Triple j's Matt and Alex to leave breakfast show.

Triple j‘s Matt and Alex have announced they will leave their breakfast show at the end of the year for separate off-air adventures.

“It’s very sad … we haven’t been pushed, we’re jumping,” co-host Alex Dyson told listeners this morning.

“It’s absolutely amicable, it’s just deciding that were going to move on to different things,” Matt Okine added.

After 10 years at the station, Dyson said he was looking forward to utilising his passport and tackling his addiction to new Australian music.

“After spending over a third of my life at triple j, I felt it was time to give someone else a go while I travel the world, do a bit of writing and wean myself off my addiction to new Australian music,” he said.

Comedian Okine said he planned to commit more time to his music project, Boilermakers, and focus on TV.

“Before radio I actually studied an acting degree, so I figured I’d wait until my looks and hair had completely deteriorated before moving to the small screen,” he said.

Triple j content director Ollie Wards said the station was sad to see the much-loved presenters go.

“From ludicrous talkback like ‘what’ve you eaten for stuff?’, wtf moments, to learning about space — triple j breakfast has been an awesome ride with Matt & Alex. I can’t wait to see what they do next,” he said.

Dyson started presenting at triple j in 2007 at age 18, cutting his teeth on Mid Dawns, then Weekend Breakfast before moving into the coveted triple j breakfast spot, alongside then co-host Tom Ballard.

He has experienced every major adult milestone along with triple j listeners, from his 21st birthday party to his first share house, music festival and tax return.

In 2014, after winning best newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Okine joined Dyson on triple j Breakfast.

For the past three years, the twosome have been at the helm of Like A Version, inviting artists like DMA’S, Violent Soho, Arctic Monkeys, Childish Gambino and Sarah Blasko to cover some of their favourite songs.

They have also treated listeners to endless entertaining videos including a loving homage to Western Australia in a spoof of Lana Del Rey’s West Coast.

Listeners got to know the hosts’ fathers, Ian Dyson and Mack Okine, and heard heartfelt stories about their mums.

Sleep-ins are in sight for the boys who will present their last show on Friday, December 16.

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This post originally appeared on ABC News.