AMANDA KELLER “I’m okay with being 60”

She’s hit the big 6-0, seen the last of her children leave home and is settling into life as an empty-nester alongside her husband of 31 years. But while she once thought this would signify the beginning of the end, for Amanda Keller it is actually the beginning of an exciting third act.

WORDS by TIFFANY DUNK

Harley Oliver vividly remembers the day, in 1987, when he first set eyes on his future wife. The tenacious blonde had cut her television teeth as a researcher on children’s magazine show Simon Townsend’s Wonder World!, defying the rule of never working with animals and children. Yet a small submarine was something she hadn’t counted on. Auditioning for a reporting role on Beyond 2000, Amanda Keller was wedged into a tiny two-man submarine, readying to make the ascent from the choppy waters. Harley, a producer on the show, was one of several gathering to see how she fared. “The lid was lifting up and there was Amanda desperately trying to remember what her piece to camera was going to be,” he laughs of what would prove to be his introduction…

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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2022

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