Over the years as well as serving its purpose as a centre for sea and land rescues it has been a place for the young people of the Bay to relax and socialise.

[5] Producer Julie McGauran said the location would be "a new get-together area for the younger residents during the day and will attract the older members of the Bay at night when it reopens as a bar.

Maddy Osborne works there until late 2014, but was fired by Brax for stealing the business' money for buying new clothes and shoes.

Following the departures of Dean and Ziggy, Mali Hudson took over the business and renamed it Manta Ray Boards as part of a revamp of the Surf Club in the show.

[10] A tenant of The Boathouse said Home and Away would have to carry out some prerecording or write a dramatic storyline, such as "some sort of explosion" to explain why the bait shop no longer exists.

Leah scales back her work as she is employed at Summer Bay High School, however, she does some casual shifts and continues to own her half of the diner.

Chris Harrington (Johnny Ruffo) unintentionally poisons some diners, as well as Alf and Leah, when he uses Death cap mushrooms in a risotto.

Employees since then have included Olivia Fraser Richards, Skye Peters, Brody Morgan, Gemma Parata and Chloe Anderson.

Two years later Pippa decided to move with new partner, Ian Routledge to The Carrington Ranges and let Travis and Rebecca Nash take over the tenancy on the house and the care of the remaining foster children who opted to stay behind, Sam Marshall, Tiegan Brook and Justine Welles.

Sally Fletcher, Pippa's adoptive daughter felt like her home was not hers anymore and moved in with Jesse McGregor and Vinnie Patterson at Travis' house.

Beth, not feeling comfortable in Rhys' home, elected to house swap with Flynn Saunders and Sally Fletcher, selling the adjoining Caravan Park as a separate entity.

In 2005, it was revealed Pippa had purchased the Caravan Park from Tasha Andrews for Sally and Flynn and they took in local teenagers, Ric Dalby and Cassie Turner.

Sally left the Bay in April 2008 and let her long-lost twin brother, Miles Copeland take over the running of the house and caravan park.

Alf's daughter Roo (Georgie Parker) returned to Summer Bay in October 2010 moving into the house, after twenty years in New York City.

Following the supposed death of his wife Martha, Alf let the condition of the park slide and eventually sold it to Tom and Pippa Fletcher who inherited full-time tenants Floss and Neville McPhee who lived in their circus caravan until March 1989, but their van remained in the park until 1991 when Pippa decided she needed to make space for additional caravans.

Lance Smart also rented a van until he purchased a mobile home further up the park following a lottery win and was joined by Martin Dibble and they lived there for two years.

During episodes broadcast on 5 May 2016, the Caravan Park was the setting for an explosion that killed Oscar MacGuire (Jake Speer) and Hannah Wilson (Cassie Horwath), and injured many other characters.

[22] Throughout the 2000s, it was known for being a share house with various characters staying there, including James Fraser (Michael Piccirilli), Harry Reynolds (Justin Melvey), Shauna Bradley (Kylie Watson), Leah Patterson (Ada Nicodemou), and Charlotte Adams (Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen).

The annexe was later turned into living space when Beth Hunter (Clarissa House) established a relationship with Tony Holden (Jon Sivewright).

It was reintroduced in 2022 when Eden Fowler (Stephanie Panozzo), Remi Carter (Adam Rowland) and Kirby Aramoana (Angelina Thomson) rent it.

[24] This property located on Beach Road was previously owned by Ernie Jacobs, who rented it to Marilyn Chambers, Adam Cameron and Matt Wilson.

Skye Peters moved in temporarily while her foster father John Palmer left to care for his wife overseas.

Coco left to go to boarding school in Cairns and Ziggy moves back in after she finds out that Brody was having an affair with Simone Bedford.

The next occupants are Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker), Maddy Osborne (Kassandra Clementi) and Matt Page (Alec Snow).

Kat Chapman (Pia Miller) and Martin Ashford (George Mason) move in, after Ash fails to win custody of Luc Patterson.

Raffy goes to live with John Palmer (Shane Withington) and Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons) when Brody's drug addiction grows worse, and the move is later made permanent until her accident.

Brody moves out to live with his wife Ziggy Astoni (Sophie Dillman), while Justin invites Willow to stay when she becomes homeless.

Throughout the years, Mangrove River began to be mentioned more frequently and has been started to become involved in many storylines including Nicole Franklin inviting some guests from suburb to a party and David "Gardy" Gardener coercing Roman Harris into a robbery on the Wharf.

Yabbie Creek is Summer Bay's nearest neighbouring town where various characters either dine out, shop or take in movies.

"[33] Following a series of issue-led storylines, including Leah Patterson's miscarriage and Irene Roberts' cancer diagnosis, a Daily Record reporter observed how the demeanour in the town had changed, writing "There was once a time when Summer Bay was a happy place to be.