AN impromptu rendition of Happy Birthday sung personally by Jessica Mauboy was the last thing Alpine Shire resident Graeme Savage was expecting on his 75th birthday.
The Australian singer was in the local area in November filming a live performance for Sunrise when bad weather forced the crew to scout for a new, indoor location.
Luckily for them, a Porepunkah pub resident told them about a lovely property in the Buckland Valley that just might work.
"My son Grant had a friend in the pub who knew of the shed he'd built for his wedding so he suggested that might be the place," Graeme said.
"I met the cameraman in the pub and asked if he had a stubby for me but instead he invited me to drinks the next morning when they had wrapped up and that's when I mentioned that the 11th was my birthday.
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"It was quite an exciting visit, I was working on the farm while they filmed and then I got a call to go down to the shed where Jessica sung me Happy Birthday.
"I wasn't expecting it at all; you could see she was a very genuine singing it and didn't do it for show but because she wanted to.
"She was a very genuine person and very interested and willing to walk around the farm and talk about the area, which she loved, and she had a pot of beer with me too.
"I knew who she was and had seen her on tv, so it was quite exciting.
"You could definitely call me a fan now."
