Meet the team
Postcards, a half-hour show about Victoria, on Sundays at 5.30pm on Channel 9 showing off the treasure trove that is Victoria.
The team:
Giaan Rooney
Giaan Rooney's memorable smile, natural beauty and ability to engage are almost trumped by her enormous energy for work. It is not surprising that her career has been jewelled with success.
As well as being a Postcards presenter, she's regularly seen on other Channel Nine shows including Wide World of Sports, Getaway, the Winter Olympics and Nine's Spring Racing coverage. She is also an accomplished speaker and MC.
Giaan has a Medal of the Order of Australia and, as a former darling of Australian Swimming, holds medals at every level of competition, including Olympic Gold. She is heavily involved in community initiatives, such as the Alannah & Madeline Foundation and the Lort Smith Animal Home.
Shane Crawford
Shane Crawford has been on Postcards since 2008.
He was one of the AFL's biggest stars, winning the ultimate individual and team prizes, the 1999 Brownlow Medal and the 2008 premiership with Hawthorn.
He has transferred the same determination, ability, courage (and cheek) to the small screen
Born in Finley, New South Wales, his quick wit, empathy and natural ease on camera led to regular appearances onThe Footy Show, where he revealed some fancy dance moves as well.
With the Sunday Herald Sun, hetook readers behind the scenes and into the mind of a champion during his time as a columnist. He has also covered his other passion, horse racing, during the major carnivals for the Herald Sun, and in 2011, he assumed the role as the Face of Supercoach, the Herald Sun’s interactive AFL competition played by over 400,000 readers.
Shane and long-time colleague Glenn McFarlane produced his autobiography, That's What I'm Talking About in 2010.
In 2010, Shane also completed an amazing feat, walking from Adelaide to Melbourne to raise money and awareness for the Breast Cancer Network Australia. That's What I'm Walkin' About lasted 12 days, raised $500,000 and saw Shane run back into The Footy Show set through streets lined with supporters dressed in pink.
In 2011, he continued to raise money for the Breast Cancer Network by taking part in Australia’s first Celebrity Apprentice.
Shane has also recently release the debut line of his kids wear label Kiniki with his business partners.
Glen Moriarty
Glen Moriarty is in his eighth year as a Postcards presenter. A keen surfer with a love of the outdoors, he has also been heavily involved with the show as a producer for seven years.
Moriarty, who joined A Current Affair as a guest reporter in 2008, is no stranger to the camera, with 12 years as a model and actor behind him.
After leaving school, he studied hospitality, to find it was not for him. While in the process of working out what he wanted to do, he took on an odd job delivering a second hand fridge, which led to the start of his modelling career. The woman who answered the door uttered, "Have you ever done any acting before?" and one thing to led to another.
In 1999, he joined the Nine Network as a model on Sale of the Century. After modelling overseas, he returned in 2001 and studied acting at the Victorian College of the Arts and went on to appear in The Secret Life of Us and numerous television commercials.
In 2002, Moriarty was a co-host and mentor on Search for a Supermodel. He has also co-hosted Nine's live telecast of the New Year's Eve fireworks in Melbourne.
Lauren Phillips
Lauren Phillips has been on Postcards for four years and is now half of the brand new Kids' WB team with Andrew Faulkner.
With presenting experience on both Postcards and A Current Affair, Phillips is set to win over the kids of Australia with her fun-loving, enthusiastic style.
Born in Melbourne, she attended Wesley College and is currently completing a Bachelor of Media Communications.
Comfortable in the fashion world, she recently renewed her contract as national ambassador for Myer and the face of NF by Nicola Finnetti. As well as featuring in their catalogues, her role extends to hosting events and attending fashion parades.
She is also national ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a cause she holds very dear to her heart.
Brodie Harper
Born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula, Brodie Harper began on Postcards in 2007.
Since then, she has travelled to every corner of Victoria, but cites an adrenaline pumping tear around Phillip Island race track as a highlight.
Brodie's looks got her noticed by a prestigious modelling agencies when she was discovered at a local shopping centre at age 19.
From there her career took off locally and internationally, with one of her favourite modelling assignments being a commercial shot in New Zealand, which enabled her to explore that country's spectacular outdoors.
In 2008, Brodie's charitable side was witnessed when she donned a silver spandex suit for Nine's Hole in the Wall.
Her profile rose even further when she became the 2008 Moonee Valley Spring Racing Fashion Ambassador.
In December 2009, Brodie took on the role of Nine News weather presenter when Livinia Nixon took maternity leave. .
Brodie took part in the The 2011 Formula 1™ Qantas Australian Grand Prix Lexus Celebrity Challenge and is taking part in Omara triathlon, raising money for ovarian cancer.