Mark Wahlberg’s no-expense-spared Byron Bay quarantine

Hollywood A-lister Mark Wahlberg has been quarantining in Byron Bay for the past two weeks – and he’s spared no luxurious expense.

There’s quarantine – and then there’s quarantining like Mark Wahlberg.

The Ted star is in Australia to film a commercial for Ladbrokes and, instead of doing his government-mandated two-week quarantine in a hotel, Wahlberg received government permission to self-isolate with his crew at a luxury retreat outside of Byron Bay to the tune of $400,000.

Super-fit star Mark Wahlberg is in town.

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The retreat – which starts at $2500 a night – was also outfitted with an around-the-clock security team “including two NSW police officers, to ensure that the Boogie Nights hunk will be safe at all times and is following quarantine protocol,” the Daily Mail reports.

There is also a private ambulance on standby and the retreat, with all the extras, will cost Wahlberg (or the production company) almost half a million dollars.

Mark Wahlberg leaves 55 Riley St, a restaurant in East Sydney for an F45 Xmas party over the weekend. Picture: Matrix

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After his quarantine, Wahlberg shoots the commercial in Sydney before returning to his wife and kids in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. He was already spotted fresh from quarantine in Sydney over the weekend, attending an F45 Christmas party at a restaurant in East Sydney. He invested in the Australian fitness franchise in 2019, officially bringing it to the US.

But while he’s only there for two weeks, the former leader of the Funky Bunch insisted on bringing his own gym equipment with him via the United States.

Byron Bay has become the “it” spot for celebrities, with Chris and Liam Hemsworth moving there alongside Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen, Zac Efron, and Olivia Newton-John.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission