AFTER more than four decades of globetrotting, travelling from country to country with his no-nonsense attitude, the Paul Hogan we've come to love and adore has come to Wagga for the first time to say g'day.
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And, would you believe ... after all those years, he still owns the big knife from Crocodile Dundee.
"I have catchphrases that have followed me around the world. The one that I've heard close to a million times is: 'that's not a knife'.
"I go into a restaurant in Thailand or Sweden and, sure enough, out comes the chef with his big meat clever.
"I'm sure they think it's the first time I've heard it, no you don't get sick of it. It's nice to have written a catchphrase and have it travel around the world and still hear it after all this time."
In the city for his sold-out sit down, Hoges: One Night Only, the 74-year-old has apparently retired about three times. So why come back into the spotlight again and again?
"I've had so many people want me to write a book about my bizarre and unusual life," he said.
"I thought nah it's better to talk about it; it saves writing a book."
Hogan has had a well-lived life after first beaming into Australian living rooms through the talent quest show New Faces ("If I hadn't gone on that, I don't know what would have happened").
The Paul Hogan Show then endeared him to audiences who became transfixed with his sense of humour.
What followed was a stint as Australia's tourism poster child (think "shrimp on the barbie") before he was announced Australian of the Year in 1985.
After all his life achievements, does Hogan have anything left to tick off the bucket list?
He said that he didn't before expressing his desire to permanently return home.
"I want to move back as soon as my youngest finishes high school," he said.
"Or sooner if I can talk him into it."
But most importantly, how many pairs of denim stubbies has the former bridge rigger accumulated over his life?
"I don't know how many I've gone through," he said.
"I wore them for a joke little realising I'd be wearing them for the next 14 years."