Who’s who

These are the voices heard on the show so far. To see more pictures of an individual, click on their headshot.

Alice Hannah

Alice Hannah, ex-waitress (currently lady of leisure); resident of Brisbane with glamorous nails; Anna’s future cousin-in-law; first time on the internet.

Anna Roberts

Anna Roberts, ex-financial-services person; world traveller; enthusiastic swimmer & surfer; life saver; and proud Australian permanent resident. Soon-to-be Mrs Manch.

Andrew Bennett

Andrew Bennett, Macquarie Bank capitalist.

Anne Verhoeven

Anne Verhoeven, student, siren, daughter of John and Christine, sister of Paul

Caitlin McJannet

Caitlin McJannett, high school student and daughter of Terry

Christine Verhoeven

Christine Verhoeven, wife and manager of John V., mother of Paul

David Smith, engraver

Denise Elder

Denise Elder, swimmer, life saver, and all-round good egg

Di Hollister, guide, Tourism Tasmania

Eleanor Sheedy

Eleanor Sheedy, sales manager and the owner of Lexi, a Shih Tzu (Chinese for “rat”)

Evan Bongarzoni

Evan Bongarzoni, ESL teacher, husband of Ruth, father of Maya; life saver

Evan Judd, national sales manager for a food brand

General Grumpy - Scott Crawford

General Grumpy aka Scott Crawford, swimmer, cyclist, and a man who likes his eggs grossly under-cooked

Graham Lapworth, licensed builder

Jack Lewis

Jack Lewis, son of Steven and official photographer for ILV

Jennie May, interior design student

John Partridge

John Partridge, founder member and naturopath

John Verhoeven

John Verhoeven, founder member, antique dealer and picture hanging expert

Katie McFaul

Katie McFaul, doctor, boatie, rower, life saver

Lauren Elder

Lauren Elder, saleswoman and life saving instructor

Liz McDougall, journalist, Manly Daily

Maya Bongarzoni, 1-year-old so more punctuation than talking

Melissa Palermo

Melissa Palermo, life saver, former student of Steven and Lauren’s, and excellent judge of character.

Michael Mulholland, osteopath

Paul Verhoeven, student and film critic

R. Francis “Random” Smith, the eclectic mind and rich voice behind Sturgeon’s Law

Rob Binstead, airline pilot

Robyn Brake, owner, Machine Café Hobart, Tasmania

Rowan Warnock

Rowan “I’m not going to speak” Warnock, emergency services guy, ex-chef, delivery driver

Ruth Bongarzoni

Ruth Bongarzoni, speech therapist, wife of Evan B., mother of Maya

Sarah Finlay

Sarah Finlay, TOEFL teacher, colleague of Evan B.; and life saver

Shane McCoy

Shane McCoy, T-shirt designer

Shelley Taylor-Smith, world champion swimmmer and motivational speaker

Simone Grout

Simone Grout, Volvo-driving soccer mum to Zoe; ocean swimmer; sailor (aka Pitchick); life saver; and travel manager.

Steven Lewis

Steven Lewis, founder member, father of Jack, journalist, podcaster, social media consultant; life saving instructor; and host of sister podcast to ILV, The Rules.

Sue Lewis Sue Lewis, proud mother of Steven
Terry McJannett

Terry McJannett, IT tutor at TAFE and father of Caitlin

Yvette Burns

Yvette Burns, founder member, nurse, sports therapist and masseuse

Trent Armstrong

Trent Armstrong, Dallas-based co-host of The Manners Cast