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H2O - Just Add Water: behind the scenes

The following image captures come from a behind-the-scenes special that aired in the UK

H2O is filmed at Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios on Australia's Gold Coast. This is the soundstage.

Inside, the Moon Pool was constructed...

Actor Luke Mitchell shows off the boatshed location that is new for series 3 (he is too)

The boatshed was build at this site...

... which was transformed into this:

But inside, the boatshed is empty! It is just a facade.

The actual interior...

...can be found here, back on the soundstage with the other sets

Among the sets you will find the restyled café

and Cleo's house

What you see on screen (a shot from episode 3.05)...

...is not quite as glamourous in reality

Filming on location at the boatshed...

... on "Mako Island"...

... and on the beach.

The making of a mermaid starts with a plaster cast (Cariba Heine here)

Add a lot of work...

...a few thousand hand-placed scales...

and even more work.

Then, learn to swim like a mermaid...

...sqeeze into your new tail...

...I said sqeeeezzze into your tail...

...and slip elegantly into the water.

with a helping hand of course.

Sea World, this is where the underwater scenes are filmed

Meet the series' directors. Here is Jeffery Walker...

and Colin Budds

Lastly, here's an example of a storyboard. Here Rikki is confronted by the water tentacle (a very Archie-esque Rikki in the last panel)