Rob Hurst

I think perhaps he just was in such a state of, I can't do anything more.

Every time I go to the beach to have my morning walk, there's a danger that mum will, by the time I get back, she'll be on the floor, you know.

You know, at the risk of hurting family members, I still think it's more important for people that have got this terrible condition in their families to talk about it rather than to feel ashamed about mental illness.

So that's why I'm prepared to... and really want to be part of that group of people, including the Black Dog Foundation and all the great people that you can turn to, you know.

It's important to demystify this.

And because I've got first-hand knowledge of it, you know, I mean, I used to...

have a fair bit as well, particularly in London all those years ago when the oils were doing the 10 to 1 album.

I used to have to run madly around Ravenscourt Park in West London to try to get myself straight, thinking, you know, that these panic attacks were actually going to kill me.

But, of course, realising they're not and that so many have them and it can be controlled, you know, either through exercise or walking through the bush or through therapy or through some of the drugs that are available or a combination.

Mum was incredibly open about this.

Like, she wouldn't... You know, if she was suffering from a combination of asthma, she wouldn't be able to breathe, and depression, she would let you know.

You know, she was a force to be reckoned with, my mum.

She was, on one hand, incredibly supportive and sweet and from a country Australian background, but on the other hand, she was also, you know, tough as nails and...

Just said it exactly like it is, was.

It was joyful, dark and also incredibly funny.

Myself and Lex and Ella, our daughters, sang for her and I played the drums for her.

But it was at a crematorium in Sydney.

It was a full house.

People loved my mother.

She was at the best heart.