Education
Ardon commenced primary school at the Sacred Heart Primary School, Highgate, in 1965 and transferred in 1969 to Christian Brothers High School, Highgate, where he completed his primary and secondary schooling, leaving in 1976.
Ardon commenced primary school at the Sacred Heart Primary School, Highgate, in 1965 and transferred in 1969 to Christian Brothers High School, Highgate, where he completed his primary and secondary schooling, leaving in 1976.
He has a daughter, who works for television station GWN7. On 16 February 2015, Ardon and his longtime co-presenter Susannah Carr celebrated three decades (30 years) consecutively as co-anchors for 7 News Perth. Ardon began his media career at the State"s daily paper, The West Australian, where he was Cadet Journalist of the Year in 1977.
In 1978 he made the move to electronic broadcasting, joining television station TVW-7 as a news journalist.
By the end of the year he was also acting as relief newsreader and was rapidly promoted from the minor weekend bulletins to a regular weeknight news presenter role. His time as a journalist at the Seven Network has seen him cover a number of significant stories, from the Gulf War of 1990-1991 to the Bali Bombings of 2005 and the subsequent Amrozi bin Nurhasyim trial.
Other overseas assignments include the Monaco Grand Prix and the Cannes Film Festival. During the Sydney Olympics in 2000 Ardon presented the news to Western Australians from the Olympic Stadium.
His on-screen work has been rewarded with 10 Logie Awards as Western Australia"s Most Popular television Personality.
In addition to his news-presenting role he has also written/produced three documentaries for the station. In 2002, Rick Ardon"s wife, Erin Ardon, received approval from the City of Stirling to operate a Bed and Breakfast. The Beach Manor Bed and Breakfast is operated from the couple"s Scarborough property in Perth, Western Australia.
On 25 April 2005, the Seven Network lifestyle program The Great Outdoors ran a segment which featured the property.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation program Media Watch reported about the segment, and the failure of the Seven Network to disclose Ardon"s business relationship with the property. Seven"s then Director of Corporate Development, Simon Francis, replied that there was no conflict of interest in the segment.
To suggest that The Great Outdoors undertook the segment for any reason other than it"s a great place to visit is misplaced.