Ant and Dec discussed the Gold Coast lifestyle on their podcast (Image: ITV/Shutterstock)

After years of travelling down under to film I’m A Celebrity, Ant McPartlin is seriously contemplating relocating his entire family to Australia permanently. The TV presenter, 50, who shares two year old son Wilder with wife Anne-Marie Corbett alongside two teenage stepdaughters, is convinced he could provide his family with a better quality of life Down Under.

Speaking to co-star Declan Donnelly on their podcast Hanging Out, Ant revealed: “I always think that when we do I’m A Celebrity every year in Australia, the kids play outside all the time, the lifestyle is really good. And I have thought about in the future maybe, maybe I would.”

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He continued: “Especially the Gold Coast area where we shoot I’m A Celebrity, it’s just so lovely,” reports the Daily Star.

“The [food] is really good and the coffee is really good.”

However, before making such a significant move, Ant acknowledged he’d like to explore more of the vast country first, confessing he hasn’t seen much of Northern Australia.

The Britain’s Got Talent presenter continued: “But what we’ve never done is never explored really the rest of Australia, apart from years ago when we were releasing music (as PJ and Duncan).

“We went to Melbourne, and Sydney and Brisbane but we’ve explored the northern territory but I’d love to.”

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Ant McPartlin pictured with his wife Anne Marie Corbett (Image: Getty)

Ant also looked back on leaving Newcastle to pursue a music career alongside Dec as PJ and Duncan, admitting he regrets not pausing to bid a proper farewell to his family home.

He shared: “We never really had that moment – You know when you move out, or kids go to university, or people move out the house and you say goodbye.

“We never really had that moment of moving out because we just away for a couple of weeks to do this road show and then we came back and then we went away for a few more weeks to do a promo tour and then we came back to Newcastle.

“And then we just never kind of went back and I still look back on it now with sadness that we never had that moment.”