George and Amal Clooney leave Southern Highlands quarantine
Having quarantined in comfort at a Robertson farm, George and Amal Clooney have packed up their twins and flown to Queensland — without a single local getting a glimpse at them.
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Having quarantined in great comfort for the past two weeks at a Robertson farm recently sold by Sydney property developer John Boyd and wife Marly, George and Amal Clooney on Friday packed up their twins and flew out of Sydney bound for a film set on Hamilton Island.
Clooney is due to join Julia Roberts on the set of their new film Ticket to Paradise in upcoming days and is expected to swap the splendour of Mount Robertson Farm — built from the sandstone of a Glebe church ruin — for something infinitely more Queensland bling this weekend.
Starstruck Robertson locals have spent the past fortnight searching in vain for the Clooneys and their twins, Ella and Alexander, aged four, in the town and in the region of Pearsons Lane but on Friday had caught nary a glimpse of the famous family nor the suspicious and menacing black van that conveyed them in and out of their jaunty little country town.
Sales staff at Robertson’s greatest and busiest tourist attraction, the Robertson Pie Shop, were oblivious to the Ocean’s Eleven star having even been in their town.
One lady did confirm the small village, with a population of about 1865, had been in a state of high excitement for over a week with “everyone talking about” the arrival of the man twice voted Hollywood’s Sexiest Man.
“Amanda” from the Robertson Post Office let out a huge laugh when we inquired if Clooney had broken quarantine and ventured in — possibly in baseball cap and sunglasses — to buy a stamp.
“That would be wonderful,” she squealed before her offsider “Kathy”, perhaps mishearing the inquiry, merely ventured a squeak.
As the Clooney’s plane touched down in Queensland on Friday, Robertson local and tireless charity fundraiser Skye Leckie was forced to admit even she had failed to fix eyes on Clooney — the surest confirmation yet the megastar complied with his strict quarantine orders.
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