Career
Her sister was Neighbours executive producer Susan Bower. Bayonas" first job was taking notes for the film that Welles was working on at the time. Bayonas admitted that working with Welles taught her about flexibility in storytelling and turned her against many writing courses that she felt were structured.
Beginning in 1994, Bayonas lived in Los Angeles, California for six years, writing for Paramount Pictures.
During her time in Los Angeles, she worked on programmes such as Sunset Beach and Prime Time. In 2000, Bayonas decided to return to Australia and began work on television programmes such as The Saddle Club, The Secret Life of Us and Lawrence of Arabia.
In 2008, just as the third series of The Saddle Club finished production, cancer took hold of Bayonas meaning that this was Bayonas" last work before her death from cancer in January 2010. She was also head of her own production company, Lynn Bayonas Productions, based in Preston, Victoria
lieutenant was announced on 25 January 2010 that Bayonas had died following a long battle with cancer.
She was 66 years old.
The Australian soap opera Neighbours, of which Bayonas"s sister Susan Bower is an executive producer, marked Bayonas"s death at the end of their episode broadcast on 25 January 2010 with a title card as the credits rolled.
