“We’re a photo-happy family,” says Melissa Doyle, co-host of the Seven Network’s Sunrise. And to prove it, here are some of her favourite times.“I’ve always known what I have wanted to do, and I’ve been lucky I’ve found an industry I really love working in. And I particularly love working in the new Sunrise studio. Because the show is so interactive, you feel really close to the audience. When we walk out into the plaza, they all want to say ‘Hi’, and you’re actually meeting the people you’re doing the show for - it’s really nice.
1978
I was absolutely horse-mad as a child ... I think I read Black Beauty about 50,000 times. I was one of those girls who always wanted to have a pony. My dad used to take me riding at a pony club on weekends. I would still love to ride today, but I never get the opportunity. It’s such an expensive hobby when you live in the city.
1991
I’d finished my communications degree at Charles Sturt University, and I remember that on graduation day I’d come down with the ’flu, and all I wanted to do was crawl into bed. I’m here with my dad, Robert, and my mum, Virginia. I always wanted to study communications, and I knew exactly what university I wanted to go to, and what course. Thankfully I got in, because I didn’t have any contingency plan. I spent three years at Bathurst, and loved every minute of it.
1995
The driver took this photograph of my husband, John, and me on our wedding day, and we took it with us when we left our reception. We put it beside the bed, and when we woke the next morning, I remember looking at it thinking ‘Oh my God, we’re married!’. It looks like one of those cardboard cut-outs they have at fairs. We met on a blind date, and were married two years later. I remember thinking he was a bit different and special. And he says he knew straight away that I was the one.
2000
I knew that running with the Olympic torch would be exciting, but nothing can prepare you for the feeling. I felt I was one little link in this enormous chain right around the world, and that my little run was significant. I was surprised by how overwhelmed I was. And I was pregnant with Nicholas at the time, so it was exciting that he was sort of running with the torch also.
Read the full story of Melissa Doyle's favourite moments in the November issue of Good Medicine magazine.
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