Big W casts northern Illawarra's Thirroul village for new Christmas campaign

Big W has just released their "Make A Little Magic" ad campaign, which sees familiar cafe Buck Hamblin transformed into a milk bar and upmarket restaurant Para transformed into a fish and chip shop.

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The Illawarra escarpment at dusk (or sunrise) can be seen poking out from behind the aforementioned businesses as the plot follows a boy named Noel, who has special powers to turn things Christmassy - just like his friend's face who suddenly gets a Santa-esque beard.

Earlier this year the northern Illawarra suburb was also treated to a Disney crew, filming multiple episodes for the upcoming series Last Days of the Space Age.

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The eight-episode family dramedy will see Thirroul transformed into a Perth beach in the year 1979 - while while BlueScope also features heavily as "the powerplant", with cameos by Sharkie's Beach in Coledale and snippets of Port Kembla.

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