as part of the Family Album tour. The second series of Round The Twist rescreened on the ABC at 6.00pm Saturday, from 26 November 1994 to 11 March 1995. Both series of Round The Twist screened back to back on the ABC, Monday to Fridays, at 5.00pm from Monday 22 April through to end of May 1996. Round The Twist series 1 and 2 screened at 5.00pm Monday to Friday on the ABC from 25 April to 30 May 1997.

The Disney Channel screened Round The Twist 1 at 6.00pm on Sundays from 17 August 1997 to 9 November 1997. The ABC screened the first series of Round The twist for the fourth time in September 1998, in the 5.00pm weekday timeslot.

The YouTube channel Twisted Lunchbox, managed officially by the ACTF, has uploaded all episodes of Round the Twist in standard definition. The ACTF website sells digital standard definition copies of all four Round the Twist seasons. The fourth series is also available in HD.

Following the phenomenal worldwide success of the Foundation’s Round The Twist series, a full-length Round The Twist feature film was to be developed, and written by Esben Storm and Ray Boseley. The film was to follow the wacky adventures of the Twist family, combining fantasy and comedy elements with special effects. Under the guidance of Esben Storm, a story line workshop for the Round The Twist feature film was held in October 1994.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1995).

A.C.T.F. Productions Limited. ISBN: 0 86421 121 X By 30 June 1994 sales of 7,207 units Round The twist videotapes to schools were attained. Compilation videotapes of the series were sold through department stores by CEL. Sales had reached 13,095 by 30 June 1994. Additionally, Penguin Books Australia Ltd advised sales of the Round The Twist book to be 124,000 units.

The BBC screened Round The Twist 3 at 4.30pm on Monday afternoons from 10 January-10 April 2000. Figures supplied by the BBC Broadcast Strategy Channel Development group indicated that the BBC audience share in the 4.30pm slot jumped by an average 13-18% share over the period when Round The Twist 3 was screening. The BBC’s average audience in those weeks was approximately two million people or 37% of the audience watching television at that time. In Finland, Round The Twist 3 went to air daily during the summer holidays in June 2000. YLE described the screening as a ‘great success’, with an average rating of 8.0.

To launch the program the ACTF and the ABC transformed one of the ABC’s Elsternwick studios into a Round the Twist set. David Hill, Managing Director of the ABC, Janet Holmes a Court, Chairman of the ACTF, and Patricia Edgar, Director of the ACTF, launched the program to an audience of Round the Twist cast, crew, journalists and Board and staff members of the Australian Film Finance Corporation, the ABC and the Foundation. Four Foundation staff members attended the MIPCOM market in Cannes, France, in October 1992 to launch Round the Twist 2 and Lift Off on the international market. Round the Twist 2 was a major success when it screened on the BBC 1 in the United Kingdom in early 1993. It was rated the equal first most popular children’s program in the United Kingdom by the time it had finished its first screening.

In 1995, TV 4 Sweden advised that the Round The twist series won its timeslot in the afternoons with a 25% 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” and in Germany it is called “Twist Totale”. The Finnish Broadcasting Company and Wharf Cable in Hong Kong acquired Round The Twist in March 1995 and AVRO, a Dutch public channel acquired the second series in June 1995. The Foundation 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.

Round the Twist 1 rescreened on the Seven Network at 7.30am on Sundays from 18 July 1993. It was rescreened on The Seven Network at 7.30am on Sundays from 18 July 1993. When Round The Twist finished screening on the CBC, it went to air on TV Ontario, at 6.00pm week nights in October 1995. The Japanese national broadcaster, NHK, commenced screening the series at 6.25pm on Tuesday evenings from September 1995.

All thirteen episodes were based on short stories from Paul Jennings' books Undone! and Uncovered!. After writing the scripts for the first two seasons of Round The Twist, Paul left, after which new writers took over. The debut broadcast of first and only season of Driven Crazy occurred just two years before that of the third season of Round The Twist (in which - along with the subsequent fourth series - Jennings had no input).

The first series of the program screened in the United Kingdom to an audience of 5 million on Friday evenings at 5.00pm in 1990 and generated very favourable responses. Round the Twist screened weekly on the Seven Network commencing Sunday 26 August 1990. Round the Twist was screened on the Seven Network at 8:30am on Sundays from August 26 1990 to critical acclaim.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1991). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1990-1991.

By 1994, 3,672 units had been sold and Penguin Book Australia reported sales of 22,508 Round The Twist Graphic Novels.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1994). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1993-1994.

Rian McLean (born 24 April 1984) in an Australian actor. He is best known for his role on the television series Round the Twist as well as Home and Away as Christopher Fletcher.

The Foundation commenced development of a new series of 13 episodes of Round The Twist in 1997.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1998). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1997-1998. A.C.T.F. Productions Limited.

The following is a list of episodes of the Australian children's television series, Round the Twist. Between 6 April 1990 and 2 May 2001 there have been 52 episodes produced, spanning 4 series.

This was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist. In Round The Twist a girl stretches her nose when being scared by her brothers - she falls down the tree and later she goes to the hospital and they say they can't fix her nose for three years. She doesn't want to go back to school so she goes to her grandmother's house for some time. Her grandmother is embroiled in a decades-long feud with another old man, (Foxy).

Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1999-2000. A.C.T.F. Productions Limited. “Filmed on one of Australia’s most spectacular coastlines, the clever series explores the wonders of childhood and pushes the boundaries of imagination… Round The Twist is for the young at heart. And all would be hams!” Tony Johnston, Herald-Sun TV Extra “There are many reasons for the success of Round The Twist, not least its parentage. The Australian Children’s Television Foundation has been the parent of great television.

Round The twist 4 was delivered to the ABC in December 2000, and was pre-sold to the BBC, Buena Vista International (for its Disney Channels in France, Germany, Italy and Spain) and Nickelodeon UK.

A boy who has never been kissed obtains a lipstick that will make nearby girls kiss him. However, it also works on any female, including animals. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

We knew the risks when we did that." Barry claimed, in 1990, "Living Eyes was just what was needed for us. We needed to stop being what we were. It was driving us all round the twist.

The Foundation hosted Her Majesty The Queen during her Australian tour in March. The Queen visited the Melbourne set of Round The Twist 4 on 23 March 2000, where she was greeted by Patricia Edgar, Janet Holmes a Court and Dame Margaret Guilfoyle. The Queen met the three young actors from the series, Ebonnie Masini, Rian McLean and Matthew Waters and members of the crew including Director Arnie Custo, Director of Photography Craig Barden and Sculptor John Wrigglesworth. The Queen included Round The Twist as part of her itinerary in recognition of the Foundation’s achievements on behalf of young people since its inception in 1982. The Foundation had produced over 160 hours of top quality children’s television programs, worth $85 million, and notable for their excellence, innovation and high quality production values. Round The Twist was the most commercially successful and popular Australian children’s drama series ever made.

Unbearable is the fifth in a series of collections of short stories by Australian author Paul Jennings. It was first released in 1990. Half of season 2 of Round The Twist were adaptions of the short stories in this book.

When a boy gets his earrings confiscated at school, he buys a new one. But this one is enchanted; it causes whoever wears it to get rubbish attracted to them. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

Twin girls walk to an old house where their late father has hidden rubies. Along the way, they are attacked by seagulls. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist, was one of two adaptions to be combined into one episode.

Brook Sykes, also known as Brook Rowan (born 20 September 1983), is an Australian actor born in Melbourne. He played Garth King in the Wicked Science TV series. He also appeared as James Gribble in the popular TV series, Round the Twist.

The Foundation completed development of a fourth series of Round The Twist, which was written by Esben Storm, Ray Boseley, Louise Fox, Christine Madafferi and Robert Greenberg.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (2000). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1999-2000. A.C.T.F. Productions Limited.

Alexis Petridis of The Guardian voiced the belief that the song showed West as being self-aware, describing it as him "wondering aloud whether he's actually gone round the twist". Philip Lewis of Mic felt great about the confidence shown by West on the track.

In 1989, the television rights for the 13 x 25 minute drama series were pre-sold to the Australian Television Network. The series was promoted at MIP-TV in April 1989 and sales were achieved during MIPCOM in October 1989. A presale of the series to the BBC was concluded in 1990 and sales were negotiated in The Netherlands, Denmark, Finland and France. As part of a package distribution arrangement, Round the Twist was sold into Spain, Portugal, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR, Yugoslavia, Africa, Ireland, Greece and Belgium. The Foundation distributed Round the Twist on videotape and reported sales of 3,602 to 30 June 1991.

A boy gains the ability to hypnotise chickens. He later tries it on his best friend, then takes it to the next level by making his best friend remember his past life, but with disastrous consequences. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

Following the considerable success of Round the twist both in Australia and in overseas markets, the Foundation developed a second 13 part series. The same production team was involved with Patricia Edgar as Executive Director.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1991). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1990-1991.

A boy comes to an island to help an old lighthouse keeper. However, every Friday night, music plays, and the boy suspects it has something to do with the lighthouse keeper's ancestors. Was later adapted into a plot-arc of the first season of Round The Twist.

Richard Moir (born 1950) is a former Australian actor and editor. He is known for many Australian film roles and as an original character electrician Eddie Cook in soap opera Prisoner (also known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) and as "Dad" Tony Twist in Round the Twist.

The scripts are delicious, performances keen, direction and editing crisp and economical-it looks like a series that was fun to make.” The Herald, Melbourne, 24/8/90 “For another serve of delightful local children’s TV, get the kids up early for Round the Twist. The kids will love it.” Green Guide, The Age, Melbourne, 22/8/90 “If this superbly appealing series of, initially, 13 programs is indicative of the sort of entertainment that Australian kids can now expect on their screens, then last one in for a second childhood is a silly sausage.” The Guide, Sydney Morning herald, 26/8/90 “Round the Twist is genuinely funny and considerably better than much of the average so-called adult viewing.” 7 Days, The Sunday herald, Melbourne, 2/9/90 “It’s funny, clever, innovative stuff put together by a talented team…Round the Twist is a touch of their magic.” The Sun herald, Sydney, 2/9/90 “The stories are thoroughly subversive, as all the best children’s stories are.

A pupil is in trouble for dyeing his hair white. He explains to his principal the events of the previous day that led to his hair changing color, involving an age-altering device that a man accidentally kills himself with. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

A boy gets stranded on an island with his father. But he has three other problems: one, he has never seen his mother; two, he is forced to watch his father die; and three, he has nails growing all over him. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

A boy enters a mushroom-picking competition to win a large Easter egg for his sick little sister. But all his mushrooms except one get stolen, and that one mushroom has the ability to change shape and scare off mean people. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

Matthews and Kelly separated as a couple in the mid-1990s. Duffield wrote music (including the theme) for the Australian children's TV series, Round the Twist; and in 2007 composed all music and sound effects for the TV comedy, Kick. Duffield teamed up with Phil Kennihan to found a successful advertising music partnership.

Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1994-1995. A.C.T.F. Productions Limited. Production was planned for 1997/98, but despite the Foundation's continued attempts at seeking finance for the movie through both domestic and international sources it was not granted. Patricia Edgar, Director of the ACTF, explains in her book, Bloodbath, that feature films based on television are rarely financed by distributors, that they need to compete with big budget films, and to be launched during the school holidays among many other complicating factors. Despite Patricia Edgar’s best efforts to have the Round The twist feature film come to fruition, in the end she had to move on to produce new children’s television series at the Foundation and Round The twist was completed with the fourth series.

A boy finds a dead fox in a cupboard in his bedroom. But when he gets a call to pick lemons from his lemon tree and give them to the fox, it seems to come back to life. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist, and also re-published as a picture book with added illustrations.

A boy always gets beaten by his older brother, especially at running and at urinating as high as possible. However, he spends a week training, making him a lot better. Finally, the boy beats his brother at the urinating contest and his brother hits the roof. Was later loosely adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

The first series of Round The Twist went into pre-production in March of 1989 and production began on 4 April running for 13 weeks. Studio location was at the Melbourne Film Studios and the outdoor location was the lighthouse on the Victorian coast.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1990). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1989-1990.

Auditions were held in 1991 to find new child actors to replace the original Pete, Linda, Bronson and the gang. The second series of the popular Round the Twist was in post-production as of 1991 and was completed by 30 November 1992.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1992). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1991-1992.

Marianne Pinhoe's family tries to keep their magic a secret. They don't want the "Big Man", or Chrestomanci, interfering, as he tends to do when people misuse magic. And the Pinhoes certainly are guilty of that. Gammer, the head of the Pinhoe clan, has ostensibly gone mad, but Marianne doesn't believe that she's completely 'round the twist.

Half Moon Bay has a lifesaving club and a pier and has the Red Bluff Cliffs just along the beach. The cliffs were briefly featured in the movie "Mad Max'" as well as the 90's children's television series "Round The Twist". Half Moon Bay also has aquatic life which makes good snorkelling. It features many coastal processes.

Jeffrey Walker (born 10 July 1982) is an Australian television actor and director, best known to the Australian public for his appearances as a child actor in Ocean Girl and Round the Twist. He moved on to direct episodes of Australian soaps Neighbours, Home and Away, and H2O: Just Add Water. He is married to American-born Australian actress Brooke Harman-Walker.

Walker's first acting credit was a small role in The Flying Doctors in 1989. In 1992, he took over the role of Bronson Twist in the television series Round the Twist, based on the books by Paul Jennings. In 1994 he received a leading role in Ocean Girl as "Brett Bates". He had another major role as the brother Royce on Mirror, Mirror.

Great Ocean Road During the early 1950s the Australian crime author Arthur Upfield lived at Aireys Inlet. His novel The New Shoe (1951) is based on the township and the lighthouse. Some of the novel's characters drew on local identities. Many scenes from the children's television series Round the Twist were filmed at or around the area of the Split Point Lighthouse.

A boy visits a hypnotist on Christmas Day because he somehow gets a small mouth that is the size of a marble. The boy explains through writing that while taking his younger brother Christmas shopping, they encountered a Santa Claus that had claws for fingernails and gave them, as well as their older sister, two wishes. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

A boy who has a doctor for a friend visits the doctor every day to see his inventions. The doctor's latest invention is a machine that can copy people. The boy ends up copying himself so he can take down a bully, but his copy ends up stealing his tea, his girlfriend, and finally his life. Was later loosely adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

A boy who has bad table manners is often criticised by his father during meals. But when a visitor comes for tea, the father has made a promise to talk about his son's faults, despite the fact that he performs them in the worst ways possible. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist, was one of two adaptions to be combined into one episode.

A girl tells her mother the story of how she helped one of her friends, who spends all his time wearing paper and watching the clouds and has many animals for friends, with an operation, and how she lost one of his jewels to a goat. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist, was one of two adaptions to be combined into one episode.

A boy called Bob was forced to live with his aunt because of his parents' deaths, but the only toilet at his aunt's house is in an outhouse. Even worse, that outhouse is haunted by the ghost of a man who was dead after looking after the house when the aunt was on a holiday. Was later adapted as the first episode of Round The Twist.

The popular children's television series Round the Twist used the area around the Split Point Lighthouse for many external scenes. The lighthouse features prominently as the scene of a murder in Arthur Upfield's detective novel, The New Shoe featuring his famous detective Napoleon Bonaparte. The lighthouse was also featured in the filming of the 2003 film Darkness Falls. Additionally, a Masterchef episode was filmed here.

Other roles include Frog Dreaming (1986) and Golden Fiddles (1991). She had a brief appearance in Round The Twist as a Mermaid. Friend hosted the Seven Network show Saturday Kitchen with her husband Stuart MacGill on Saturday afternoons. In 2003, Friend established her own PR company, Media Friendly, and as of July 2007, is producing and presenting the Seven Network's new parenting show, Mums and Bubs.

Prix Jeunesse Award: : 1994 – Winner Round The Twist (Television Series). Australian Publishers Association — Book Industry Awards: : 1997 – Peoples Choice Award for Children's Books for Come Back Gizmo. Christian Schools' Book Award: : 1998 – awarded to Paul Jennings and Jane Tanner for The Fisherman and the Theefyspray. Dymocks Children's Choice Awards: : 1998 – Favourite Australian Younger Reader Book, Sink The Gizmo; : 1998 – Favourite Australian Older Reader Book, Wicked.

Tamsin West (born 7 March 1974) is an Australian actress and singer. She made her film debut as Jennifer West in Jenny Kissed Me and played Jane Cannon in Frog Dreaming. She is perhaps best known to television viewers as Linda Twist, a role during the first series in the children's television show Round the Twist. West was the first actress of three to portray the role.

A boy who has no sense of smell decides to wear his socks for three straight months, believing that doing so will cause nearby people to fall asleep. It is not just people, even animals are affected. But the person he most wants to use them on is his enemy, who is planning to slaughter his 200-year-old turtle friend. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

It has taken risks and it is precisely those risks that have been responsible for its best work…Round The Twist does not proclaim itself to be educational but it is underlaid with the strong educational value of lively narrative.” Dennis Pryor, The Age “And every so often something brilliant goes to air, thus affirming our choice to have one of the damned things (a television set) in our sitting rooms.

Esben Storm was commissioned, along with Ray Boseley and Chris Anastassiades as writers. The scripts were completed by November 1997 and official pre-production of Round The Twist 3 commenced in November 1998. An Australia-wide search for the child leads was conducted, and more than 800 children auditioned for the roles of Linda, pete, Bronson and the Gribble gang, Rabbit, Tiger and Gribbs.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1999).

In the United Kingdom, Round the Twist was aired on BBC One during the channel's CBBC program several times in the 1990s and early 2000s, and was repeated again in 2007 on Channel 5 on Sunday mornings. It also regularly appeared on Network 2 in Ireland. The show was also popular in Germany and the Netherlands. It was shown on Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.

After the demise of I'm Talking, Abeyratne had a solo recording career. Her 1989 single, "It's Your Move", appeared in the top 100 on the ARIA Singles Chart. She acted, briefly, in season one of Round the Twist (1989), a children's TV comedy series. In October 2018 Abeyratne confirmed that she is due to reform I'm Talking in support of Bryan Ferry's Australian tour from February to April.

They were otherwise identical to the previous batch. 1BW and 35BW (along with 62BW) appeared in the season one episode "The Copy" of Round the Twist, and were used for filming of scenes between Healesville and Yarra Glen. 10BW and 27BW were destroyed in a collision at Seymour in 1935, 24BW and 29BW was destroyed by fire at Ballarat Car Sheds, 1977 and BW 30 was scrapped in 1970.

He eventually runs into water and the ice sculpture melts, and the boy is near drowning. However, his hair has actually saved his life because the man saw it floating in the water! The boy wakes up and sees both the man and his cousin looking down at him only to see what the ice sculpture was based on, the fish man's cousin. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

Four series of Round the Twist have been 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. This gradually develops the theme until the final episode of each series in which it is explained and resolved. The Twist family also have frequent conflicts with a ruthless local businessman, Harold Gribble, and his family.

As well as appearing in children's television, West also appeared in Neighbours as Emma Gordon, between 1987 and 1988, and again in 1991, and guested on Blue Heelers. She was in the chorus for the 1992 Jesus Christ Superstar Australian arena production. West performed the lead vocals on the Round the Twist theme song. This was used for all four series despite the fact that she only appeared in the first series.

An old man is forced to go to a nursing home. He can only leave if he can prove the existence of a dragon, so he sends his grandson into the sewers to take photos of the dragon. The grandson returns with a box which turns out to be a dragon egg from which a baby dragon hatches. Was later adapted as an episode of Round the Twist, was one of two adaptions to be combined into one episode.

Round the Twist is a wacky and bizarre children's television comedy about three children and their widowed father who live in a lighthouse by the wild Victorian coastline in the fictional town of Port Niranda. The kids become involved in many quirky, zany, bizarre magical and often spooky adventures. This major series was initiated by Patricia Edgar, Director of the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF), and first went into production in 1989.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1988).

The wonderful old photographs highlight the lives of the keepers, shipwrecks and the construction of the Great Ocean Road. Tours can be self- guided or are led by trained staff who tell great stories of the lighthouse keepers and early shipwrecks, explain the operation of the light and communication systems, and introduce thousands of Round the Twist fans to the filming operations at this lighthouse. The lighthouse is open every day. Check the website for current opening times.

He began writing for children when his son, aged 11, was having trouble reading. Jennings' short stories were adapted for the first two seasons of children's television series Round the Twist in 1989 and 1992, and then later in 1998 for the only season of series Driven Crazy. In 2020 Jennings' memoir, Untwisted: The Story of My Life, was published by Allen & Unwin. Jennings started writing it ten years earlier, and is his longest piece of writing.

Pre-production of the fourth series commenced in November 1999, with principal photography commencing in February 2000 and concluding in May 2000. The Line Producer for the fourth series was Helen Watts, with Directors David Swann, Arnie Custo and Ray Boseley. Filming for Round the twist 4 commenced on February 7 and continued for three months in and around Melbourne, in the studio of Crawford productions, Williamstown primary School and the picturesque seaside town of Airey’s Inlet. Helen Watts line produced the series.

Daniels has guest starred in various Australian TV dramas including City Homicide, Stingers, Blue Heelers, Something in the Air and Janus. He played alongside Bud Tingwell in the award winning episode of the children's show Round the Twist titled The Tears of Innocence.Australian Television Information Archive "Winner of the New York Festivals' 2000 Gold World Medal for the category Youth Programs (Ages 7 – 12)." In feature films he played Dave in The Hard Word (2002) and Ferret in Guru Wayne (2002).

This tree can be found at 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.

The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Children's Program is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was first awarded at the 42nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 2000, and is given to honour an outstanding Australian children's television program. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries. Hi-5, Round the Twist, My Place, Dance Academy and Nowhere Boys hold the record for the most wins, with two each.

Andrew Daddo was a co-host of The Factory with Alex Papps, broadcast on ABC TV on Saturday mornings, from 1987 to 1989. He also hosted Countdown Revolution in 1989. From 1989-1991, Daddo was a VJ on the American MTV network. Daddo had a role in the children's series Round the Twist and Cluedo, both in 1992. Daddo hosted the World's Greatest Commercials, which ran from 1995 to 1996 as well as the Australian adaptation of Kids Say the Darndest Things.

Before Godecki was selected for the role of Neri in Ocean Girl for her graceful style of underwater swimming, she was a student in Melbourne where she studied modern dance and ballet. She also went to Methodist Ladies College. Apart from her starring role as Neri, Godecki was also a regular extra on the 1992 series of Round the Twist, appearing and sitting next to Linda in school scenes, but never is heard speaking. She was credited as "Beautiful Girl".

Quirky Tails is the third in a series of collections of short stories by Australian author Paul Jennings. It was first released in 1987. As one of Jennings' darker collections, death is a theme in many of the stories – most significantly Unhappily Ever After (which serves as an allegory for hell), and A Dozen Bloomin' Roses and No Is Yes (which have ambiguous implications of suicide and murder respectively), as such has the fewest stories (of any pre-1993 release) adapted for Round the Twist.

In 2000, he made a guest appearance on children's series Pig's Breakfast. McLean later portrayed the role of Pete Twist in the ABC children's television series Round the Twist, a role for which he is best known. He was cast in the series for seasons three and the final fourth season. The role was previously played by Sam Vandenberg and Ben Thomas in season two, before the series went on hiatus in 1992 when it finished on the Seven Network, and returning in 2000.

A boy who is a fan of horror films and isn't scared of anything leaves his sister at home alone for a night because she has stolen his rented scary movie. He decides to rest for a night at an old house, but it turns out to be the home of a student spook who has an upcoming exam; if the student fails his exam to scare the boy, he'll be frozen for a whole year until the next exam. Was later loosely adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.

Each episode finds the Twist kids involved in bizarre, supernatural adventures. Although the adventures are wacky, weird and wonderful, the kids are ordinary knock-about youngsters who have to extricate themselves from the quirky twists of an unpredictable world. Four series were made during the show's 11-year run. Round The twist started off as a series of 13 half-hour episodes and part of the three program package the Foundation sold to the Seven Network in September 1988 which also included Kaboodle and The Greatest Tune on Earth.

Round the Twist 2 reintroduces the Twist family and the local identities from the coastal town of Port Niranda. Unusual events once again haunt the community. Imagine a wonderful ‘age rager’ that is able to make people young again or a magical pair of earrings that have the wearer attracting the town’s garbage. Imagine having feet so smelly that anyone who approaches them is knocked out. Rastus the chook turns out to be a mathematician and, with a little help from a water sprite, Bronson wins the chool ‘peeing competition’.

A boy called Brian has a speech impediment that forces him to say "Without a shirt" each time he finishes a sentence. When he is forced to move to a new house in the center of a cemetery because his dog is repeatedly digging, he eventually finds some bones that may be linked to his speech impediment. After fulfilling the task involving the bones and a shirt, he loses the speech impediment. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist, although "without my shirt" was changed to "without my pants".

The album contained the track Round the Twist, which was a version of the theme song of children's television show of the same name. Tinpan Orange won Triple J Unearthed and were nominated for The Age Music Victoria Genre Award for Best Folk/Roots Album for 'Over the Sun' in 2013. During the same year, Emily Lubitz appeared on the popular SBS program RocKwiz, where she sang a Hall and Oats cover duet with Paul Dempsey. In 2016, their latest album Love is a Dog received coverage by Rolling Stone, listing the track as a first play track on their website.

The show is set in Wallaby Park, an Australian wildlife park in the Ku-ring-gai National Park where the King family arrive from the United Kingdom to live with their Australian relatives after going bankrupt. Before they arrive they believe they have inherited a large cattle ranch, but on arrival are disappointed to meet a largely unprofitable, slightly run down wildlife park. Most of the comedy in the series is slightly surreal in a Round the Twist style way. Special effects and sounds are used to convey the characters actions mixed in with slightly speeded up footage when walking.

Round The Twist is set in an old lighthouse on the rugged south-west Victorian coast and features the Twist family-fourteen year old twins, Pete and Linda, their eight year old brother Bronson, and their Dad, an artist who makes sculptures from other people’s junk which is extremely embarrassing to the twins.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1988). Care for kids: Television News, The newsletter of the Australian Children's Television Foundation, Issue No. 26, p. 1-4. ISSN 0813-3727 Although Dad tries to come in heavy with the kids, they can always get round him if they want to.

A.C.T.F. Productions Limited. It was pre-purchased by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Bristish 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 did not draw from Jennings' material. Incidentally, just two years before the third series was aired, Jennings' stories were being adapted into a different show called Driven Crazy, which also failed to match the popularity of the early Round the Twist and of which only one series was produced.

Round the Twist pushed the boundaries of acceptability for children's television, to the extent that the Australian Children's Television Foundation had difficulty finding a distributor for it: according to the ACTF's marketing Manager Jenny Buckland, "the scripts were declared 'too rude', 'not for television' and 'outrageous'". However, around the world children cheered to Round the Twist’s outrageous-ness and three additional seasons were made. Some episodes include references to flatulence, defecation, urination, vomiting, body odour, underwear, birth (one involving a male), death, nudity, incest, genitalia, homosexuality, bestiality and coprophagia. Many episodes revolve around helping restless spirits of dead people or animals find peace.

Andrew S. Gilbert is an Australian actor best known for his portrayal of Tony Twist in Round the Twist (Series 3-4) and AFI Award-winning role in Kiss or Kill and other supporting work in Look Both Ways and The Dish and his recent role as Gavin Braithwaite on the ABC series, Bed of Roses. He is also known for his collaboration with Director David Caesar on his films Idiot Box, Mullet, Dirty Deeds and Prime Mover. He has been nominated for the AFI Award three times for Kiss or Kill, Mullet and Paperback Hero, winning for the earlier.

In the 1980s, Holden appeared in two episodes of Channel Ten's drama series Prisoner (1982–1983), all episodes of c/o The Bartons and in the first season of the Channel 7 children's program Round the Twist (1989). In 1990, Holden appeared in the Australian caper film The Big Steal as a used car salesman named "Frank" and as Arthur 'Ozzie' Oswald in The Flying Doctors. In the early 1990s, he appeared in four episodes on the Seven Network's A Country Practice, and in 1992 starred in the short-lived Late for School. He then played Senior Sergeant Glenn "Spider" Webb on the ABC's Police Rescue (1994–1996).

Hammerberg was an Australian actress best known for her role in the television series Prisoner in 1985 as May Collins. She had previously appeared in the series in a guest role in 1979, playing Valerie Richardson, a jewellery store owner, who is an ex-prisoner who shelters her escapee friend and former cellmate Bea Smith (played by Val Lehman) while she is on the run. Other TV credits include: Homicide, Bluey, Cop Shop, Carson's Law, Special Squad" and Round the Twist" She also acted opposite Meryl Streep during a brief appearance in the film A Cry in the Dark. Hammerberg died of unspecified cancer in Melbourne on 8 February 1995 at the age of 58.

He wrote and directed 27A (1974), In Search of Anna (1978) (with film stills and publicity shots by Carol Jerrems who was then his girlfriend),Cover, July 1977, Deadly (1991), and Subterano (2003); he directed Devil's Hill (1988) and the Tasmanian film in the Touch the Sun series of bicentennial telemovies. In 2007, he directed the SBS comedy series Kick. Storm also worked on several television series such as Round the Twist, The Genie from Down Under (in which he was scriptwriter and director), Sky Trackers (in which he was script consultant), Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers (in which he was the show's creator, scriptwriter and dialogue director), directed Blue Heelers, Crash Zone, and Winners for which he directed the episode "The Other Facts of Life".

McGrath is probably best known to international audiences for her role as fair-minded but sarcastic Deputy Governor Colleen "Po Face" Powell in the cult Network Ten series Prisoner. Initially a minor character, appearing in 12 episodes in the first two series (1979–80), she became a permanent cast member in 1981 and went on to appear in a total of 263 episodes, before leaving the series in 1984. After leaving Prisoner, McGrath appeared in guest roles in Neighbours in 1985 and The Flying Doctors in 1986 and 1988, before appearing in the first series of the children's television show Round The Twist in 1989, playing Matron Gribble.Children's show with a twist She went on to be a regular cast member on A Country Practice as Bernice Hudson from 1992 until 1993.

In Australia, the series was released on DVD through Magna Pacific originally in 2000/2001 consisting of 7 volumes. In the UK Round The Twist was released on DVD, the first three DVDs were given a U rating and the fourth DVD was given a PG rating. Volume 1: Series 1: Episodes 1–9 (2 Disc Set) Volume 2: Series 1 & 2: Episodes 10–18 (2 Disc Set) Volume 3: Series 2: Episodes 19–26 (2 Disc Set) Volume 4: Series 3: Episodes 27–32 Volume 5: Series 3: Episodes 33–39 Volume 6: Series 4: Episodes 40–45 Volume 7: Series 4: Episodes 46–52 In 2005 these same 7 volumes were then placed in a box and given the "Box Set" name and sold as a complete series and in 2009 the series was re-packed and re-issued. On 2 February 2010, Magna re-released the whole series in a new packaged box set as 'Completely Twisted Collection'.

Other appearances included guest roles in Crawford's adventure series Ryan (1973), and in the miniseries Power Without Glory (1976). Later television appearances include Cop Shop (1978), Sons and Daughters (1982), Special Squad (1984), The Flying Doctors (1986), Sugar and Spice (1988), Phoenix (1992), Round the Twist (1993), Wedlocked (1994), The Damnation of Harvey McHugh (1994), The Man from Snowy River (1994), Mercury (1996), Driven Crazy (1998), Eugenie Sandler P.I. (2000), SeaChange (2000), Stingers (2000), The Secret Life of Us (2001), miniseries Bootleg (2002), miniseries After the Deluge (2003), Real Stories (2006). She also made frequent appearances in televisions series Prisoner, Blue Heelers, and Neighbours. For the latter series she portrayed four different characters starting in 1986 with Mrs. York and most recently, in 2006, as the hard-of- hearing, Rose Belker. Her theatre roles include Serita in Waiting in the Wings, Mrs Grey in The Secretary Bird (1969) and Mrs. Bedwin in Oliver (1961–62, 1966–67). Melville also acted in several feature films including Alvin Purple Rides Again (1974), Dimboola (1979), I Can Jump Puddles (1981) (TV), Squizzy Taylor (1982), Annie's Coming Out (1984), Niel Lynne (1985), The Four Minute Mile (1988) (TV), Mull (1989), Spotswood (1992), Say a Little Prayer (1993), The Heartbreak Kid (1993), Dead End (1999), Siam Sunset (1999), A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow (2000), Dalkeith (2001), Crackerjack (2002), Forbidden (2003), Romulus, My Father (2007).