HAVE YOU ADOPTED GEELONG AS YOUR HOMETOWN AFTER MOVING IN 2011? I donât think I have a hometown. You sort of lose that as a result of going to boarding school. Home is pretty much where the suitcase is or where Iâm standing now. But Iâm certainly happy to be here. The standard of life you can give your children is so much better than in Melbourne. Weâve met some wonderful people here too. And there are a lot of actors moving to Geelong now.
WHY DID YOU MOVE TO GEELONG? All of Natalieâs family have been in Geelong for generations. Her grandmother went to the same primary school as her and her great-grandmother might have too. We were living in London before I did Les Miserables, and we got married and had our daughter there. Later we moved to Melbourne to be closer to family but we realised we might as well have been living in London still. So we moved to Geelong.
WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT GEELONG? Thereâs plenty! I love that I can get my kayak into the bay in four minutes. I really love what theyâve done with the esplanade and Geelongâs laneways. Theyâve got that great little pocket of coffee shops and wine bars. In comparison to the congestion and how built up Melbourne, Sydney and London are, the lifestyleâs fantastic. 11
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