Naman Shrestha
Co-created by comedy duo Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, Amazon Prime’s ‘Deadloch’ is an Australian crime comedy series that follows a female detective named Eddie Redcliff. She is called upon duty when a dead local man is found washed ashore on the beach during the preparations for the Winter Festival in the small titular town. Now, Eddie must tag along with the hard-nosed junior detective Abby and investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the case as the body count rises across the town.
Starring Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Nina Oyama, Tom Ballard, and Alicia Gardiner, the feminist noir comedy series unfolds in the fictional Tasmanian town of Deadloch. This sleepy seaside hamlet becomes a character when the rising dead bodies disrupt the quiet. This layered mystery about the town not only keeps things exciting but also sparks questions about the filming sites in the viewers’ minds.
Deadloch: Where Was it Filmed?
‘Deadloch’ is filmed in Australia, particularly on the island of Tasmania. The principal photography for the inaugural iteration of the crime comedy series reportedly commenced in February 2022 and wrapped up in about five months, in June of the same year. So, without wasting time, let’s follow the two female detectives and get a detailed account of all the specific locations where their investigation takes them in the Amazon Prime series!
Tasmania, Australia
The production team of ‘Deadloch’ utilizes the locales of several cities and towns across the Australian island of Tasmania to double for the fictional town of Deadloch. Hobart works as the primary production location for the crime series. For the debut season, most of the cast and crew relocated to the city for about six months, including McLennan and McCartney and their families, to avoid flying in and out of the island during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the breaks between the debut season’s shooting, the filming unit reportedly used to visit pumpkin festivals or pie-eating competitions together.
The beach scene in season 1, where the man’s body is found on the shore, was seemingly taped on one of the beaches in the town of Kingston Beach. The town of Kingston, located just west of Kingston Beach, also reportedly served as a production location. In March 2022, the cast and crew were spotted recording a few key portions of ‘Deadloch’ season 1 in and around the town of Cygnet, situated in the Huon Valley. They also set up camp in The Woodbridge Tasmania, at 6 Bridge Street in New Norfolk.
Furthermore, some more locations in Tasmania are regular features in ‘Deadloch.’ They are the town of Richmond, just about 25 kilometers northeast of Hobart, and the rural/residential locality of Dunalley. Given the seemingly isolated location of Tasmania and its picturesque features, the island is an ideal filming site for different productions. For instance, you are bound to notice its pristine waters, wildlife, and air, not just in ‘Deadloch’ but in various other film projects, such as ‘The Nightingale,’ ‘The Survival of Kindness,’ ‘Lunatics,’ and ‘The Kettering Incident.’
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