The series revolves around the Breakers building situated near Bondi Beach, and the lives of the people who work and live there. The building houses three businesses, BMS (Breaker's Modelling School), a modelling agency run by Paul Simmons, The Breaker, a local newspaper run by Eve, Paul's ex-wife, and Kate's Café, run by Kate Markham, Eve's sister, along with a drop-in centre for homeless teenagers, Against The Tide, run by Steve Giordano.
Cast
Main characters
Original cast members
James Stewart as Alex Markham, Kate's 19-year-old rebellious son (1998–99)
Helen O'Connor as Kate Markham, 34-year-old café owner
Ling-Hsueh Tang as Maggie Lee, works at The Breaker (1998–99)
Julie Haseler as Eve Simmons, Kate's sister, 37-year-old publisher and editor of The Breaker
Simone Robertson as Monique Fairbairn, 24-year-old co-owner of BMS
Richard Healy as Paul Simmons, Eve's ex-husband, co-owner of BMS
Ben Tate as Danny Simmons, Eve and Paul's 14-year-old son
Simon Munro as Vince Donnelly, Danny's best friend, 15-year-old gay model
Louise Crawford as Lucy Hill, Alex's 19-year-old ex-girlfriend, works at The Breaker
Miranda Chance as Jaime Esber, Lucy's best friend and flatmate (1998)
Heath Bergersen as Reuben Neeson, 16-year-old Aboriginal street kid
Jean-Marc Russ as Boris McCann, 29-year-old chef at the café
John Atkinson as Steve Giordano, 28-year-old manager of the drop-in centre
Emily Perry as Terri Simmons, Eve and Paul's 16-year-old daughter
Jason Crewes as Serge Prejean, French-Canadian who dates Nina (1998)
Christen Cornell as Nina Ordish (1998)
Later additions
Angela Keep as Cheree Walker, Reuben's friend, a street kid who discovers she has HIV (1998–99)
Amber Virtue as Felicity, Vince's love interest before he realises he is gay (1998)
Ada Nicodemou as Fiona Motson, Nina's rival from Muswellbrook, 17-year-old waitress at the café (1998–99)
Preben Warren as Jack McCann, Boris' younger brother, Terri's love interest (1998–99)
Melinda Kennings as Xanthe Fairbairn, Monique's younger sister (1999)
Australian SenatorKaren Synon considered the depiction of Lucy Hill, in a lesbian relationship to be "inappropriate" given the program's afternoon timeslot, and requested the Australian Broadcasting Authority investigate if the show had breached broadcasting guidelines. The ABA told The Daily Telegraph that the storyline was "normal" and the show's PG rating was appropriate for the timeslot.[1]
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