On Thursday night, 28 July 2022, Australian TV show, Neighbours had its final episode air on TV after 37 years.

873,000 people in Australia tuned in for the last time to watch the final episode.

Over the 37 years and 8,903 episodes of Neighbours, Ramsay Street has seen
180,000 scenes being filmed (I have no idea how many scenes would have been dropped on the cutting room floor or were bloopers)
100+ kidnapping/hostage situations
35 natural disasters
115 car crashes (or accidents)
64 deaths
39 weddings
17 births

Tonight, Monday at 6.30pm, I think it’s going to really sink in for many of us who are still in denial that Neighbours has ended after being on our TV screens for 37 years, when we turn on the TV out of habit to watch the show, only to remember with sadness that the show has truly ended.

I love how they brought back as many of the past cast as they could and the little “Easter eggs” they put in as well into the final episode.

I enjoyed seeing Kylie and Jason back again as the shows “super couple” Scott and Charlene and how their presence didn’t take anything away from the current cast.

Susan’s monologue at the end, had me in tears as she walked around the street looking at everyone gathered there for Toadie and Melanie’s wedding reception and she was looking at everyone during her monologue, tying it all in perfectly together.

I think the way they left things open was well done because it gave me the feeling that life will go on in Ramsay Street, regardless of the show ending.

I was celebrating my 14th birthday on the night Neighbours began on the 18 March 1985 and now I am 51, feeling as though I have lost a good friend as the show has been on a good part of my life. I will definitely miss the show and the life of the residents of Ramsay Street. I was there watching the debut of Neighbours.

I remember visiting Melbourne years ago and standing in “Ramsay Street” on a spur of the moment day trip one day, with a friend. That is a happy memory for me, standing there on Pin Oak Court, South Vermont, Victoria, Australia aka Ramsay Street.

I was gutted when I thought the Ramsay Street history book was destroyed and cheered when the young people made a new book along with a Ramsay Street Facebook page (Who actually got onto Facebook to see if the Facebook page really existed? I didn’t) Now, can we persuade someone to actually publish a real Neighbours history book? That would be amazing if it could happen. So many people have been a part of the show, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. I for one would definitely buy it and I know I wouldn’t be the only one.

Thank you to the Neighbours cast and crew who over the last 37 years made magic happen in making an unique TV show and giving we viewers an escape for 30 minutes in our lives to enter your world. I’m going to miss catching up with the Neighbours and having a “cuppa” with them all while catching up with the everything going on in Erinsborough.

Okay, you didn’t think that I wouldn’t finish this post off without a Neighbours theme tune sing along did you? Here’s the words, happy singing…

Until next time

Kaye