The Team - Andrew Daddo

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Andrew began his television career at Network Ten while studying at Monash University in Melbourne, where he completed an Arts degree majoring in politics and history. In 1987, Andrew moved to the ABC to host its live national music show The Factory, where he says he donned a lot of black t-shirts and tight jeans. He remained there for two years until lured to New York to be a host on MTV, which involved all sorts of shirts and stretchy jeans.

Returning to Australia in 1992, Andrew played Professor Plum in a TV production of Cluedo and a ghost in the children's series Round The Twist before moving to the Channel Seven in 1995. That year, he hosted Australia's Funniest People, World's Greatest Commercials and the TV Week Logie Awards. He was also commissioned to report and present two episodes for the popular British travel program The Lonely Planet, which were subsequently nominated in the Cable TV Awards in the US.

In 1999, Andrew co-hosted Kidspeak with Ernie Dingo - a funny and candid insight into the things children say. From there he took up the position of co-anchor on Seven's magazine-style news program 11AM which continued until mid-2000, when Olympic fever took hold of him and the network. Andrew co-hosted the Olympic early morning program Olympic Sunrise with Johanna Griggs, something he still considers one of his career highlights.

2002 saw Andrew team up once again with Ernie Dingo as a presenter on The Great Outdoors. In the years he has been with the popular travel program, Andrew has visited more than 20 countries and taken over 70 trips. In addition to his television duties, Andrew has embarked on a writing career.

Now an accomplished author, Andrew has penned 13 best-selling children's books since 2000 including Muffin Top, Youse Two, You're Dropped and a beautiful picture book called Good Night, Me, which began as a bedtime story for his children. In 2006, he published his first adult novel entitled It's All Good and last year, he released another picture book, I Do It and That Aussie Christmas Book.

When asked what he'd really like to do, Andrew says: "Fish a bit, golf, of course, spend time with my family, write kids' books that kids like to read, travel the world - of course - to remote destinations that make people green with envy, and, ah, maybe a little more fishing and golfing around the traveling and family. But not necessarily in that order."

Andrew lives on Sydney's Northern Beaches with his wife Jacquie and their three children: Felix, Bibi and Jasper. He fancies himself as a golfing fisherman, not a fishing golferman.