sentences:  In 1973 he played the guitar with Col Joye and the Joy Boys.McNamara first joined the ABC in 1974, in the industrial relations department, but moved to the rural department two years later as a rural reporter.He then spent 12 months in television, working on "A Big Country" and "Countrywide", before returning to rural radio in 1980 as a reporter and, eventually, the presenter of "Australia All Over".