Hollywood superstar Drew Barrymore goes incognito on Taronga Zoo visit

The Hollywood icon took her two daughters to Taronga on a low-key outing ahead of her mindfulness speaking engagement on Friday night.

Hollywood icon Drew Barrymore believes she’s got a “lifelong connection” with Australia, and now she’s touched down in Sydney.

The actor, producer, TV host and advocate landed by private jet on Friday afternoon ahead of her Wanderlust True North event at the ICC Sydney, but a visit to Taronga Zoo was her first priority.

This is the first time Barrymore has been in Sydney for five years.

Barrymore brought her two daughters, Olive, 11, and Frankie, 10, (who she shares with ex-husband Will Kopelman) with her on this trip.

Before landing in Sydney, Barrymore spent a couple of days at a secret location in Queensland.

Drew Barrymore (hat and sunglasses) arrives in Sydney and heads straight to Taronga Zoo with her family.

The star of classic Hollywood films E.T. and The Wedding Singer, Barrymore will be interviewing celebrities Tones and I, Dannii Minogue, Terri Irwin, Emma Watkins and Baker Boy at the event.

It’s a fleeting visit to Sydney, though, as she heads to Brisbane on Saturday for the event there.

Barrymore at the Wanderlust True North event on Friday night. Picture: Monique Harmer

Barrymore will be speaking at a Wanderlust True North event in Sydney.

On returning to Australia, Barrymore told The Daily Telegraph she felt she had a “lifelong connection” with the country.

“I appreciate that I have gotten to go there so many different times throughout my life but it is a place that I really admire and love and am looking forward to getting to know better and to travel in a non-work capacity too,” she said.

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