Actress turned radio presenter Kate Ritchie, best known for portraying Sally Fletcher in the long-running Australian soap Home and Away, marked Book Week with a sweet costumed throwback snap.
The photo, taken in 1987 just one year before Katie joined the cast of Home and Away, saw the then nine-year-old actress dressed up as Dame Slap from Enid Blyton's The Faraway Tree series.
Fans were quick to comment on the snap and shared either their own, or their children's Book Week costumes, with one of Kate's followers writing: "Omg! My first book week in 1989 I went as the faraway tree itself!!!"
"My 14 yr old daughter went as Mario, as in Mario karts for book week lol" added another, while a third wrote: "That book is a classic, I brought the whole series for my daughter."
Kate was an original member of the Home and Away cast, but quit the show in 2008, before later returning for brief time in 2013 to celebrate the show's 25th anniversary.
After leaving the show, Kate continued to act, and has most recently been seen in the 2023 miniseries The Claremont Murders.
And back in 2021 she joined the judging panel for Australia’s Got Talent, alongside comedian David Walliams, singer Alesha Dixon and director Shane Jacobson.
Alongside acting she has also embarked on a radio presenting career, and currently co-hosts Aussie radio show Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie.
And outside of the spotlight, Kate is focused on being a mum to her daughter Mae.
In 2008, she met and began dating Rugby League player Stuart Webb and, after a whirlwind romance, the pair got engaged a year later, before saying "I do" in 2010 at the beautiful and historic Quamby Estate in Tasmania.
The pair welcomed their daughter Mae, now nine, in 2014 and it looked for a while that the family of three were happy and settled.
However, the relationship soured and Stuart was slapped with an Apprehended Violence Order in 2009, after police were called to a domestic disturbance at their Sydney home.
The orders are usually put in place to prevent “stalking”, “harassment” and mandate that the defendant must not “assault or threaten” the victim.
However, the two seem to have somewhat reconciled and put the past behind them, as they were spotted in 2020 dropping off Mae for her first day of school.
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