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INDUSTRY • MEDIA

Knowing me,
knowing you

HEY DJ
Up close and personal with
Elliott Lovejoy from
Triple M Cairns.

After two years working in the United
Arab Emirates, Elliott Lovejoy has
returned to his roots in Cairns, hosting
Triple M’s breakfast show. You’ll hear
him on-air weekdays at 99.5 FM from
5.30am ‘til 9am, where he chats about
all things Cairns and its surrounds.
The 27 year-old has come full circle. MORE: Tune in to Elliot’s Breakfast
He started in the industry at Cairns Show on Triple M 99.5 FM from
Indigenous community radio station 5.30am to 9am weekdays.
BBM back in 2010. Tropic sat down with
Elliot to delve deeper into the life of the
guy behind the mic. Detail an email or text you sent that What’s your best travel tip?
you immediately wanted to retract? Do it solo! I think so many people are
You just got engaged - congrats! How Ugh. I was working at the PCYC off under the assumption that you always
did you go about pinning down the love Greenslopes St many years ago and we need to be surrounded by others when
of your life? had a staff meeting where our boss just you travel but some of my best trips
I think she was wowed by the power went ONNNNNNN. Straight after I have been on my lonesome.
of the beard. We met a couple of years messaged a co-worker having a whinge
ago in Abu Dhabi and as cheesy as it and said some pretty rotten stuff but What’s your funniest high school
sounds, I think we both knew straight managed to send it straight to my boss! memory?
away we were onto something special. She called me straight away and I can’t I went to Saints (St Augustine’s College)
We actually still do long distance but say she’s spoken much to me since... and in Grade 10 in Mr Gregory’s class,
she’s moving to Cairns in September. three of us performed the world’s worst
What’s the best thing about waking up science experiment. Over a six month
What movie or music makes you cry? early every morning? period, myself, Daniel Becka and Ryan
There are two in particular that stand Is there anything good about waking Gooding would put food scraps in a
out. Turner and Hooch with Tom Hanks up early in the morning? My alarm fires certain locker at the back of the class and
and out of left field, Rugrats in Paris! off about 3.40AM and I’m a walking we’d just watch as each day passed and
When Chucky sings about not having a zombie until I’ve had my second coffee the scent got worse. Poor old Grego must
Mum it hits me right in the feels. at about 5.30AM. have gone close to retiring that year.

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