Johnny Ruffo returns home to Perth for Christmas with his girlfriend Tahnee Simms

Johnny Ruffo has returned home to Perth to celebrate Christmas with his family.

The 34-year-old actor and singer, who has terminal brain cancer, shared a photo on Instagram on Wednesday of himself and his girlfriend Tahnee Simms on their flight to WA.

“So excited to be in Perth for Christmas,” he captioned the image.

Johnny Ruffo has returned home to Perth to celebrate Christmas with his family.

Johnny previously said that he was determined to keep fighting until at least Christmas so he could have a long-awaited family reunion.

He said 7News in September he expected to see his brother Michael, who had been living in Ireland for the past three years.

“My brother lives in Ireland now so I haven’t seen him in three years and he’s coming home for Christmas and I honestly can’t wait to see him,” she said.

We are thick as thieves. Honestly, he is my hero. He is everything to me. And I can’t wait to see it. I don’t know how I’m going to react, I can’t wait, he is everything.

The actor and singer, 34, who has terminal brain cancer, shared a photo on Instagram on Wednesday of himself and his girlfriend Tahnee Simms (right) on their flight to WA.

In August, Johnny confirmed his brain cancer diagnosis was terminal and said he feared how his girlfriend Tahnee would fare once he was gone.

“You can only imagine how difficult this has been for her,” he said on The Project.

“The thing that goes on in my head a lot is, I hate to say this, how hard it can be for her if something happens to me.

So, it’s something I don’t want to think about. It just kind of excites me because I know at some point something will happen, whether it’s a month from now or 10 years from now or 20 years from now.

Johnny previously said that he was determined to keep fighting until at least Christmas so he could have a long-awaited family reunion.

Johnny told host Carrie Bickmore that he was already past his life expectancy.

‘At some point it will catch me, but I keep fighting. Still kicking. Looking at my diagnosis and my tumor, the average life expectancy was three years,” she said.

And for me it’s already been five years. I’m already winning. My goal now is to try to help as many people as I can and also live a happy life.’

Johnny was first diagnosed with the disease in 2017 after going to the hospital with painful migraines.

In August of that year, a 7cm brain tumor was surgically removed before undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

He told 7News in September that he was looking forward to seeing his brother Michael, who had been living in Ireland for the past three years.