You Need To Rewatch These Aussie Shows From Your Youth

If you're looking for a serotonin fix, I've got you covered with seven Aussie shows from our youth that still slap to this day. Take it from me, someone who has recently rewatched three shows on this list in the last few weeks and will continue to do so. Aussie TV back in the 2010s was truly a cut above the rest.

1. Blue Water High 🏄

I'm not crying, I've just got something in my eye... 😳🥺

Look, the intro song may or may not get my tear ducts working overtime. This just takes me back to the good ol' days of begging my 'rents for a surfboard and a Hawaiian white necklace so I could look like Fly. 

Each of the three seasons follows the lives of seven lucky 16-year-olds that are selected for a year long surfing program at Solar Blue. This was the dream to end all dreams as a kid. 

2. H20: Just Add Water 🧜‍♀️

Emma, Cleo and Rikki accidentally become mermaids and try to navigate life with tails, full moons, and of course all the dramas teenage girls cop. This show reinvented the wheel. Revolutionary. 

H20 genuinely had me practicing how to control water, swimming with my legs glued together like a mermaid, and wanting to ban anyone from being called 'Charlotte'. My family dog is legit called Mako, as in Mako Island.

3. Dance Academy 💃

Dance Academy had me in a chokehold. It's a bit more dramatic than the other picks in this article, but it's still iconic in every way. 

It's narrated mainly from the perspective of Tara Webster, a newly accepted first-year student at the National Academy of Dance in Sydney. Her trials and tribulations had me begging for more episodes as well as dance lessons.

4. Lockie Leonard 🌊

I only just found out that this was based on the book by Tim Winton. What!??!?! Truly iconic.

Lockie Leonard (played by Sean Keenan aka Gary in Puberty Blues), is a surf rat who moves to a small coastal town in Western Australia with his fam. Lockie has to deal with starting high school in a new town with no mates, a dodgy house, a loony family, and a new crush. 

I'll never forget the scene where he tries to start a 'board riders association', calling it BRA for short and gets bullied relentlessly. Oh to be young hey. 

5. Mortified 😳

Why-iyyy-iyyy... My family was as chaotic as Taylor Fry's in Mortified growing up. This show made me feel heard. 

Alongside her best mate Hector, her perfect neighbour Brittany and her crush Leon, Taylor breaks the fourth wall when things go awry. So basically, Mortified walked so Fleabag could run. 

6. The Saddle Club 🐎

I wasn't a horse girl, in fact, I had a pretty bad fear of horses growing up, but that didn't stop me from reading the Saddle Club books and devouring the show. The Saddle Club follows the lives of three aspiring equestrians developing their riding skills and overcoming obstacles together. Très wholesome.

Fun fact: Chris Hemsworth has a cameo in one of the episodes. Before he was Thor, he was in with the horse girlies too.  

7. Round The Twist 🌀 

I remember going to my nana's house most days after school and watching rerun after rerun of Round The Twist whilst eating her expired digestive biscuits. That's the life if you ask me.

Round the Twist followed the supernatural adventures of the Twist family, who leave their conventional residence to live in a lighthouse. Whilst it's a lot older than the aforementioned shows, it slapped then, and it still slaps now. 

Talk to us. What were your favourite Aussie shows? What one are you gonna binge watch after reading this article?