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Tyra Banks' new life in Australia has been a "dream come true". or signup to continue reading The 51-year-old model began dividing her time between Los Angeles and Sydney almost two years ago, along with partner Louis Belanger-Martin and nine-year-old son York - whose father is her former partner Erik Asla - and after spending more of her time in Australia, she could not be happier. Sharing her typical day in Sydney on NBC's Today with Jenna and Friends, she said: "Now the best parts of Sydney are the views, and we get to commute by ferry.
This is beautiful Sydney Harbour at night. "Australia has been a dream come true for me and my family." The America's Next Top Model host explained she "fell in love" with Australia while making frequent visits for her ice-cream company, SMiZE and Dream.
"I've been going to Australia a lot because we were making a lot of our ice-cream there in this big facility, doing our recipes," she said on Monday. "I just fell in love with it. Every time I went back, and went back .
.. and the three countries that eat the most ice-cream: America, New Zealand and Australia.
So I was like, 'I'm happy here and they love to eat some ice-cream, so, are we going to do this family?' And we did." In her video of her typical day, the former Victoria's Secret model started in her kitchen. "Rise and shine.
Welcome to my home in Sydney, Australia. It's 6.30am, and that means it's time to make my coffee.
" She then took a trip to one of her "favourite places" - but offered a warning for parents. "This is Tumbalong Park. People come from all over Sydney to enjoy this park," Banks said.
"They have what we call a little mini water park. There's swings and stuff for kids. There's this new place that they've built for the bigger kids that you really can't get your kid away from.
So be careful when you come here." Banks is in the process of opening a "flagship store" for her ice-cream venture in Darling Harbour. "Look at the water, so amazing.
And over there is where my future ice-cream dream is going to come true," she said. Advertisement Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. We care about the protection of your data.
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