09 February,2011 07:38 AM IST | | Agencies
Spin king Shane Warne has turned his stately Brighton manor into a paparazzi-proof love bunker, as his jetsetting romance with Elizabeth Hurley heats up.
The actress kept a low profile when she flew into Melbourne last night, but a crowd of about 100 at the arrivals gate broke into applause when they saw her.
Elizabeth Hurley gets into a car after she arrived at Melbourne International Airport
Hurley smiled but said nothing about her plans with her new romeo as she exited. She disappeared into a car and was on her phone constantly as she was driven straight to Warne's mansion.
Warne briefly left his house about the same time Hurley arrived at Tullamarine, but returned after apparently driving around the block.
Teams of cleaners, builders and gardeners had slaved at the house all day. Workmen arrived early to construct screens behind the wrought-iron fence at the front of the multi-million-dollar property to obstruct views from the street.
While the privacy wall was being erected, a cleaning crew arrived and was soon working its way through the property with an industrial vacuum cleaner.
And a furniture van turned up to drop off new goods, including what appeared to be a large mattress.
Warne is expected to host Hurley at his home. The relationship between the two was revealed late last year when a British newspaper ran pictures of the couple kissing in a London hotel.
