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Russell Crowe discussed his early property purchase when he appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience. Picture: YouTube\/JoeRogan<\/p>\n
Hollywood powerhouse Russell Crowe has given insight into one of his earliest property purchases on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast, thanking his younger self for buying a slice of Aussie bushland that would become his haven. <\/p>\n
In the November 6 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Crowe and Rogan discuss Crowe\u2019s Aussie \u201chome\u201d, a rural property in Nana Glen on the NSW North Coast. <\/p>\n
\u201cI always look back at my 30-year-old self who made the decision to take the little bit of money that I\u2019d earned at that point, 31, 32 I was, and buy 100 acres in the bush, because somehow I knew I would need that place,\u201d Crowe said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI could have bought an apartment in the city, but I didn\u2019t. <\/p>\n
\u201cI bought 100 acres of basically blank bush, no fences.\u201d <\/p>\n
Crowe said he bought the block on January 20, 1996, before he began shooting LA Confidential. <\/p>\n
\u201cI look at that 32-year-old and go, \u2018mate, well done\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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An aerial view of Russell Crowe\u2019s Nana Glen property in 2000. Picture: David Thorn<\/p>\n
RELATED: This office building can earn you $1m<\/a><\/p>\n Outback Wrangler\u2019s secret $1.3m amid court saga<\/a><\/p>\n Young couple\u2019s $355k motel gamble pays off<\/a><\/p>\n The Academy Award winner said the property was his island, a place he could escape to when he needed to recharge. <\/p>\n \u201cI call the place I have in the bush, it\u2019s not its official name, but I call it the panacea,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cIt will fix all ill, but you have to give over to its rhythm. <\/p>\n \u201cYou have to wake before the birds.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to sort of put yourself in a situation where you\u2019re going deep into the bush, so you\u2019re getting that kind of oxygen. <\/p>\n \u201cYou just have to really give yourself over to it. <\/p>\n \u201cSpend your days just checking if the cows are okay, having a look if the new trough system is working, or just getting your hands a little bit dirty and forgetting all the other stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n Russell Crowe attends the \u201cNuremberg\u201d premiere during 2025 AFI FEST at TCL Chinese Theater on October 24, 2025 in Hollywood, California. Picture: Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Crowe said once he went through the front gates of the property he could shed the \u2018Russell Crowe\u2019 title. <\/p>\n \u201cThis brand name, this sort of stamp, and that\u2019s all you hear, you know? Russell Crowe, Russell Crowe,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd then I go beyond that gate, and I\u2019m no longer that. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a son, I\u2019m a brother, I\u2019m an uncle, I\u2019m a dad.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m the boss of the operation of the farms.<\/p>\n \u201cAll of those things come into play, and the whole brand thing drops away, and you\u2019ve got to prove yourself on a way different level when you\u2019re at home.\u201d<\/p>\n News Corp previously reported <\/a>Crowe scooped up hectares of surrounding land since purchasing that first 100-acre block in Nana Glen. <\/p>\n In 2013 it was reported the actor and film director bought a further nine surrounding lots around the original parcel of land, with the total holding spanning hundreds of hectares. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n