[2][3][4] After graduating as dux of Nambour State High School in 2001, Anstey attained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with Honours from the University of Queensland in 2005.

[7][10][11] When Hughesy & Kate ended in 2013[12][13] Anstey was hired by rival Melbourne station Fox FM to anchor its new breakfast show Fifi & Dave.

[citation needed] The show featured various everyday items that had been motorised, including a couch that set the world record for fastest sofa at 163 km/h (101 mph).

[27] In 2014, Anstey was part of an MLC advertising campaign that tasked him with delivering a plate of Australian lamb to Julian Assange, at the time a political refugee in the Ecuadorian Embassy of London.

[20] He has twice won the Australian Commercial Radio Award for Best Comedy Segment, in 2012[31][32][33] and 2015,[34][35][36][37] and was a presenter, appearing on stage dressed as a clown, at the ceremony in 2014 with Fifi Box.