The Block 2024: Nine erects massive fence around Phillip Island’s $9.5 million Island Cove Villas resort to ‘obstruct viewers’ as production begins on season 20
Block fans can hardly contain their excitement as preparations are underway to film the highly anticipated twentieth season on Phillip Island in 2024.
But with one too many ‘viewers’ lurking around the Island Cove Villas to get a peek at the new contestants, Channel Nine has thwarted Stickybeaks by erecting a huge fence around the set.
A curious fan shared photos on Facebook of the intimidating privacy wall being built around the $9.5 million resort.
At the construction site, construction crews could be seen installing wooden frames for a very high fence around the new production site.
Trucks and two-storey houses could be spotted in the sneaky photo from the location located two and a half hours south of Melbourne.
Block fans can hardly contain their excitement as preparations are underway to film the highly anticipated twentieth season on Phillip Island in 2024. Pictured: host Scott Cam
Last Monday, just days after the first photo was taken, another fan drove to the location and took a photo of the completed wall.
A huge white fence towered around the resort grounds, with Nine successfully hiding the houses from outside view.
In September, Daily Mail Australia revealed that a company owned by Channel Nine had bought Island Cove Villas for a whopping $9.5 million.
But with one too many ‘peeping toms’ lurking around the Island Cove Villas to get a peek at the new entrants, Channel Nine has ‘hampered’ the sticky beaks with a huge fence
The property currently has nine homes, a communal swimming pool, a barbecue pavilion, a tennis court and a children’s playground.
Craftsmen have been seen driving construction equipment to the site and a large truck was seen delivering essential materials for construction on Saturday.
The site is just a short drive from the island’s famous ‘Penguin Parade’ and is described as ‘breathtaking from the moment you arrive’.
A few weeks ago, a curious fan took to a private Block 2024 Facebook page and shared photos he took of the privacy wall being built around the $9.5 million resort.
In September, Daily Mail Australia revealed that a company owned by Channel Nine had bought Island Cove Villas for a whopping $9.5 million.
A new crop of Blockheads will be tasked with transforming the resort after plans for a season at Daylesford, in Victoria’s northwest, were scrapped.
After more than nine months of groundwork in the north-west Victorian city, Channel Nine was forced to pull the plug.
The Herald Sun reported that after initially securing sites on Raglan Street in the picturesque country town, Nine were evicted by locals and suffered delays in permit approvals.
“We’ve had so many successful series in so many different locations, but we don’t go where we’re not welcome,” a production insider told the publication in September.
The property currently has nine homes, a communal swimming pool, a barbecue pavilion, a tennis court and a children’s playground