Although Ali Brahe’s cover girl beauty first caught Cameron Daddo’s attention, it was her bravery and resilience on a fishing trip that claimed his heart
The moment I knew: while I retrieved the car, she was fighting hard to keep the boat off the rocky shoreIn 1990, I was 24 and well on my way to enjoying a career as an actor. I’d joined a local band on Sydney’s northern beaches, and we played gigs most weekends up and down the New South Wales coast.
A week later, after cancelling a gig to be there, Ali and I were being introduced in a nightclub. I was instantly struck by her sparkling aura; she confessed she’d had couple of vodka tonics. We chatted for an hour and I promised to call her the next day – which I did. I don’t think we spent many days apart after that.
Yamba was at her sparkling best and we’d spent an afternoon on my boat, fishing on the Clarence River, when the breeze began to freshen, taking the heat out of the day. We headed home, crossing back over the channel and past the old oyster beds when the boat ramp came into view in the late afternoon sun.
The plan was to hop out in shallows, and Ali would hold the boat – my 18ft wooden Riviera-style cruiser, a heavy beast – off the ramp while I retrieved the car and backed the trailer down the ramp . The wooden hull never liked the scraping on an unforgiving concrete ramp so I had to move fast.So far, so good. Ali was waist-deep in water clutching the bowline and gave me an assuring look that she could do her part.
Later at our accommodation, Ali was exiting a hot shower when I caught sight of her naked hip and back – it looked like a hot mess of purple and red welts!“Holding your boat off the ramp. You’re welcome,” she said, as she continued to dry herself. Not a word of complaint, not a scratch on the boat, but Ali’s actions that afternoon that helped me understand that this gorgeously funny, brave and resilient woman was my person.
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