The nation will say goodbye to TV icon Bert Newton today when he is farewelled in a state funeral in Melbourne.
The Australian media personality passed away two weeks ago at the age of 83.
Up to 500 close family, friends and colleagues will be in attendance at St Patrick's Cathedral service this morning.
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The funeral, which will be televised on Channel 9 and 9Now, is expected to start around 10am.
Actor Paul Hogan remembered his long-time friend ahead of the service on the Today Show this morning.
"Bert was to me Mr Television," Mr Hogan said from Los Angeles.
"He's the first sort of person I can remember from television and he was always so good and so professional. He's irreplaceable."
Australian television presenter Susie Elelman told Today it will be a bittersweet service filled with memories.
"We thought he was going to be around forever," she said.
"I've got lots and lots of extra tissues with me.
"I'm sure there is going to be a few laughs along the way because that's how Bert would have wanted it."
Newton had been battling complications since surgery to have his leg amputated in May.
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