Melbourne, Dec 6 : American actor Ryan Phillippe will be heading for Australia next weekend, to meet actress Abbie Cornish''s side of the family.

This will be the first Australian trip for the two, who had stepped out together in June at a Hollywood awards ceremony, reports the Courier Mail.

Cornish will be introducing Phillippe to her parents, besides attending an exclusive party in Sydney for fashion brand Calvin Klein, which she is brand ambassador of, on December 16 on Cockatoo Island.

On their visit, the couple will travel to the Hunter Valley and stay with Cornish''s family on their 69ha farm at Lochinvar, where they intend to stay and celebrate Christmas.

Phillippe will then head back to the US to celebrate it again with his children with Reese Witherspoon, Ava, 9, and Deacon, 6. (ANI)