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Pictured are Alex and son Charlie
With this year's COVID-19 outbreak, Alex has been enjoying the slower pace of life with her 'down-to-earth and funny' husband Jamie, who she has been married to for 34 years.
'We have swim dates at 6am in the morning.
What happened to Lotto host Alex Wileman?
Recently because we haven't been as busy, we are taking road trips to look for places out clients might like to go.
'Times might be tough in tourism now, but nothing will stop us in forging ahead,' she added.
Travel lover: The TV star also recalled juggling motherhood with her success on Lotto in the nineties [pictured], admitting that she would use all her free time to take her children camping and on 'good hands-on holidays'
'We have swim dates at 6am': With this year's COVID-19 outbreak, Alex has been enjoying the slower pace of life with her 'down-to-earth and funny' husband Jamie, who she has been married to for 34 years
With border restrictions prohibiting Alex for travelling the length and breadth of Australia, she has undoubtedly been making the most of exploring her own backyard in New South Wales.
In recent months she had uploaded a slew of sun-kissed snaps from the likes of Byron Bay, Southern Highlands and the idyllic north coast.
Before her fame as a presenter, Alex was considered an eighties pin-up thanks to her 'Mellow Yellow' TV advertisement in 1985.
Ultimate jackpot: With border restrictions prohibiting Alex for travelling the length and breadth of Australia, she has undoubtedly been making the most of exploring her own backyard in New South Wales
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Alex has a passion for health and well-being. Legendary presenter, 59, hits the jackpot after swapping her TV fame to travel Australia with her family
She enjoyed incredible success as the host of classic Australian series such as The Cartoon Connection, The Love Game and most famously, Lotto.
But five years ago Alex Wileman turned her back on her television fame to launch her now successful travel company, Local Eyes, with husband Jamie Creer.
And the 59-year-old has now revealed she's more content than ever with her new life as a traveller, telling Woman's Day: 'I thought it would be awesome to be able to show people around like a local - and it's what I get to do every day.
The 59-year-old has revealed she's more content than ever with her new life as a traveller, saying : 'I thought it would be awesome to be able to show people around like a local - and it's what I get to do every day'.
She has also been the face of Home World and My House. Alex also has experience in presenting corporate videos – such as Doctor’s Television, Optus and Citibank – and facilitating corporate team bonding events. Sydney speaks for itself, and we are just the conduit for the conversation.
“That’s what I love, hearing about their lives, and if they want to hear about ours we will share ours.”
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Alex has a vast amount of presenting experience, having presented for lifestyle, current affair, children, news, and documentary programs, including The Cartoon Connection and The Morning Program, The World Around Us (Channel 7), News and Weather (Channel Ten), (Mornings with Kerri-Ann, The Today Show (Channel Nine), and of course Lotto (Channel Nine) which has made her one of the best known faces in the country!
Alex has represented big brands including Toyota, Sportsgirl, Sunsilk, Mellow Yellow, Maybelline, Cachet, Bernina, Dolly and Woman’s Day magazines.
There are relationship stressors, but in the end, we are family.'
The former TV star also recalled juggling motherhood with her success on Lotto in the nineties, admitting that she would use all her free time to take her children camping and on 'good hands-on holidays'.
Winning the lottery! She is married with three children and teaches personal presentation and effective communications skills for school leavers and graduates.
Legendary presenter, 59, swaps TV fame for travel
Former 'Cartoon Connection' presenter Alex Wileman's new career in tourism
Alex Wileman was a screen staple in the 80s and 90s, quenching our thirst as the face of Mello Yello, brightening our mornings on Cartoon Connection and of course, drawing our lucky numbers as the host of Lotto.
These days, it’s smooth sailing for the TV icon as Alex and her husband hit the high seas with a luxury cruising and tourism company.
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“It was 20 years ago and my husband was doing a lot of travelling and he would say that he wanted to see where the locals live,” Wileman said.
“He wanted to go kayaking, find out where they would eat, and it was the same with me.
“I was on the northern beaches with young kids and I thought, wouldn’t it be great to bring people up to the northern beaches, have a swim with them while their spouses are at business meetings and things like that, show them our city?
“Five years ago we found ourselves between careers, and we thought, ‘Let’s go back to TAFE’, and we developed this business and called it Local Eyes.
“We love showing people our city.
She is a qualified personal fitness trainer and is involved in ocean swimming, and regular surf life saving competitions. She is regularly engaged as an MC for various functions.
Alex has been actively involved in the community as an Australia Ambassador and is associated with many charities including being Patron for the MS Society of N.S.W and the Friends of MS Committee, The Cerebral Palsy Alliance and the Children’s Medical Research Institute.
She runs a tourism business with her husband Jamie in Sydney.
To contact Alex Wileman for television, corporate or presentation engagements contact Peter Wall at Wall Media on 0408 489 057.
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I'm living my dream!''I'm living my dream!' Former Lotto host Alex Wileman has turned her back on her television fame to launch her now successful travel company, Local Eyes, with husband Jamie Creer
Alex explained that she's always harboured a desire to work in the tourism industry after catching the travel bug on the Channel Seven docuseries, The World Around Us.
With their high-end tour and sightseeing company quickly taking off, Alex and her husband roped in the assistance of their children, George, 29, Jock, 27, and Charlie, 25.
Speaking of their family and business dynamic, the blonde said: 'Living and working together might seem a bit close for comfort.
Pictured with husband Jamie
'We might be close for comfort but we're family': With their high-end tour company quickly taking off, Alex and her husband roped in the assistance of their children, George, 29, Jock, 27, and Charlie, 25.