Madeleine West announced her split from celebrity chef Shannon Bennett in September 2018 after 13 years of dating.
And the Neighbours star appears to have well and truly moved on from her longtime relationship with the father of her six children.
In photos published by New Idea on Monday, the 39-year-old actress was seen kissing and cuddling environmentalist Maximo Bottaro at the beach in Byron Bay.
Scroll down for video
Meet Madeleine West’s new boyfriend: The Neighbours star and mother-of-six is ‘dating’ Byron Bay environmentalist Maximo Bottaro after her split from celebrity chef Shannon Bennett
Believed to be darting, Madeleine and Maximo put on a very affectionate display while kissing and cuddling along the water’s edge.
Having worked as an environmentalist for the past two decades, including Greenpeace, Maximo decided to co-found his own environmental conservation organisation, ReForest Now, in 2018.
Madeleine has worked directly and indirectly with Maximo’s organisation on various projects since January 2020.
REVEALED: Having worked as an environmentalist for the past two decades, including Greenpeace, Maximo Bottaro (left) decided to co-found his own environmental conservation organisation, ReForest Now, in 2018. Pictured with co-founder Michael Mortin
Just last month, ReForest Now shared a photo of Madeleine helping to plant trees on their Instagram page and thanked her for her continued support.
‘Madeline has been supporting ReForest Now through promoting our work and inviting community to our plantings and to contribute to the funding of reforestation,’ the post read in part.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Madeleine West for comment.
Mutual interests! Madeleine has worked directly and indirectly with Maximo’s organisation on various projects since January 2020. Pictured with ReForest Now co-founder Michael Mortin
Just one year after their 2018 split, Madeleine admitted she was unlikely to ever get back together with her celebrity chef ex-partner Shannon Bennett.
Speaking to KIIS FM’s Kyle And Jackie O show in October 2019, the actress, who has six children with Shannon, said their needs didn’t match up.
‘So there’s no chance you want to get back with the [partner]?’ radio host Kyle Sandilands asked the former Neighbours star at the time, as Jackie ‘O’ Henderson told him to stop badgering their guest on the private matter.
However, Madeleine was happy to give the pair a response, responding: ‘No. You know what? I’m a big believer that everything in life has a season… We change. We evolve.’
‘The whole notion of being bound for life is not necessarily realistic’: Last year, Madeleine admitted she was unlikely to ever get back together with her ex-partner Shannon Bennett (left) after the couple split in September 2018 (Pictured: 2016)
‘I’m a big believer that everything in life has a season… We change. We evolve’: Madeleine told KIIS FM’S Kyle And Jackie O show last year that their needs didn’t match up
‘At some point we go “well I have certain needs I want to have met and you’ve got certain needs and if the two don’t combine and cross in the middle, why fight it and be miserable?” I don’t think that’s fair to the children either to see two parents that are constantly across purposes.’
At the time she brushed off questions about a potential ‘love interest’ and joked she was ‘chaced… like a monk’.
Madeleine also told Stellar magazine in 2018 that she and Shannon were ‘striving to reconnect as friends and parents’, adding that having six children and ‘two high-pressure careers’ had put a strain on their relationship.
The estranged couple, who began dating in 2004, but never married, share six children: Phoenix, Hendrix, Xascha, Xanthe, Xahlia and Margaux.
In February 2019, they relocated with their kids to Byron Bay amid their split, after selling their Toorak mansion in Melbourne for $16 million.
Large family: The estranged couple, who began dating in 2004, but never married, share six children: Phoenix, Hendrix, Xascha, Xanthe, Xahlia and Margaux