Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial LIVE BLOG: Brittany Higgins’ parting message to Australia as she jets out for France with David Sharaz after $2.4m taxpayer payout

Brittany Higgins and her fiancé David Sharaz said au revoir to Australia as they started a new life in France.

The couple said goodbye to Ms Higgins' parents, Kelly and Matthew, at Brisbane International Airport on Monday, ahead of their 11.35pm flight to France via Singapore.

But just eight hours into the trip, Mrs Higgins appeared to miss her home.

She uploaded photos of Sydney, the Snowy Mountains, Byron Bay and the Gold Coast to Instagram and captioned it with lyrics from the iconic Qantas jingle, I Still Call Australia Home.

“No matter how far or how wide I wander, I will still call Australia home,” she wrote.

Friends and fans took to the comments section to wish her a safe journey.

“Be careful, Brittany. I wish you peace and happiness,” one person said.

Another wrote: 'Best wishes for a happy life in France. You certainly deserve it.'

Ms Higgins received around $2.4 million from taxpayers in 2022 on claims her political career was in ruins after she alleged she was raped by former colleague Bruce Lehrmann at Parliament House in 2019.

Mr Lehrmann has consistently denied the allegations and is currently suing Channel 10 and Lisa Wilkinson for defamation after The Project broke the story.

Ny Breaking Australia revealed last month that the couple, who were renting a newly built duplex in Palm Beach on the Gold Coast, were preparing to uproot their lives for the vast countryside in Lunas, near Bordeaux in southern France.

Mr Sharaz gave it away when he posted in a public Facebook group for English-speaking residents hoping to connect with French speakers in the Dordogne region.

'Hi, I'm looking for someone who can garden for us in the coming months. Maybe once or twice every two weeks. We are in Lunas,” he wrote.

Those messages have now been deleted.

Since then, Ms Higgins has followed a series of French Instagram pages, including language schools and Paris-inspired fashion accounts.