Bad Neighbours star Zac Efron gives a shout-out to his “second family” in Australia

EVEN the paparazzi haven’t uncovered former High School Musical star Zac Efron’s private bolt-hole Down under where he has a “second family”.

ZAC Efron has described Sydney as his second home.

But with the raunchy new comedy Bad Neighbours tipped to crash Spider-Man’s party in the US this weekend, the former Disney star couldn’t squeeze in a visit to Australia this time around.

“I hope to get to come out there soon,” Efron told News Corp Australia on the phone from New York.

“I love Australia. I have sort of a second family out there that I love to visit.”

The 26-year-old actor says he made a bunch of friends during his multiple visits to promote

Disney hit High School Musical and its sequels. And that he has visited the country privately on a number of occasions.

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Branching out ... Zac Efron, left, and Dave Franco in a scene from Bad Neighbors.

“I spend most of my time in Sydney, still, if I can get away with it.”

“It’s one of my favourite places to go and relax and just get away. It reminds me of home, San Luis Obispo, sort of, only you can surf a lot more and my parents aren’t there.

“But if I come for surfing, I am not going to tell you.”

Nor does Efron, whose drag routine with Bad Neighbours co-star Seth Rogen on the Jimmy Fallon show went viral yesterday, intend to reveal his favourite spots.

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“Absolutely not! I will tell you I have got them. Let’s just say they are on the coast.”

In Bad Neighbours (Neighbors in the US), Efron is cast against type a party-loving university student who spins dangerously out of control during an escalating turf war with the young parents who live next door (Rogen and Australian actress Rose Byrne).

The irony is lost on no one.

Efron, who spent time in rehab in 2013 for an alleged cocaine addiction, acknowledged his“never-ending struggle with addiction” in a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

Off-screen, he has been working hard to get his life back on track - joining Alcoholics Anonymous and signing up for a course of therapy.

Originally published as Bad Neighbours star Zac Efron gives a shout-out to his “second family” in Australia