Nicole Kidman to leave Sydney for good

Nicole Kidman has decided to quit Sydney for good, insisting that it is "impossible" for her to live in the city because of the paparazzi constantly stalking her.

"It makes certain cities impossible to live in. Like Sydney, it makes it impossible for us to live there," the Daily Telegraph quoted her as telling, The Sunday Telegraph in London.

Kidman added, "We certainly don't get that treatment in Tennessee. But it goes with the territory. It's just, we have to be careful, just to maintain some sort of semblance of a normal life for our child."

The 42-year-old star has been trying to protect her privacy from the media all the more after she married singer Keith Urban and gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose.

Earlier in the year Kidman sold her Darling Point home for $7 million less than its $20 million asking price. The house was the scene of a famous run-in with snapper Jamie Fawcett who had placed a listening bug outside her home.

Kidman is also planning to sell off her South Coast holiday home near Batemans Bay, where she had another run-in with the paparazzi as she was attending a country fair.