Day 0 to 5

DAY 0 - 22 April 2006

In a nutshell: The housemates all get to know each other, and David reveals he was a model earlier in his life.

However the housemates seem to be better at incurring fines from Big Brother Elise is outside on the hammock asking David if he would like to go into television. They both don't. David wants to go back to farming after the show. Elise discovers David used to do modelling in Europe, and she's stunned. Camilla comes over and joins them. David speaks in Chinese with Elise for a bit - but just as David realises housemates are not allowed to speak languages other than English Big Brother announces he and Else just incurred a $5000 fine each. David laughs and Elise looks shocked. Camilla keeps touching David. They agree not to speak Mandarin ever again.

David goes into the bedroom and tells the others he incurred a fine.

In the bedroom Elise tells Camilla that David used to model in Europe. Camilla looks on in awe. David says he shouldn't have mentioned it. He was 19 at the time. Elise says he should be proud of it because he's travelled. Camilla comes and sits down next to David and puts her hand directly on his groin! .. then she hugs him and then the hand travels back to his knee. With her hand planted firmly there she exclaims "I think I'm ready for bed!".

DAY 2 - 23 April 2006

In a nutshell: On their first day in the house, the male housemates are interested in rating the girls.
5.58am - David is up and about, the first housemate up and probably the earliest riser in the history of BB Australia. He walks around the backyard for a bit while the other housemates sleep.
6.32am - David throws a ball around.
7.03am - David does pushups.
7.34am - David lies in the hammock and says "oh my god" in boredom.
8.35am - The first other housemate is up. It's Anna who goes outside, much to the delight of David. She says she usually gets up at 6 and David is glad because this is when he gets up too.

2.19pm - Karen explains when she separated with her husbands she spent a good month being really depressed. Everyone would say "oh in a couple of months you'll meet some one, it'll be good". And she thought "no this is it - I didn't think I'd get past this, then all of a sudden you do.. it seems to far away that I can't feel it anymore". She asks David where he's at in relationship status. He says he doesn't know if he can find some one that he likes and that he can be happy with. Karen realises it might be hard for him because he lives out in the middle of nowhere but there are people who want to do that. David looks uncomfortable and says "maybe.. maybe".

David says he loves his life and loves his farm but when he wakes up in the morning alone it hurts. He wants to roll over and say to someone "how good is this?". After Karen leaves the room David looks at a photo of two people on horseback and gets upset.

DAY 3 - 24 April 2006

In a nutshell: Michael is given his insider role, and told there is a secret relationship between two housemates. A relationship between David and Camilla develops.

Also in Day 2: Uplate, Diary 10:42am - Camilla is telling Claire & Krystal about a dream she had during the night which was about Dave. She says they had a fight in the dream. The girls wonder if the two have pashed yet, but Camilla says they've only cuddled. She's says that David is beautiful and genuine, yet he probably wouldn't go for the Camilla type, as she is the 'chubbiest girl here'. Krystal says she has chubby legs too, and doesn't care. Over in the gym, David stays on the treadmill unaware of the conversation.

10:38pm - Michael is in the backyard talking to David. He wants to know who Dave is getting along with. Dave says 'obviously Camilla." He says he is struggling to get on with Anna, suggesting that "there?s just not too much there." Michael tells Dave that there has to be a secret or some twist in the house, as it's all going along a bit too well. Dave agrees. Michael says that he doesn't think Dave is holding back at all. Dave says he wants a twist to happen, suggesting a couple are in here or possibly married. Michael likes this idea, and instantly strikes Karen out because of her age.

11:00pm - David comes to the diary room. Voiceover tells us that David has been keeping a secret from the house. Dave says he feels bad for not revealing everything from the outset. He says that while he is holding back a bit of major information about himself, he still thinks it's the right decision. He thinks once it gets out that it'll bring a bit of excitement to the house. He moves on to say that he is getting really close with Camilla. He says that there is a great connection between the two, but he can tell that she likes him a bit more than on the friendship level. He is concerned that because she wants something more, that when the secret is revealed, it might pull her feeling round the other way and she might be bitter towards him. (Note: No actual mention of what the secret he is keeping from the housemates is.)

11:16pm - Camilla gives Dave a neck massage. Camilla says she feels like she has been Dave's lost puppy today. Dave says he's been getting to know the other girls for the task. Camilla says it's a good idea if he wants to find love in the house. Dave says he's waiting for an intruder to enter the house. He says it's difficult to know what other people are feeling towards him as well.

12:51am - Dave and Camilla are about to go to bed. Camilla asks if he wears jocks to bed. He tells her he normally wears nothing, but under the circumstances, he'll wear something. Camilla agrees saying it's a bit soon for nude. She says she missed him nude in the shower. Dave says he was trying to be quick so the females didn't feel uncomfortable. Camilla doesn't think the girls would've. Camilla kisses Dave goodnight, and the lights go out. They share a cuddle, and Camilla says that Dave is weird. Dave comes back with "I'm lovely!" Camilla agrees.

DAY 3 - 25 April 2006

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5:57pm - Elise asks Camilla if she wants to hook up with anyone. Camilla says she doesn't think she does with anyone. David softly says "Much." Camilla says "Don't look at me like that. You think I'm, like, melting for you or something."

10:49pm - Out at the spa, Camilla and Dave have some alone time. Camilla says she finds Dave very interesting. David wonders what?s about to happen. Camilla says nothing will happen...then says she's not quite sure. Camilla says that she wants to be friends with Dave, as she thinks they are similar. Dino comes over and asks if he's interrupting. Camilla says not at all, but David tells him that the 'big moment' was about to happen! John says he wants to check on the spa, because he thinks there might be some action out there. They all head outside. Lots of talking out there, Dave and Camilla hugging. Anna asks if they just kissed? Dave says they were thinking about it! Anna says just kiss!

DAY 4 - 26 April 2006

In a nutshell: Michael is told to steal another housemate's photos and hide them. The housemates are given a speed dating task which leads David to reveal to the other housemates he is gay.

Diary 12:11pm - . Over in the kitchen Tilli is asking David who he's attracted to, with Dave saying that he has his eyes on 3 people in the house. Anna asks if she?s one of them. Dave laughs, and says he can't say in the present company. Elise asks if he would hook up with any of the boys. He walks away from the conversation, saying that the girls know too much. Elise says "He wants to..you can tell." In the living room, Camilla wants to know who the 3 girls are. Dave says there is no one here that he wouldn't kiss. Camilla says except the boys, but he doesn't answer or make a comment. David says that she'll find out soon enough.

9:03 pm - David is reading a note supplied to them by Big Brother. All the housemates are seated around the dining room table. Dave says that tonight they will go speed dating. They get into position. Karen has her first date with John. She asks him "What?s your favourite body part on you, or your partner." John answers his hair, and her boobs. Cut to Tilli and Ashley, Tilli asking "What do you think of me right now." Ashley thinks, then answers "You look pretty sexy." Katie asks David if he's ever been unfaithful. David answers no. Karen asks Michael if he likes someone in the house. Michael says of course. John asks Katie who would play her mother in a movie. Katie replies "Goldie Hawn." Karen is asked "Who would play you in a movie." She answers Keira Knightly. Her daughter, Krystal, says the same answer. Dave asks a question not on the sheets provided to Camilla. "Do you hold grudges against people who may have misled you?" Camilla answers no. She then says maybe, and then yes. She wonders if Dave has misled her, but Dave won't answer her questions and moves on. Jamie asks Katie what she thinks of him. She says average, but then says "Nah your fabulous!" Camilla tells Dave she's been unfaithful 7 times. Camilla tells him that his first question upset her. He sits there with a bewildered look on his face. Camilla asks him why he asked it. Dave says because he doesn't agree with people who hold grudges. Camilla says "You've asked that of all the girls then." Dave is honest, and says no. Camilla says "Well why ask it of me?" Dave says that he intends on being friends with Camilla for a very long time, to which she smiles, but Dave adds "And it's very important to me to know that answer." Camilla says she doesn't believe Dave and wonders again why he would ask the question of her particularly. Dave just smiles and doesn't answer, and just like magic, BB tells them their time is up and that David has to bring all paper and pencils to the diary room immediately. .

10:23pm - All the housemates are waiting to speak to Big Brother on mass, but David comes out of the diary room and asks them all to sit on the couch. David starts his speech once everyone is seated. "Guys, the task this week is the getting to know you task and obviously a lot of us got to know each other fairly well. I think everyone's realised as they were getting to know me, that there are things they don't know about me. That?s true, there are things about me you don't know. I came into the house thinking that this part of me that you don't know is quite small, but being in here has made me realise that it does matter and so every conversation I've had with you I've held back because it's been really really hard. I haven't been able to be honest.

Look, I've been honest in every way; there is no way that I've been dishonest at all. However, I've skipped questions, I've dodged and moved around questions...I wanted you to get to know me at face value, as someone who I am, just a normal guy. However I...." Dino yells out "Bit of shush, bit of shush!" He continues, "However, if I was in normal circumstances and going speed dating, I wouldn't go speed dating when boys are on one side, and girls are on the other; I'd be going speed dating where there were boys on one side, and boys on the other." A few "oooahs" and at least one "Oh, your gay" before people start clapping. Someone yells out "Are you serious", to which Dave replies "I'm the token farmer, and the token gay guy." Jamie hugs him, saying that that must've taken a lot of guts. Claire reassures him that she won't look at him any differently. Camilla is still seated on the couch and says to someone "Yeh, I sorta did..." Katies tells Dave that they love him anyway. Dave & Camilla hug, Camilla saying "Where do we start." Dave tells her that if she wants to talk about it, they can do so tonight. She goes for a walk, saying "Oh, how stupid" on her way to the bedroom. She ends up in the toilet.

Dave says everyone needs a gay farmer! Dave wonders who he'll shower with now, talking to Katie and Jamie. Jamie says he is rapt for him. Katie says she doesn't judge anyone. Katie says "If it makes you feel better, I've kissed girls." Jamie says he's kissed a boy too. Camilla comes out of the toilet, and Katie and Jamie leave. Dave & Camilla hug, saying "Now I know why you ask the question." She says she feels stupid and tricked, saying she felt like he was flirting with her. She says she feels dumb. Out in the kitchen, Anna says that Dave has played Camilla hard. Anna says they were basically kissing the previous night in the spa. Gaelan says that that?s what gay guys do. He also says that no one asked him straight out if he was gay. He says that Dave was just being himself. Back in the bathroom, Dave apologise for misleading her, and says that he was planning on telling everyone towards the end of the week, but.." Camilla says he would've broken her heart if he had waited any longer. She says she expects people to be honest with her. She says that there is 3 guys here that your attracted too, finally working it out. Dave says 'that?s right.' Jamie and Elise are talking on the couch. Jamie says it doesn't change anything. Elise says "No..but I think it changes some of the relationships he's had with people in this house." Jamie says he thinks it'll only bring him closer to Dave. Camilla, now in the bedroom, asks Dave why he didn't tell her from the start. Dave says that if you?re gay, your pigeon holed straight away. He says no one would get to know them for who they are. He says he wanted to come on this show without the 'stigma' as he puts it. They hug.

David's Housemate diary

We asked David why he decided to withhold information from his HMs and how he felt now they all knew.
"I kept the fact that I am gay from my housemates for three reasons. The first because I have dealt with massive prejudice in my life and have been misunderstood as a result of people just putting up a wall and not being open to me. I wanted Housemates to get to know me without all the assumptions that go with being gay, especially if there were homophobic Housemates here. Thus allowing them to get to know me on the same grounds as the other housemates and by coming out after the initial "getting to know" period I thought I'd be able to bypass any preconceptions.

The second reason I withheld information was to allow viewers especially rural and regional people to also bypass any prejudice so that they would also have the opportunity to be able to get to know me as just one of them who also happens to be gay and in doing so hopefully, even if only by a small amount, break down their fears and negative attitudes towards people like me, as it is my belief that there is no need for anyone in this country to feel that they should treat anyone else any different on the basis of sexuality.

We all have the right to live our lives and I hope like hell that I got the message through to any one considering that that don't belong or they don't fit in to stop and to realize that they DO in fact have a place and they can live wherever they want without fear and do what they want without prejudice.

Now that it's all out on the table and I have a few days to digest what I have done, I have realised the enormous relief of being totally honest, open and in turn much happier and accepted by my Housemates.

By just being myself, just an ordinary sheep farmer living his life, I hope in some way I have achieved what I set out to do by showing that you don't need to be profound to be accepted."

10:42pm - Elise says to Jamie that Dave mentioned that he was attracted to 3 people in the house. She wonders aloud who those boys might be. In the bathroom, Dave tells Camilla that he's attracted to Jamie, Michael and Dino. Out in the living room, Dino says his speech was great. John asks him if he picked it. Dino says he has his suspicions yesterday, but didn't want to ask him. Back to the bathroom, Dave clarifies by saying if he was in the outside world, he would go for Jamie, "maybe." But he says he finds the 3 attractive in this house. They hug again. David comes to the diary room. BB tells him that it's possible that his parents will see what happened tonight, and gives Dave a chance to talk. Dave says he spoke about it with his mum before he came in. He says his family means everything to him. He says that if he knew his mum was happy with him, that?s not good. He doesn't want her to every not be proud of her son. He says he doesn't want her to feel any less than any other woman, or that she has done anything wrong raising him. He says that she should be proud that he was strong enough to get through all the years where he felt 'wrong', and that if anyone ever said anything, she should look them in the face and tell them that Dave's her son and that she?s jolly well happy, and that he's happy to get on with his life. He says that he wants her mum to know he's happy being who he is, and that she should be happy for him.

DAY 5 - 26 April 2006

1:03pm - Michael and Dino are out at the hammocks, and Dino tells him that he is going to have an argument with Camilla soon. He tells Michael about the utensil 'argument' inside earlier. Michael says she?s nuts. He says she?s trying to hide the fact that she is torn up about the whole Dave situation. Dino agrees, saying she says things publicly she doesn't mean.

9:12pm - Camilla says she floats between the groups, and apart from Dave, she doesn't have any 'good' friends. Meanwhile on the other side of the bedroom, Karen tells Dave she has heaps of secrets, but she isn't going to tell him.

12:01am - Housemates hanging out in the bedroom. Tilli and David decided that they should pash for some reason. They have a nice little pash. Some housemate ask why, and Tilli responses with 'why not?' Camilla looks on bewildered. They go in for one last kiss, then separate to other ends of the bedroom. Camilla wonders if the night could get anymore eventful. Tilli wants to privately talk to Camilla, and drags her away. Tilli says she just wanted to make sure she wasn't pushing boundaries or anything because she knows that Dave and Camilla are close. Camilla tells her not to be silly, and that she doesn't have any romantic interest in Dave. Tilli says she doesn't either.