In 2019, she packed her baggage and moved to Italy for a household 'hole 12 months'.
And Kate Langbroek has revealed her largest gripe with the nation - and surprisingly it is not the very fact it was an early epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 56-year-old advised Sam Armytage on her One thing to Speak About podcast that as a result of Italian tendency to begin the day later, her youngsters would typically end their sporting matches at 11pm.
'In Italy all the pieces occurs after faculty,' mentioned the radio presenter. 'This had its personal, you realize, painful aspect.'
'My little boys, my youngest then who was 9, generally he'd have a basketball match and end at eleven o'clock at night time,' she added.
'And since it was Italy, you would not get your schedule for the week, they'd name the day earlier than, "[Italian accent] Eh, we're gonna have a match-a tomorrow!"'
Kate and her husband of 17 years, Peter Lewis, relocated to Bologna with their 4 youngsters, Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jan, in January 2019.
It was presupposed to be a 'household hole 12 months', however they determined to increase the break for an extra 12 months earlier than coronavirus was declared a pandemic.
Kate solely moved again to Melbourne in the beginning of 2021 after she was compelled to dwell beneath Italy's strict Covid lockdowns final 12 months.
The nation shortly turned one of many hardest hit by the pandemic in early 2020 and has up to now suffered greater than 133,000 deaths from the virus.
Additionally through the podcast, Langbroek mentioned the painful dialog she was compelled to have together with her co-host Dave Hughes after quitting their radio present to maneuver to Italy in 2019.
Kate confessed: 'Having the dialog with Hughesy was the toughest. He was my trip or die man, you realize?
'We have woken up with one another for 12 years within the morning, and that does not all the time necessitate - it does not all the time imply that you'll love one another deeply, however Hughesy and I had that relationship.'
'It is very fortunate when you could have a duo that clicks,' Sam responded.
'Most duos find yourself, as we all know, our countryside is plagued by radio duos who now not discuss to one another,' Kate added. 'Hughesy and I by no means had that.'
'It was laborious to have that dialog, as a result of additionally he is a workaholic. He could not perceive, he truly couldn't comprehend what I wished to do or why I wished to do it,' she laughed.
'He saved saying: "But what will you do all day?" At one level I mentioned: "I want to do f**king nothing!"'
Kate's determination to go away for Europe successfully ended her radio partnership with Dave.
Regardless of spending a number of months broadcasting from a house studio in Italy, the Hit Community later introduced that fill-in host Ed Kavalee had completely changed her.
In addition to their radio present, Hughesy and Kate had additionally labored collectively on different initiatives together with The Panel, The Mission, Thank God You are Right here and Hughesy, We Have a Downside.
Earlier this 12 months, Kate referred to as Dave one of the 'important males in her life'.
'Other than my husband he was essentially the most important man in my life. And it has been like a wedding, and now like a divorce,' she mentioned.
Chatting with the Herald Solar earlier in January, Kate defined that 'Hughesy and Kate' could not get again collectively as a result of Dave is now doing a breakfast present in Sydney.
She mentioned she did not wish to uproot her 4 youngsters to a brand new metropolis once more following their latest return from Italy.
'We had conversations about that however I could not say to the children, yeah we're coming again to Australia, guess what we're shifting to Sydney,' she defined.
In the meantime, Kate started engaged on the 3pm Decide Up earlier this 12 months alongside Monty Diamond and Yumi Stynes.
Kate took over from Rebecca Judd who left this system to spend extra time together with her younger household.