The Australian actor most well known for his role in the Mentalist is another known for living in Byron Bay. Baker purchased a farm in Nashua in 2010 for $1.5 million. Although strictly speaking his Nashua property just falls within the bounds of the Byron Shire, it would take Baker just as long to get to Lismore as it would to Byron Bay. Is Lismore the real celebrity hot spot then? You decide.   It s a common misbelief that when the Hollywood star came to Australia to him Thor: Love and Thunder he spent 14 days in quarantine in a luxury Byron villa. He did spend 14 days in a luxury villa, but in Knockrow which falls into the Ballina Shire.