Eric McKinnon, a Korean War veteran, was also a teacher at several schools including St Paul's College, Manly where he taught ceramics.
Rosemary McKinnon, a former flight attendant for Qantas prior to her marriage to Eric, has a degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from University of Sydney.
Mitchell campus, in Bathurst, McKinnon began her career at Network Ten in Sydney, she then became a snow reporter at the ski resort Thredbo.
She is an ambassador for Life Changing Experiences mentoring program, member of the Cancer Council, and a regular blood, platelets and plasma donor.
[1] When McKinnon left her reporting position for WIN in 2002, covering the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (to move to 2UE), MLA Labor Party member John Hargreaves lamented her departure: McKinnon received a police citation for bravery in 2003, for trying to help save two men trapped in a burning car.