Gell who is a trained coastal geomorphologist and geography teacher, began his television career at Nine in 1988 where he presented weeknight weather for over 15 years until 2003, when he was dropped in favour of the younger Livinia Nixon.
Gell who is a trained coastal geomorphologist and geography teacher, began his television career moving from Melbourne University to work with Ten News in 1979. Moving to the Nine Network in 1988 Rob was innovative as a designer and producer of television weather presentations for 25 years until in 2003, he was dropped in favour of the younger Livinia Nixon.