The third season of the Australian drama Sea Patrol premiered as Sea Patrol 3: Red Gold on the Nine Network on 18 May 2009. Principal location filming was, as in past seasons, completed in and around the area of Mission Beach, Queensland. It has an announced budget of A$17 million. The continued presence of the production in north Queensland has been hailed as "a major boon for our local film and television industry" by Rod Welford, the Queensland Minister for Education, Training and the Arts. Sea Patrol season 3 finished filming in mid-February. (confirmed in credits) The series kicked off with ET (David Lyons) being killed in a diving accident. Sea Patrol 3 still has the Armidale Class Patrol Boat. Two new recurring stars Blair McDonough and Jessica Napier played a married couple, Matt and Simone Robsenn who are the local dive masters. Sea Patrol season 3 premiered on 18 May 2009. It aired every Monday night on Channel 9 at 8.30.
Casting
Main cast Actor Character Rank Position Ian Stenlake Mike "CO" Flynn RAN Lieutenant-Commander Commanding Officer Lisa McCune Kate "XO" McGregor RAN Lieutenant Executive Officer Saskia Burmeister Nikki "Nav" Caetano Lieutenant Navigator John Batchelor Andy "Charge" Thorpe Chief Petty Officer Chief Engineer Matthew Holmes Chris "Swain" Blake Petty Officer Coxswain/Chief Medic Jeremy Lindsay Taylor Pete "Buffer" Tomaszewski Petty Officer Lead Boatswain or ship's Buffer Kristian Schmid Robert "RO" Dixon Leading Seaman Radio Operator David Lyons Josh "ET" Holiday Leading Seaman Electronics Technician (Episode 27) Nikolai Nikolaeff Leo "2Dads" Kosov-Meyer Leading Seaman Electronics Technician (Episodes 28–39) Kirsty Lee Allan Rebecca "Bomber" Brown Able Seaman Chef/Assistant Medic Jay Ryan Billy "Spider" Webb Seaman Boatswain's Mate
Recurring cast Actor Character Steve Bisley Commander Steven 'Steve' Marshall Andrew Buchanan Campbell Fulton Jessica Napier Simone Robsenn Blair McDonough Matt Robsenn
Episodes
See also
List of Sea Patrol episodes
References
General references