Indie store update
Zeehan Hardware contributes to TV production
Filmed in Tasmania and based on the successful overseas format, The Bridge will see a group of strangers work together to build a 330metre long bridge in just 17 days, with $250,000 up for grabs
Fri Aug 26 2022
Don Edmonston, owner of Zeehan Hardware, played an important role in helping create the set of a new television show, The Bridge that was filmed on the West Coast of Tasmania. (The store is a member of HBT National Buying Group.)
Mr Edmonston, who is involved with Hydrowood, the company that gave the film crew access to the lake, said he supplied materials for units used by those involved with the show. He told The Examiner:
My role was to cart material into the site for them to build some units as the site is very remote and inaccessible. The set required materials that looked old, which are hard to obtain.
We (at the hardware store) cart a lot of our own materials to the West Coast. We are always driving throughout the state picking up our own supplies, so it helps that we know where things are that are needed.
Mr Edmonston said his knowledge and skill sets have also been used on sets from the ABC show Bay of Fires and another unnamed production that is also being filmed on the West Coast. He said:
If there was more filming done on the West Coast, it would be good to be involved in but I wouldn't chase it anywhere else in the state.
Mr Edmonston expected more people to travel to the area once these shows were aired. He said:
It's good for Tassie and especially for the West Coast - we can do with all publicity we can get down here. A lot of people don't realise how nice it is down here.
Mr Edmonston was all praise for the production crew of The Bridge, saying they were "unbelievable to work with".
The Bridge sees 12 strangers meet on the shore of Lake Pieman and together they must to build a 330-metre bridge in 17 days, using just their bare hands and basic tools. If they succeed, only one will claim the cash prize to be faced with the ultimate dilemma - keep the entire money haul for themselves or share with their fellow bridge builders.
The show is airing exclusively on the Paramount+ streaming service on Fridays.
(Photo credit: Zeehan Hardware image is from ABC News by Mitch Woolnough)
