Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan, 83, desperate to leave Venice Beach 'zoo' and return to Australia

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan has said he wants to return to Australia - a year after comparing his neighborhood in California’s Venice Beach to a ‘zoo’.

The frail 83-year-old, who shot to stardom in 1986, said he’s ‘bored’ of Los Angeles and wants to spend more time with his family.

His comments come after he apparently put up a sign outside the $3.5m home he shares with son Chance, 24, warning off homeless people.

'This is my house, not yours,' said the sign, which was written in red marker pen.

Venice Beach has become a homeless hotspot in recent years, with tents pitched across the neighborhood and drug paraphernalia discarded on the streets and beaches.

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan said he'd be happier in his native Australia than Venice Beach, where he lives in a $3.5million home, after comparing the neighborhood to a 'zoo'

Hogan shot to fame in the 1986 move Crocodile Dundee and moved to Venice Beach in 2005

He also opened up in a recent interview about ongoing health problems that have left him frail

Hogan previously complained during last year’s Covid lockdown, when he said: ‘I'm like a kangaroo in a Russian zoo, I don't belong here.’

In the latest interview, Hogan told Australia’s A Current Affair show: 'I'm not in the place I'm meant to be, but I'm not allowed to complain about anything...

'I'd be happier if I was sort of back in Sydney permanently, because I'm sort of, I'm bored here.’

Hogan added: ‘People in Australia are not aware of what an amazing place they live in.

‘We're a mighty nation. We have an army, navy and air force.

‘We have (an) independent, free, democratic government and sort of the best climate and some of the most beautiful spectacular places in the world.’

Hogan denied putting a sign outside his home last year that read 'this is my house, not yours'

Hogan, 83, said he didn't put up the sign - even though he was pictured with a red marker pen 

The actor complained Venice Beach was like a 'zoo' amid ongoing issues with homeless camps 

He also revealed a debilitating condition has ravaged his health and left him too weak to carry out basic tasks on his own.

The actor has struggled with muscle wastage and dramatic weight loss after being diagnosed with retroperitoneal fibrosis.

The disorder leads to inflammation and extensive scar tissue in the abdominal cavity.

Hogan revealed the benign growth has wrapped around the abdominal aorta and pressed on his kidney.

'I've had such a gifted life. I've had so many wonderful things happen to me without deserving them so I shouldn't complain but, yeah, ideally I'd rather be back in Sydney because I miss the rest of my family there.'

He added: ‘I'm here with Chance and I'm the only family he's got really here.

‘He likes visiting there (Australia), but he's got his life here. He has all his friends, his bands, girlfriends, hobbies, everything.

‘He was raised here. He is a Yank, he is a Yaussie, (a) Yank-Aussie.’

Paul Hogan lives in a $3.5million Venice Beach home with 24-year-old son Chance, pictured 

Hogan also spoke passionately about his native Australia, calling it an 'amazing, mighty' nation 

Hogan, pictured meeting Queen Elizabeth II, was catapulted to fame by his Croc Dundee role

Hogan revealed last month he'd been 'homesick for years', as the Venice Beach neighborhood surrounding his home became a magnet for vagrants.

'I miss the people, the ambience – and there's something you just can't put your finger on, but there's something about Australia that is friendlier and more laid-back,' he told The Daily Telegraph.

'It never takes itself seriously – there's no arrogance like there is in other places.'

He moved to Los Angeles in 2005 with his ex-wife and former co-star Linda Kozlowski, who he met on the set of Crocodile Dundee.

He left his first wife Noelene to pursue a love affair with much-younger Linda, now 64, and they wed in 1990.

In 2014 she filed for divorce but they are said to still be on good terms and live in the same neighborhood while co-parenting their son.

His home is in the once-elite beachside suburb of Venice, where a vast increase in homelessness has seen hundreds of tents line the beach's famous boardwalk and a sharp increase in crime.

When asked in another recent interview how he was coping with Los Angeles' crime wave, Hogan simply said he 'doesn't go anywhere.'

He added: '[I'm] bored in lockdown, and the minute I can get on the plane without being locked in a hotel for two weeks, I'm back.'

Hogan put up a sign warning of the homeless in May last year.

Venice Beach, where Hogan has lived since 2005, has issues with drug use and homelessness 

The trendy neighborhood has seen dozens of homeless tent camps spring up in recent years 

There are issues with open drug use, with paraphernalia left discarded on streets and beaches

At the time, exclusive DailyMail.com photos showed tent-dwellers had abandoned downtown LA's Skid Row and the freeway ramps in Long Beach for Venice.

Syringes with a needles attached were nestled in the sand in a children's play area on the beach and some residents said they couldn’t even walk their dogs or ride their bike anymore.

The homeless population has mushroomed in Venice. A count in 2014 showed only 175 people living rough. Five years later that figure stood at more than 1,200.

But it was since 2020 that residents say things have spiraled out of control.

Los Angeles is currently experiencing a crimewave that’s put pressure on politicians to toughen up their soft-touch approach to dealing with criminals.

The city's progressive DA George Gascón has consistently been at the forefront of criticism for being lenient with sentencing criminals - as homicides in LA reached their highest level in 15 years in 2022.

He has faced recalls after consistently failing to pursue felony charges.

He's been vocal about his belief that the criminal justice system needs to focus more on intervention and rehabilitation, blasting 'tough on crime' policies as racist and a failure.

Murders in LA rose 52 percent last year from 2019, and shooting incidents were up 59 per cent, according to LAPD data.