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Just another day in Alice Springs for Imparja’s Ryan Liddle ConfideNTial

TELEVISION TERRITORY Rowe’s TIDBITS Top End Life is close call

IN Darwin for the first time, news pre- senter said she all good almost died when broadcast- ing from Darwin Convention Centre on Saturday. Rowe said: ‘‘I nearly cau- SPOTTED sed an explosion because I put a bucket of petrol near FORMER Home & Away the whip-cracker’s flames, it for Sam veteran Judy Nunn and was a near-disaster, I didn’t actor husband Bruce even realise.’’ Venables (pictured) were WEEKEND Sunrise pre- spotted at a NT Library

senter Samantha Armytage National Year of Reading K has laughed off suggestions event in Darwin last week. Y that she’s soon set to tie the M knot with her partner Peter I want to come back, De Angelis. Tropfest win C In Darwin last weekend to it’s fantastic, people commemorate the 70th anni- THE 2012 Tropfest are so warm in the versary of the Darwin Bomb- winners have been ings, Armytage had just re- announced and although Territory turned to Australia following Darwin entrant Samantha a two-week holiday in the US Young was unsuccessful COLOR: with De Angelis. the Territory did have a

Rowe told ConfideNTial Armytage — who has been winner. Alice Springs- 17 she was excited to be in the dating the Sydney hotelier based songwriter Ben Top End because she since August last year — told Allen was the overall ‘‘doesn’t get out much’’. ConfideNTial the getaway winner in the APRA ‘‘I want to come back, it’s was ‘‘a good, fun holiday Tropscore category of the PAGE: fantastic, people are so warm which had nothing to do with festival from 900 entrants. in the Territory and coming Valentine’s Day’’. Entrants were required to from Sydney it’s so lovely to Armytage says she’s con- compose an original film have such a welcome from tent with her life. Samantha Armytage score or sync to Returning, people, there’s such a sense ‘‘I’m very happy doing a three-minute short film of pride,’’ she said. what I’m doing at the mo- The self-confessed party by Australian filmmaker ‘‘I’m very lucky that I can ment and my life is pretty girl says her work does affect Amelia Olsen-Boyd. work part-time because I good, I have a good balance of her social life but she doesn’t have a young family and it’s everything,’’ she said. let it prevent her from hav- 22-FEB-2012 perfect because my husband As well as co-hosting Week- ing a good time. Back in business (Nine News presenter Peter end Sunrise, Armytage pres- ‘‘It slows you down a little Overton) looks after our two ents and reports news for bit, work’s always in the BOJANGLES made its

girls on the weekend.’’ and Sunday back of your mind, but you return to Alice Springs DATE: Rowe says she is chuffed to Night. still go to weddings on a Sat- last week after the award- be a part of Weekend Sunrise. ‘‘There are moments when urday, you just make sure winning pub went into ‘‘We have a ball together, your alarm goes off on the you’re in bed at a reasonable liquidation and closed it’s almost like we’re the weekend or you have to leave hour like at 2 or 3am,’’ Army- indefinitely. Owner Jeff naughty kids,’’ she said. a party early or you have to tage joked. ‘‘Peter’’ McVeigh bought While in town, Rowe join- be grown up, but once you’re ‘‘I’m quite hardy, I’ve had the pub last month.

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