It’s one of the most sought-after positions in Australia which sees its journalists become celebrities.
But life on breakfast television isn’t as glamorous as you might think, with Sunrise roving reporter Sam Mac offering viewers a fly on the wall look at a typical day.
In a video diary broadcast on Tuesday, Sam is seen waking up at 4am and working a 14 hour day with few breaks in between – all while staying in a less than luxury motel in outback Queensland.
4am starts, bad motels and 14 hour working days: What the life of Sunrise roving weather presenter Sam Mac is REALLY like
In the video, Sam is seen waking up at 4am on Friday morning, offering viewers a ‘tour’ of his tiny, sparsely-decorated motel room.
Getting dressed for the day the Channel Seven personality confronts his first problem.
‘Sometimes people say, “Sam why isn’t your shirt ironed on TV?” well no iron that’s why mum!’ Sam said.
Early riser: Sam is seen waking up at 4am in his tiny, sparsely-decorated motel room
Getting creative: Sam is forced to try and get the crumples out his shirt by steaming it in the shower, blowing on the shirt for extra effect
Breakfast of champions? He doesn’t get to stop and eat until almost six hours after waking up, eating a basic breakfast of peanut butter on toast at 9.40am
Instead Sam is forced to try and get the crumples out his shirt by steaming it in the shower, blowing on the shirt for extra effect.
An hour later and Sam is on set, delivering the weather forecast and interviewing countless locals in the tiny desert town of Birdsville, located in central west Queensland.
He doesn’t get to stop and eat until almost six hours after waking up, eating a basic breakfast of peanut butter on toast at 9.40am.
Working through the day: Despite Sunrise wrapping up at 9am, Sam keeps working throughout the day
Clocking off: Sam worked through until 8pm to get footage for Sunrise next week
But the day doesn’t stop there, with Sam working through until that night to get footage for Sunrise next week.
‘It’s currently 8pm which means we have been awake for 15 hours,’ Sam explains.
Exhausted from their 14 hour working day on Friday, on Saturday morning Sam and the Sunrise crew are quiet and subdued as they make their way onto a tiny propeller plane.
Sleeping their way through the flight, their work finally ends when they land back in Sydney at lunchtime on Saturday.
Sleeping it off: On Saturday morning Sam and the Sunrise crew are quiet and subdued as they make their way onto a tiny propeller plane
Finally home! Their work finally ends when they land back in Sydney at lunchtime on Saturday