Amanda Keller reveals how a precious getaway helped her 'let off steam' amid her husband's battle with Parkinson's disease
The 63-year-old radio star admitted on the Jonesy & Amanda show on Tuesday that Harley's worsening condition had been hard on her family - and a recent trip to Tasmania with her son Jack, 22, helped them both let off steam.
'Jack and I spoke a lot about Harley while we were away,' she told co-host Brendan Jones on Tuesday.
'You know, when you're away on holidays, you go hard the first night and regret it for the rest of the time?'
'I had finished on the radio on the Friday, we flew to Hobart, and we were walking around Salamanca Bay.
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She continued: 'We had something to eat, and I said, "Let's just have one drink in this bar and we'll call it a night."
'That was 8 o'clock. Next minute, it's 12.30am. We'd been dancing in some club. Not club, it was a bar, you know, and Jack was obviously the youngest person there.
'And the next day we were both just so embarrassed at our behaviour. But it was such a great night to just let off steam.'
Elsewhere in the chat, Keller opened up about the difficult decision to leave her husband behind, who is unable to travel.
'It's really hard. But the same time, I want the boys to have time away from all that too, or time with me where we can talk about that.'
Amanda broke down in tears in May when she spoke about her 35th wedding anniversary with Harley.
'I don't want to get emotional,' she said. 'It's my wedding anniversary today.'
'In the old days, Harley and I would have been going out to dinner tonight. But he's not well enough to do that.'
Amanda, who was in her late 20s when she walked down the aisle, added that the gravitas of marriage vows are often lost on young people.
When Brendan brought up the concept of 'in sickness or in health,' Amanda said it's hard to grasp 'until you're living it'.
'You do fluctuate between dealing with what's in front of you and having the absolute s***s that you're dealing with what's in front of you.
'But I don't think you can get to 35 years without the sands shifting between you beneath your feet.'
While the couple's life has changed invariably, Amanda added that she is grateful.
'We've lived a rich and wonderful life together, and we still do,' she said.
The couple share two sons, Jack and Liam.
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