The Block fans can barely contain their enthusiasm with preparations underway to film the highly anticipated 20th season on Phillip Island in 2024.
But with one too many ‘peekers’ lurking about the Island Cove Villas to get a look at the new contestants, Channel Nine has thwarted stickybeaks by erecting a huge fence around the set.
One curious fan shared photos to Facebook of the intimidating privacy wall being built around the $9.5million resort.
Construction crews could be seen on site putting up timber frames for a very tall fence all around the perimeter of the new production site.
Trucks and double-storey homes could be spotted in the sneaky snap taken of the locale which sits two and a half hours south of Melbourne.
The Block fans can barely contain their enthusiasm as preparations are underway to film the highly anticipated 20th season on Phillip Island in 2024. Pictured: host Scott Cam
Last Monday, just days after the first picture was taken, yet another fan drove to the site and took a picture of the completed wall.
A massive white fence towered around the resort property, with Nine successfully hiding the homes from outside view.
In September, Daily Mail Australia revealed a Channel Nine-owned company had purchased Island Cove Villas for a whopping $9.5million.
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But with one too many ‘peekers’ lurking about the Island Cove Villas to get a look at the new contestants, Channel Nine has ‘obstructed’ sticky beaks with a huge fence
The property currently features nine homes, a communal pool, a BBQ pavilion, tennis court and a children’s playground.
Tradies have been spotted wheeling building equipment into the site and a large truck was seen delivering essential materials for construction on Saturday.
The site is just a short drive from the famous ‘Penguin Parade’ on the island, and is described as ‘breathtaking from the moment you arrive’.
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Taking to a private Block 2024 Facebook page just a few weeks ago, one curious fan shared photos they took of the privacy wall being built around the $9.5million resort
![In September, Daily Mail Australia revealed a Channel Nine-owned company had purchased Island Cove Villas for a whopping $9.5million](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/30/01/78400353-12807581-image-a-66_1701308006782.jpg)
In September, Daily Mail Australia revealed a Channel Nine-owned company had purchased Island Cove Villas for a whopping $9.5million
A new batch of Blockheads will be tasked with transforming the resort after plans for a season in Daylesford, north-west Victoria, were scrapped.
After more than nine months of laying the ground work in the north-west Victorian town, 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 driven out by locals and delays in permit approvals.
‘We’ve had so many successful series in so many different locations, but we don’t go where we are not welcome,’ a production insider told the publication in September.
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The property currently features nine homes, a communal pool, a BBQ pavilion, tennis court and a children’s playground
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