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.
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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
Having been an activist for the past two decades, Maximo co-founded his own environmental conservation organisation, ReForest Now, in 2018.
He previously worked for Greenpeace, one of the largest environmental organisations in the world.
Madeleine has worked with ReForest Now on various projects since January.
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
Last month, ReForest Now shared a photo to Instagram of Madeleine helping to plant trees, 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.
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 a year after their split, Madeleine said she was unlikely to ever get back together with Shannon, whom she had dated between 2005 and 2018.
She told The Kyle and Jackie O Show in October their needs no longer aligned after more than a decade together.
‘I’m a big believer that everything in life has a season. We change. We evolve,’ she said.
‘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.’
‘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
She brushed off questions about a potential ‘love interest’ at the time and joked that she was living ‘like a monk’.
Madeleine previously told Stellar magazine in 2018 that she and Shannon were ‘striving to reconnect as friends and parents’.
She said that having six children and ‘two high-pressure careers’ had put a strain on their relationship.
The estranged couple, who never married despite being together for 13 years, share six children: Phoenix, Hendrix, Xascha, Xanthe, Xahlia and Margaux.
Despite their break-up, they relocated with their kids to Byron Bay after selling their formal marital home in Toorak, Melbourne, for $16million.
Large family: The estranged couple, who began dating in 2004, but never married, share six children: Phoenix, Hendrix, Xascha, Xanthe, Xahlia and Margaux