Greg Barnsley leans on his 1978 platinum blue Ford Falcon 500 coupe parked on the grass in his Sutton Forest backyard.
Behind him, across the paddock perched on a hill, is Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $6.5 million Victorian mansion, Bunya Hill.
"Once Keith gets a look at this," Mr Barnsley says, patting the Falcon, "he'll be down in a flash."
Mr Barnsley, a sixth-generation resident of Sutton Forest who has lived in the town all his life, is just one of the star couple's new neighbours.
"I have been studying Keith's music," he says.
"I will probably have a barbecue and drop a card in their mailbox, saying, 'listen, if you want to meet the neighbours, come down and say hello'."
This week there has been quite a bit of activity at Bunya Hill, fuelling speculation the arrival of Kidman, Urban and baby Sunday is imminent.
On Wednesday, a Telstra technician placed a new line to the home, while earlier in the week a security firm fitted an electric gate.
Charles Davies-Scourfield's property, Sutton Downs, shares a fenceline with Bunya Hill.
"I hope she enjoys it - it's a great spot to be," he says. "It will be nice to have her as a neighbour."
Others aren't so sure.
"I think there are mixed feelings, because it's a quiet town and they don't want the paparazzi," says Judy, a resident of 15 years who lives on Golden Vale Rd, just down the hill from chez Kidman.
"But I thought it was good - just the fact that we have a celebrity about the place - and it might lift the land values a bit."
Bunya Hill hides behind poplars, pines and conifers up a long sweeping drive, yet its hilltop perch means it dominates Sutton Forest. From the car park and the al fresco dining area of the Sutton Forest Inn and Bistro, Bunya Hill appears to loom, its upper floors and chimney peeking above the treeline.
Not surprisingly, the pub has become the first port of call for celebrity seekers and paparazzi, who can enjoy a clear line of sight to Bunya Hill's front gate and driveway.
"Everyone's talking about it and there have been a fair few people who have come here especially," says duty manager Michael Nielsen.
Next to Mr Barnsley's Illawarra Hwy home is his The Everything Store, a mix of antiques, furniture and collectables, while across the road is A Little Piece of Scotland, which sells shortbread and trinkets, and is owned by his brother Garry and sister-in-law Nerida Barnsley.
The two shopfronts and the pub form the entire retail strip of the small Southern Highlands town. There's also a small public school and two churches.
Mr Barnsley remembers when Bunya Hill was known as Shrublands and later Mt Valdemar, home to Florence Wallace, who cruised around town in an old Daimler.
"She used to lock herself out all the time and come down here and pick me up and I was always terrified because she was a shocking driver," Mr Barnsley said.
"Anyway I would go over there and the place was like Fort Knox - every window had three nails in it and it was a hell of a job to get into it."
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