It was the end of a very long hard year's work on 'A Country Practice' at Channel Seven. John, my partner at the time, and I decided to take our first overseas holiday together. We booked Fiji with the intention of lying around on the beach, learning to wind surf and soaking up the sun. We found out only a day or two before leaving that pat McDonald, the actress John was working with on 'Son's and Daughters' was going to be staying in the same Hotel, the Regent of Fiji for about the same period of time. Surely, we thought, Pat would have her own friends or entourage with her. But no. When we arrived, we realised she wanted
us to be her entourage. Throw an ex-minor celebrity like Jim Schwartzman and his young 'business partner' into the equation and you have a recipe for the holiday from hell. It wasn't that bad really. There were some quite entertaining moments. Like the night Jim told us that Pat was after him. Maybe she really believed the 'business partner' story?!
It was the end of a very long hard year's work on 'A Country Practice' at Channel Seven. John, my partner at the time, and I decided to take our first overseas holiday together. We booked Fiji with the intention of lying around on the beach, learning to wind surf and soaking up the sun. We found out only a day or two before leaving that pat McDonald, the actress John was working with on 'Son's and Daughters' was going to be staying in the same Hotel, the Regent of Fiji for about the same period of time. Surely, we thought, Pat would have her own friends or entourage with her. But no. When we arrived, we realised she wanted us to be her entourage. Throw an ex-minor celebrity like Jim Schwartzman and his young 'business partner' into the equation and you have a recipe for the holiday from hell. It wasn't that bad really. There were some quite entertaining moments. Like the night Jim told us that Pat was after him. Maybe she really believed the 'business partner' story?!
