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The actress appeared happy and relaxed as she enjoyed a swim in Sydney's Gordon Bay.

The 36-year-old showed off her incredibly fit physique in a black bikini as she soaked up the winter sun.

The Packed to the Rafters actress flaunted her toned figure as she enjoyed her swim before returning to the shore.

The actress, who has had a very public battle with her mental health, expressed her creativity in the form of a poem inspired by a hole in her yoga mat.

'The hole in my yoga mat is a piece of bubblemint chewing gum. The hole in my yoga mat is a severed Aztec breast,' she began. 'The hole in my yoga mat is my mother's brain injury. The hole in my yoga mat is a breast implant. The hole in my yoga mat is a blood cell.'

The passage then went deeper.

'The hole in my mat was a baby. A lung trying to breathe? The hole in my yoga mat is my father's heart attack,' she continued. 'The hole in my yoga mat is an angry fist. The hole in my yoga mat is a torn ankle ligament. The hole in my yoga mat is not something that can be fixed.

'The hole in my yoga mat is wear and tear, can be covered and adjusted. The hole in my yoga mat has made practising difficult. The hole in my yoga mat inspires me. The hole in my mat has made practising interesting... The hole in my yoga mat is trying.'

She concluded: 'The hole in my yoga mat is a soul singing, sighing, silence. Stillness. Salutes. Serenity. Searching. Surrender. Satisfaction, sensuality. Serious and silly. Sorrow, sparkles and seasons.'

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