Boyfriends may come and go, but Taylor Swift will always have her younger brother Austin.
While there is much speculation surrounding the beautiful country star's love life, Taylor has been spending quality time with her family on a break from her exhausting tour Down Under.
After spending the past month winning a Grammy and promoting her role in The Lorax, the busy 22-year-old looked relaxed and happy to be in the company of her sibling, a Vanderbilt University student and freelance photographer.
Austin, who often appears in Taylor's music videos, even photograhed his famous sister for a 2009 behind-the-scenes feature in People Magazine.
The pair were spotted leaving their Sydney hotel, grabbing some all-day breakfast at Bill's Cafe in Surry Hills, and then strolling on the beach together.
Taylor wore a light yellow floral dress and carried her bedazzled flats as she walked barefoot in the surf.
Austin also carried his sneakers and wore a loosely-buttoned, long-sleeved dress shirt and black shorts.
Taylor, who has denied dating quarterback Tim Tebow and actor Zac Efron despite speculation, has taken her kid brother as her date to several awards shows.
Last November, the singer won three American Music Awards and thanked her brother in one acceptance speech.
'It really was wonderful that my brother was here to see that,' Taylor told Access Hollywood backstage at the AMAs.
'He’s usually at college. He goes to college and just lives a completely different life than me. To take him into my world for a second, it made me feel really good to be winning.'
The singer told USA Weekend last June that she sees her parents almost every day when she's in Nashville.
'I love them; I think they’re really great people, and smart and fun,' she said.
'With my brother off at college, when we get the four of us all together, it’s like this rare, amazing thing. Having that be a new dynamic in our family is really kind of cool. It used to be that Austin was in high school, I was 18, we all lived at home, and we saw each other every day. Now, when we all get together, it’s really special.'
The brother and sister grew up on a Christmas-tree farm in Wyomissing, PA.
Taylor's Speak Now tour will have her performing in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland, New Zealand.
While on the Australian leg of her tour, Taylor has been enjoying glamorous yacht rides touring the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge as well as a bikini day at Cottesloe Beach.
Taylor also made time for father-daughter bonding earlier this week as they celebrated his 60th birthday with a special meal.
She tweeted: ‘Went to dinner with my dad for his birthday tonight!’
She has also been using the micro-blogging site to rave about how good the crowds are at her concerts Down Under.
She posted: ‘Both shows in Brisbane were magical and wildly dancy. And so completely worth the trip.’
Friday and Saturday with see the blonde play Sydney before continuing on to several gigs in Melbourne and Auckland.
There isn’t much time off for the star, who is rumoured to have a new love in her life after denying there's anything going on with her and The Lorax co-star Zac Efron.
Taylor recently denied having a boyfriend during an appearance on the Ellen show.
But according to reports she may be dating quarterback Tim Tebow.
According to Radar Online, Taylor and Tim were spotted getting 'cosy' at a pre-Oscar party.
'They were together for almost an hour,' an insider said. 'She approached Tim and he looked more than happy to be talking with her.'
Another outlet reports that Tim, 24, and Taylor, 22, had dinner together in Century City.
'After dinner, he walked her out, and then he walked back in to join two other people,' an eyewitness said.
And since Taylor says she isn't dating anyone, the kind-hearted hitmaker has the time and inclination to bring cancer sufferer Kevin McGuire, 18, as her date to the American Country Music Awards happening April 1 in Las Vegas.
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