Pittwater Life June 2019 Issue

Brady Halls recounts
his career chasing
villains and
lotharios on camera;
proposing to his
wife on Live TV,
and travelling the
world in pursuit of
bizarre stories.
Story by Rob Pegley
Life Stories
holiday almost seems a waste of time
sometimes.
“My wife Debbie, and the children
(Jett 16, Indiana 12) and I, try to
get away at the end of the year on a
family holiday. Usually overseas. But
it’s strange, because we sometimes
question the worth of it. After all we
have beaches, restaurants, waterways,
cinemas, hiking trails and everything
else you enjoy on a holiday… all within
five minutes of our front door.”
The family had a boat on Pittwater for
a while; kayaks are next on the shopping
list in the coming months. And Brady is
happiest just pottering locally: “Coffee
on a Saturday morning in Mona Vale,
shopping and takeaway for dinner.
Simple pleasures in a lovely community.”
But then when you work in television,
the sanctuary of simple pleasures and
a quiet community is perhaps just what
you need:
“It’s a hectic schedule” Brady agrees,
“working against the clock to the
Continued on page 36
The Local Voice Since 1991
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: With Debbie, who he
proposed to on air, on their wedding day in 1998;
on holiday with Debbie, Indiana and Jett; ‘Thank
you very much!’ – Brady dressed as The King
outside the gates of Graceland (but of course!);
and posing outside his workplace of 30 years.
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