Shower mishap was proof Lisa Millar's not quite ready for grey nomad life
It was a far cry from the glitz and glamour of Australian TV's night of night's but the veteran broadcaster and TV personality, 56, wouldn't have it any other way.
"I literally had 12-week-old kelpies jumping all over me when the phone call came in... and it was just surreal... I thought I am further away at this very moment than you could possibly be to the glamour of the Logies and everything that comes with it," she said.
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"To also be nominated for the top gong, it felt very right to be out there in the bush, because that's what a lot of this nomination is about."
The former host of ABC's News Breakfast has been spending a lot of time in rural Australia in recent times.
She is the current host of Muster Dogs, a documentary series that follows graziers as they train kelpie puppies to become working muster dogs, and Back Roads, a show that showcases the lives and communities of people who live in Australia's rural and regional towns.
Often grey nomads will recognise Lisa as the host of Back Roads and come over for a chat. It is something she never tires of. She loves hearing about their travels and how long they've been on the road.
"When I was in Shark Bay in WA, there were people who were there from Nambour in Queensland, and they were doing the whole trip around Australia.
They were setting off for months, and it made me think, hey, retirement is not so bad. I'm a few years off it yet, possibly, but who knows? [They] made it look very appealing, I've got to say."
Although if Lisa is ever going to consider the grey nomad lifestyle, she admits she still has a lot to learn.
She has only been in a motorhome once. She was filming for Muster Dogs in a small town called Sandfire, which is little more than a rest stop, located about 300km south of Broome..
There was nowhere for the crew to sleep, so they had to hire a motorhome, and Lisa volunteered to drive it back. But before returning it, she stopped off for a swim at Cable Beach and decided to have a quick shower.
"I actually had the shower inside and thought, where does the water go? And then I realised when I got out of the motorhome, the water comes out on the ground, and you've got all the plugs out.
"So, people were probably looking at me, going, oh my God, she's so inexperienced. She doesn't know what she's doing."
Lisa, who grew up in Kilkevan, Queensland, a small rural town with a population of about 700, feels she has come full circle by getting to return to rural Australia for Muster Dogs and Back Roads.
"I would love to be able to say the word Kilkevan at the Logies and give a shout out to all of them, because they'll probably be watching it in the pub that night.
"It would just be such an awesome thing to think that someone who came from such a small town and had a big dream could pull off something like that."
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When Lisa Millar found out she'd been nominated for the Gold Logie, she was in the small Victorian town of Kaniva, near the South Australian border.
It was a far cry from the glitz and glamour of Australian TV's night of night's but the veteran broadcaster and TV personality, 56, wouldn't have it any other way.
"I literally had 12-week-old kelpies jumping all over me when the phone call came in... and it was just surreal... I thought I am further away at this very moment than you could possibly be to the glamour of the Logies and everything that comes with it," she said.
Read more from The Senior
"To also be nominated for the top gong, it felt very right to be out there in the bush, because that's what a lot of this nomination is about."
The former host of ABC's News Breakfast has been spending a lot of time in rural Australia in recent times.
She is the current host of Muster Dogs, a documentary series that follows graziers as they train kelpie puppies to become working muster dogs, and Back Roads, a show that showcases the lives and communities of people who live in Australia's rural and regional towns.
Often grey nomads will recognise Lisa as the host of Back Roads and come over for a chat. It is something she never tires of. She loves hearing about their travels and how long they've been on the road.
"When I was in Shark Bay in WA, there were people who were there from Nambour in Queensland, and they were doing the whole trip around Australia.
They were setting off for months, and it made me think, hey, retirement is not so bad. I'm a few years off it yet, possibly, but who knows? [They] made it look very appealing, I've got to say."
Although if Lisa is ever going to consider the grey nomad lifestyle, she admits she still has a lot to learn.
She has only been in a motorhome once. She was filming for Muster Dogs in a small town called Sandfire, which is little more than a rest stop, located about 300km south of Broome..
There was nowhere for the crew to sleep, so they had to hire a motorhome, and Lisa volunteered to drive it back. But before returning it, she stopped off for a swim at Cable Beach and decided to have a quick shower.
"I actually had the shower inside and thought, where does the water go? And then I realised when I got out of the motorhome, the water comes out on the ground, and you've got all the plugs out.
"So, people were probably looking at me, going, oh my God, she's so inexperienced. She doesn't know what she's doing."
Lisa, who grew up in Kilkevan, Queensland, a small rural town with a population of about 700, feels she has come full circle by getting to return to rural Australia for Muster Dogs and Back Roads.
"I would love to be able to say the word Kilkevan at the Logies and give a shout out to all of them, because they'll probably be watching it in the pub that night.
"It would just be such an awesome thing to think that someone who came from such a small town and had a big dream could pull off something like that."
Lisa for the Gold Logie win? Vote here: https://vote.tvweeklogies.com.au/
Share your thoughts in the comments below, or send a Letter to the Editor by CLICKING HERE.
When Lisa Millar found out she'd been nominated for the Gold Logie, she was in the small Victorian town of Kaniva, near the South Australian border.
It was a far cry from the glitz and glamour of Australian TV's night of night's but the veteran broadcaster and TV personality, 56, wouldn't have it any other way.
"I literally had 12-week-old kelpies jumping all over me when the phone call came in... and it was just surreal... I thought I am further away at this very moment than you could possibly be to the glamour of the Logies and everything that comes with it," she said.
Read more from The Senior
"To also be nominated for the top gong, it felt very right to be out there in the bush, because that's what a lot of this nomination is about."
The former host of ABC's News Breakfast has been spending a lot of time in rural Australia in recent times.
She is the current host of Muster Dogs, a documentary series that follows graziers as they train kelpie puppies to become working muster dogs, and Back Roads, a show that showcases the lives and communities of people who live in Australia's rural and regional towns.
Often grey nomads will recognise Lisa as the host of Back Roads and come over for a chat. It is something she never tires of. She loves hearing about their travels and how long they've been on the road.
"When I was in Shark Bay in WA, there were people who were there from Nambour in Queensland, and they were doing the whole trip around Australia.
They were setting off for months, and it made me think, hey, retirement is not so bad. I'm a few years off it yet, possibly, but who knows? [They] made it look very appealing, I've got to say."
Although if Lisa is ever going to consider the grey nomad lifestyle, she admits she still has a lot to learn.
She has only been in a motorhome once. She was filming for Muster Dogs in a small town called Sandfire, which is little more than a rest stop, located about 300km south of Broome..
There was nowhere for the crew to sleep, so they had to hire a motorhome, and Lisa volunteered to drive it back. But before returning it, she stopped off for a swim at Cable Beach and decided to have a quick shower.
"I actually had the shower inside and thought, where does the water go? And then I realised when I got out of the motorhome, the water comes out on the ground, and you've got all the plugs out.
"So, people were probably looking at me, going, oh my God, she's so inexperienced. She doesn't know what she's doing."
Lisa, who grew up in Kilkevan, Queensland, a small rural town with a population of about 700, feels she has come full circle by getting to return to rural Australia for Muster Dogs and Back Roads.
"I would love to be able to say the word Kilkevan at the Logies and give a shout out to all of them, because they'll probably be watching it in the pub that night.
"It would just be such an awesome thing to think that someone who came from such a small town and had a big dream could pull off something like that."
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