Colin has won nine Golden Guitar Australian Country Music Awards[1] and has written songs with Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand and Troy Cassar-Daley.

His song "Hat Town", written with Lee Kernaghan, won an APRA Award, while his Christmas album, recorded with Greg Champion, has become an Australian classic[citation needed], in particular his "Aussie Jingle Bells", now a staple at school end-of-year concerts[citation needed].

[citation needed] Colin was a regular presenter on ABC TV's Play School from 1992 to 1999,[2] when the program was revamped.

For 20 years he hosted Qantas' in-flight audio entertainment, predominantly "Big Country", pioneering the guest co-host format eventually adopted across all Qantas in-flight audio channels.

[citation needed] Colin and his wife Robyn have four children; Elliot, Laura, Emily and Riley.