Perched on a rugged hillside in an isolated canyon outside LA, Rove McManus and Tasma Walton’s luxurious new home is the perfect base for the Aussie couple as they prepare to take on Hollywood – and start a much-longed-for family.

Although Rove has already made some inroads with a string of appearances on US TV, the couple have been most consumed with nest building of late, as they settle into their new home.

With no neighbours in sight, and surrounded by trees on every side, the house is the perfect setting for the nature loving couple, who regularly visit a nearby garden centre to pick up landscaping supplies – including a hummingbird feeder. Renowned for their love of animals, Tasma and Rove are self-confessed obsessive bird-watchers.

“It’s important because the world is so frenetic,” Tasma says. “I love bushwalking, and Rove’s a twitcher, so I’ve started enjoying bird-spotting, too.”

Tasma has even admitted Rove had a rather novel trick up his sleeve when he was romancing her. It seems she was won over by a bird dance he performed for her.

“That is why I fell in love with this man,” she has said.

With plenty of room for children in their new house, the couple won’t need to upgrade their lodgings any time soon.

“More and more, the idea of having a child appeals,” says Tasma, who married Rove in a secret Broome ceremony last June. “And it hasn’t always been that way.”

It’s unclear whether career or family developments were up for discussion when the pair made an excursion to a local psychic bookshop where readings take place.

After an extended visit, they emerged smiling. While Rove has remained tight-lipped about his next career move, he has chatted with top-rating talk-show host Chelsea Handler about the possibility of landing a more permanent US gig.

For the story see this week's Woman's Day, on sale April 19, 2010.