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Paul Hogan has arrived back home in Australia as he battles a debilitating condition that's ravaged his health and left him too weak to carry out basic tasks on his own. 

The actor, 83, appeared very frail on Saturday as he made his way through Sydney Airport in a wheelchair, pushed along by a minder. 

He was able to stand on his own once leaving the terminal, but was in visible pain due to a broken rib. 

After disembarking from his flight, Hogan was assisted by ground staff who transported him in a wheelchair. 

Despite his ill health, the Hollywood icon was dressed in a chic ensemble befitting his superstar status.

He donned a black dress shirt and tailored trousers, along with a velvet jacket and  sunglasses. 

Hogan clutched his side multiple times while travelling in the wheelchair, wincing in discomfort. 

The Flipper star stood up from the chair unassisted as he waited for his car, and was able to carry a leather sports bag. 

However, he struggled to walk as he clung onto his side, and appeared to be in agony due to his rib injury. 

It comes after the icon revealed that he is desperate to spend his final years in Australia as his health fails. 

Famed for his rugged appearances in the popular Crocodile Dundee film franchise, Hogan has struggled with muscle wastage and dramatic weight loss after being diagnosed with retroperitoneal fibrosis, a disorder in which inflammation and extensive scar tissue occurs in the abdominal cavity. 

Discussing the condition during an interview with  A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw - her last before she leaves Nine's flagship program after 17 years - Hogan revealed the benign growth has wrapped around the abdominal aorta and pressed on his kidney.

And he admits the devastating impact on his health has left him pining to leave the $3.5million Venice Beach home he shares with son Chance, 24, and return to the relative tranquility of his home country.  

He said: '[I've] been better. I had a problem on the aorta in the kidney and the treatment fixed it, but it shrunk me. 

'I just... I've lost all my body fat and the muscles all shrank and the strength has come back, because it left me feeble. I get Chance to open jars for me.'

He added: 'Quite a few of my friends on diets hate me for it because I try and eat everything fatty and lardy you can think of. Everything they're not allowed to have. I can't put on an ounce.' 

The actor was prescribed corticosteroids to shrink the growth, but now needs to regain his strength after the health

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