FED: Australia may miss out on Baywatch millions

AAP General News (Australia)
02-25-1999
FED: Australia may miss out on Baywatch millions

By Jo Dougherty and Neil Sands

SYDNEY, Feb 25 AAP - Australia looks set to lose millions of dollars because a small Sydney
beachside community has rejected overtures from the world's most popular television series,
Baywatch.

The show's executive producer Greg Bonnan today said he was looking at Hawaii as an
alternative site for his series as Avalon residents on Sydney's northern peninsula don't want
it shot on their beach.

New South Wales Premier Bob Carr has stepped into the debate, asking the state's film and
television office to …