Recently I was scanning my favorite free streaming network (Tubi) and came across this Australian TV drama. I have to say I’m into the third season of Sea Patrol and enjoy watching it. The show centers around the crew of the HMAS Hammersly of the Royal Australian Navy and their adventures on the ocean blue: rescues, pirates, snakes, gun runners, smugglers, even tattoo parlors. (In case I haven’t mentioned it, I have a theory about TV shows and movies set in prison or on the high seas. I think they are both naturally dramatic settings, which makes it harder to make a bad show/movie in either setting.)
In any event, I like the show’s theme song which is kind of a high energy fanfare meets Miami Vice type of thing. It was composed by Les Gock.
Man, they really zip through the cast listings…not that I really knew any of them before watching this series. One cool thing about watching a series like this one is it’s kind of foreign, but it’s kind of familiar — I watch it in subtitles so I can understand some of the Aussie accents.
The first couple of episodes they kept calling one of the main characters “Buffer” or “BUFF-FAHH” in Australian accent. That threw me a bit. According to Wikipedia, “Buffer is the colloquial title for the senior seaman sailor.” Some of the other main characters include “X” (short for executive officer), “Spider” or “SPY DUH” (a Seaman named Webb), “Nav” (the navigator), “RO” (radio operator), and “Charge” or “CHAA jjhh” (the chief engineer). They also add a new chef to the HMAS Hammersly named “Bomber” or “BOM MUH” during Season Two.
Another part, I like about “high seas” entertainment is some of the lingo and phrases you hear throughout the series: “Hands to boarding stations”, “Avast”, “Stop or heave to, I intend to board you.” (The last one is a real thing and not just uttered during shore leave! In one of my favorite films The Bounty, an officer tells a crew member, “You shall kiss the gunner’s daughter.” Then he’s bent over a canon while he was hit with a knotted rope. Good stuff!)
The ensemble cast of Sea Patrol offers a wide variety of storylines from show to show and season to season. I recommend it. Oi!
Till next time, keep your Mojo on the Horizon!
Mojo Horizon 
Aye, Matey..your type of unusual action show. Going to tune in…if only to hear the Aussie lingo, stare at some tattooed arms and see some guy get hit in the bum with a rope! Nice job, X.
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