Bridget Daley GoldFM radio star reveals she is engaged to Jamie Brousard

Bridget Daley never thought she would be asked to get married, or survive a boat crash which nearly took her life last year — but both things happened in a matter of hours. Here’s her amazing story.

BRIDGET Daley never thought she would be asked to get married, or survive a boat crash which nearly took her life last year — but both things happened in a matter of hours.

The 92.5 GoldFM breakfast radio host shared her engagement story with the Bulletin yesterday for the first time, before opening up about it on the show this morning.

After being single for her whole life, 42 years, she took herself on an “Eat Pray Love’’ trip to Thailand and decided she would propose to herself.

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Jamie Brousard and Bridget Daley at Heart of Women Awards at Palazzo Versace, Main Beach. Picture: Regina King

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Little did she know that months later she would meet the love of her life, Jamie Brousard, 43, at the 2018 Blues on Broadbeach.

The pair ended up falling in love and then, on July 5, they planned a getaway to a small island just off Mackay.

With his great grandmother’s ring in his pocket, Jamie planned to propose to Bridge and offer her the same ring — estimated to be 150 years old — in a romantic setting on the island’s mountaintop.

But the boat never made it to the island.

The 22-foot yacht crashed on to rocks and began to sink about 30km off the coast.

Bridge Daley and Jamie Brousard at a white party.

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“We had one chance to jump (out of the boat) and on to the rocks,” she said.

“(It) was sinking. He grabbed on to me and said ‘I just need you to listen to everything and do everything I say’. He pulled me off the boat and on to land and made sure I didn’t fall back into the water.”

After rescuing Bridge, Jamie went back to the boat to help the crew.

“It was that real moment of ‘I could be watching him die here and what am I going to do, I can’t lose this guy’. And all this is happening with this engagement ring in his pocket,’’ she told the Bulletin.

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Bridget Daley and Jamie Brousard at opening night of GC Laughs Festival at HOTA, Bundall. Picture: Regina King

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“He saved my life and had the engagement ring in his pocket the whole time.”

The Volunteer Marine Rescue plucked the four from the rocks and transported them to Mackay Base Hospital.

After being released from hospital about 2am, her fortunes reversed.

“I was in a hospital gown, eating a meat pie and stunk of petrol,” she said.

“He started to say all these beautiful things and I thought ‘is he going to propose?’

“He proposed to me in the front seat of his van. He just pulled out the ring and said ‘I nearly lost you, I’m not waiting another second to ask you to marry me’.

Bridge Daley and Jamie Brousard. Photo: Instagram

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“The romantic part of it was he saved my life, before he proposed to me.

“It was a running joke with me, the listeners, work colleagues and my parents, saying ‘geez you pick the wrong one’. I’d had a cycle of picking the wrong guy.

“The interesting thing is, I was never bitter about love.’’

So after the near tragedy, her life has set sail on a new course with her Mr Right.

The pair plan to marry on the Gold Coast in September.

“I’m so happy. It took me 42 years to find the guy,” she said.

“We knew we were destined and meant to be together.”