Bob Jelly's plans to demolish the Boatshed to make way for a 200-seat restaurant mirror what happened to the location in real life. The demolition scenes were filmed during the early stages of the construction of the At The Heads restaurant and kiosk that opened around 2003.
Many of the actors who play regular roles are billed in the opening credits for the first time; in previous seasons, only the three principal cast members were billed in the opening credits.