Star hits back at rumours after bitter divorce<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Mad\u2019: Rove secretly vanished with $35m<\/a><\/p>\n Chris Hemsworth ditched the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, opting to move his family to a farm in his native Australia. Picture: Neilson Barnard\/Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cLike nothing was shooting there. We were filming kind of everywhere else<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then \u2026 you\u2019d come home and paparazzi and all the sort of the trappings of, you know, living in that space,\u201d Hemsworth added.<\/p>\n The Thor star shares three kids with wife Elsa Pataky. The couple bought a big slice of land in Byron Bay, NSW in 2014<\/a>. <\/p>\n Nicknamed \u201cFortress Hemsworth\u201d by locals, the estate took three years to build. <\/p>\n Now valued at as much as $50 million, the state-of-the-art home boasts a 50 metre infinity pool, a bowling alley and indoor gyms.<\/p>\n Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky\u2019s property in Byron Bay.<\/p>\n Simon Baker<\/p>\n The Mentalist star Simon Baker returned to Australia after spending two decades in California.<\/p>\n Back in 2022, the Launceston-born star told The Guardian<\/a> that appearing on SBS\u2019s Who Do You Think You Are? was a \u201cgood time\u201d to explore his roots.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve seen the show before, and people have a really focused idea of what they wanted to get out of it,\u201d he told the publication.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t really have that, but it came at a certain point in my life recently where there were a lot of shifts and changes, so it was a good time to take stock.\u201d<\/p>\n Simon Baker returned to Australia after spending two decades in California. Picture: Brendon Thorne\/Getty Images for AFI<\/p>\n Over the years, the Home and Away alum has cashed in on the Aussie real estate market.<\/p>\n Baker and his then-wife Rebecca Rigg owned a terrace in Paddington that was sold in 2007 for $3.3 million.<\/p>\n The former couple offloaded their North Bondi beach pad for more than $3.5 million<\/a> within two weeks of it hitting the market. They paid $2.63 million for the apartment in 2014.<\/p>\n The three-bedroom property features incredible views and includes access to an exclusive 118 sqm rooftop terrace.<\/p>\n In 2022, The Devil Wears Prada star spent around $6 million for a property between Bondi Beach and Tamarama<\/a> that was marketed as a \u201ctropical rainforest haven\u201d.<\/p>\n The three-bedroom property has views of Bondi Beach. Baker\u2019s purchase followed the 2021 sale of the Bronte property he shared with his ex-wife for $17 million.<\/p>\n The Logie-winner also retains a retreat at Nashua in the hinterland above Byron Bay, which he purchased in 2009 for $1.5 million.<\/p>\n The former couple offloaded their North Bondi beach pad for more than $3.5 million within two weeks of it hitting the market.<\/p>\n In 2022, The Devil Wears Prada star spent around $6 million for a property between Bondi Beach and Tamarama that was marketed as a \u201ctropical rainforest haven\u201d.<\/p>\n Eric Bana<\/p>\n Despite his international success in films like Hulk and Troy, Eric Bana has long maintained his primary residence in Melbourne.<\/p>\n The actor reportedly a $10 million, six-bedroom residence with a nine-car underground garage in Brighton.<\/p>\n But one detail about Melbourne may have tipped Bana over the edge.<\/p>\n In a frank interview with FilmInk in 2024, he said: \u201cWhere I lived in Melbourne was very, very extreme, a very strict lockdown for a very long period of time.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I was dying to go back to work and to travel.\u201d<\/p>\n The Full Frontal alum previously owned a home in Hampton which was put up for auction in 2016.<\/p>\n Since 2003, Bana has owned a beachside residence in Mosman, Sydney. The Castle star splashed out $4 million on a Balmoral house.<\/p>\n Eric Bana has long maintained his primary residence in Melbourne. Picture: David Crosling<\/p>\n The Full Frontal alum previously owned a home in Hampton which was put up for auction in 2016.<\/p>\n Rachel Griffiths<\/p>\n Rachel Griffiths returned Down Under from the US to seek a better work-life balance and focus on Australian stories.<\/p>\n The Muriel\u2019s Wedding star had been working intensive 80-hour weeks for a decade on hit shows like Six Feet Under and Brothers & Sisters. <\/p>\n \u201cAs successful as I was, and as well paying as my career was \u2026 I never felt quite comfortable telling other people\u2019s stories,\u201d the actress said in 2021. <\/p>\n Since returning to Australia, Griffiths and her husband Andrew Taylor have made some savvy property moves. <\/p>\n In 2021, the couple snapped up a Sydney retreat in Darlinghurst for $2.01 million<\/a>. <\/p>\n The Melbourne-based family retains an 1890s-built St Kilda home bought for $2.01 million in 2014.<\/p>\n The duo had a Palm Beach homebase which was sold in 2014 for $2.2 million. Griffiths bought her the two-bedroom cottage on Whale Beach Road for $735,000 in 1998 <\/p>\n Rachel Griffiths returned Down Under from the US to seek a better work-life balance and focus on Australian stories. Picture: Canty Creative<\/p>\n The duo had a Palm Beach homebase which was sold in 2014 for $2.2 million.<\/p>\n Mia Wasikowska<\/p>\n Once dubbed as a Hollywood \u201cit\u201d girl, Mia Wasikowska left Tinseltown behind for her native Australia because she \u201cdidn\u2019t entirely like the lifestyle\u201d<\/p>\n The Alice in Wonderland actress moved back to Down Under in the late 2010s. She was last reported living in the inner-west of Sydney. <\/p>\n \u201cI felt really disconnected from any greater community,\u201d the Canberra-born star told IndieWire<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cI was doing it since I had been 17 \u2014 well, more like 15 \u2014 but really working a lot from 17. I spent 10 to 15 years, completely like, new city, new country, every three months. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd it\u2019s like starting school again every few months. Especially when you\u2019re younger, when you don\u2019t have that base. I found that really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n Mia Wasikowska moved back to Down Under in the late 2010s. Picture by Damian Shaw<\/p>\n Cody Simpson <\/p>\n Cody Simpson left Hollywood and his music career to pursue a childhood dream of competitive swimming.<\/p>\n The La Da Dee singer moved back to Australia in 2019 to train.<\/p>\n \u201cI disappeared to grind my a** off for years & achieve my childhood dream of making the Australian Swim Team\u201d he wrote on X in 2025. <\/p>\n Cody Simpson left Hollywood and his music career to pursue a childhood dream of competitive swimming. Picture: Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Simpson recently sold the Gold Coast property he shared with former partner Emma McKeon following their separation in late 2025.<\/p>\n The pair offloaded their forever home in Labrador for $2.1 million shortly before confirming their split in February 2026.<\/p>\n The dwelling was built on a 505sq m block in 2022. The duo achieved a gain of $274,000 for the home, having paid $1.826 million for it.<\/p>\n MORE: \u2018Let it go\u2019: Bloom\u2019s $18m ex blow in Katy split<\/a><\/p>\n Georgie\u2019s shock exit exposes $6m retirement plan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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