Personal Life
- Garrett is married and has three daughters.
- Garrett's childhood was spent in Wahroonga, the oldest of three boys who all attended Barker College.
- His father died while he was still at school. His mother died in a fire at the family home, during his period at university.
- In 2007 the artist Michael Mucci entered a portrait of Garrett in the Archibald Prize.
- Garrett is the uncle of Nickelodeon Australia personality Maude Garrett.
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