Meet Gary the bricklayer

Gary the bricklayer: “Fathers, lock up your daughters!”

G’day mate, it’s me, Gary. You might have seen me on the telly. I just got in from a building job out bush with a few of me mates. Glad to be back. The flies were just shocking, and the mozzies too.

Been in the bricklaying game a while now, but it’s been going off for me since I won that CGU comp. Fair dinkum, I’ve had girls whistling at me!

Gary the bricklayer The mobie has been running hot too. Me and the boys have barely had time to scratch ourselves since it hit the screen – flat chat we are.

The girlfriend likes it too. She says I look like Johnny Depp in a Gary the bricklayer bluey. I tell her she needs to get her eyes seen to – Johnny Depp doesn’t look this good!

There’s been loads going on ever since we won that CGU comp. We only entered for a laugh and then, bugger me, I end up on the Footy Show with Shane Crawford handing me a big fat cheque. You couldn’t make it up. I didn’t let em come anywhere near me with that makeup stuff though - that’s for wusses.

We had loads of fun making the real ad too, up in Queensland.

Was my first trip there. Wouldn’t you like to stand on top of a pallet of bricks, drinking a choccie milkshake with a load of blokes and sheilas filming ya? Ha, ha.

Almost as good as rapping about the nags with a couple of sparkies. Not!

It certainly pays to be in the showbiz game. Roger me pomeranian’s been enjoying the attention too.

Gary the Bricklayer and his dog Mum says it’s not every dog that gets a mention on TV every night.

She’s been spoiling him rotten.

Well, I must be off. Hey, and if you need a brickie – “the best in town, maybe even Australia!” – give me a hoy eh. Mates rates. And remember: tradies do it better!

Gary's insurance

"I got all my tools on the building site – if I’ve got to insure, I got to do it right!"

Yeah, this insurance stuff is really important in the building game – you’ve got to do it right. That’s why I’ve got my insurance with CGU.

I’ve got my liability and tools covered with a CGU Business Insurance policy. It also covers me if for some reason me and the boys can’t work for a while which happens sometimes.

But that’s not all I need: I’ve got some workers’ compensation with CGU too, just in case we have an accident and I’ve got my one tonne ute insured under a CGU Commercial Motor policy.

It was all very easy. I just spoke to my insurance broker and she set it all up for me in double quick time. She’s an expert in this stuff – I just told her what I did and she tailored the package to suit my business.

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Meet Gary the bricklayer

Gary the bricklayer: “Fathers, lock up your daughters!”

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