Elsa Pataky shows off her toned legs in a pair of tiny shorts as she makes a mad dash in Byron Bay

Catch me if you can! Elsa Pataky shows off her incredibly toned legs in a pair of tiny knitted shorts as she madly dashes around Byron Bay

Elsa Pataky turned heads in Byron Bay on Monday when she made a mad dash across a busy road. 

The Spanish star was clearly in a hurry, sprinting up the street at first chance after being stopped by a traffic controller at a pedestrian crossing. 

The 42-year-old beauty showed off her lean and muscular legs in a pair of tiny knitted shorts as she ran. 

Catch me if you can! Elsa Pataky showed off her incredibly toned legs in a pair of knitted tiny shorts as she madly dashed across a busy street in Byron Bay on Monday 

She coordinated the beige bottoms with a T-shirt and a matching shirt knotted at her tiny waist.  

The mother-of-three also wore a pair of comfortable pair of sneakers as she rans her errands. 

The Snakes On A Plane star flaunted her natural beauty by going makeup free and tied her blonde locks up into a casual bun.

The friendly star was seen smiling as she chatted away to the lollipop man as she waited for the cars to pass. 

Elsa is a now considered a local in the popular tourist town after living there with her husband Chris Hemsworth for several years. 

Superwoman! The 42-year-old beauty showed off her lean and muscular legs in the shorts which were teamed with a matching beige shirt knotted at the waist

Superwoman! The 42-year-old beauty showed off her lean and muscular legs in the shorts which were teamed with a matching beige shirt knotted at the waist 

Comfort first: The mother-of-three also wore a pair of comfortable pair of sneakers as she rans her errands

Comfort first: The mother-of-three also wore a pair of comfortable pair of sneakers as she rans her errands

Comfort first: The mother-of-three also wore a pair of comfortable pair of sneakers as she rans her errands

Elsa and her husband Chris Hemsworth, 37, swapped the bright lights of Hollywood for a more relaxed life in Byron Bay, where they built a $20 million mega-mansion, six years ago.

The Hollywood couple have been married for ten years, and have called Byron Bay home since 2014.

Elsa, who previously lived in Los Angeles with her husband, said she enjoys the more laid-back lifestyle of Australia.

‘We did the move three years ago and I’m so happy with it,’ she revealed to Women’s Health magazine in April 2017.

In August, she revealed the secret behind her successful marriage to her husband Chris.

‘It’s funny that people think of us as a perfect couple. No way,’ she told Australian newspaper The Sunday Telegraph’s body+soul lift-out.

‘It’s been ups and downs, and we still keep working at the relationship,’ she added.

Elsa admitted that after nearly a decade of marriage with the Avengers star it’s not always ‘easy’, but the secret to their long-lasting love is ‘work’.

‘I think a relationship is constant work. It’s not easy,’ she said.