Tomorrow, the Belgium born lady will become a true blue, fair dinkum Aussie.

Mrs De Bievre will be among 11 Highlanders taking the pledge during Australia Day celebrations at the Berrima Court House.

“I am so excited. I am already saying to my friends I am going to be an Aussie and they are all saying that’s great, you will be one of us,” Mrs De Bievre said.

“I have really fallen in love with Australia; it is a beautiful place with beautiful people.”

When Mrs De Bievre first moved to Australia in 1982 she lived and worked in Sydney.

It was there she worked as a consultant in the corporate communications and marketing industry, then moved into international relations, before opening her own business.

In 1992 Mrs De Bievre moved back to Belgium to care for her mother, but was quick to hop on a plane back to the land Down Under in 2000 with her second husband Frank Gallego.

Mrs De Bievre said she planned to celebrate her new citizenship in true “Aussie style”.

Family and friends from across Australia and the world are travelling to Berrima for the occasion, including Mrs De Bievre’s only son Xavier Badoux who will travel from America.

“I am so excited to have all my friends and loved ones with me to celebrate,” Mrs De Bievre.

“I am also excited to do it in Berrima. For the last two years I have watch the service they do here and it is wonderful, it has a very gentle human approach.”

While Mrs De Bievre has developed an appreciation for vegemite and allows the iconic greeting ‘g’day mate’ to roll off her tongue, she said it was the Aussie attitude she loves the most.

“Australians are much more relaxed and extremely optimistic,” Mrs De Bievre said.

“Even with the fires in Tasmania recently, my friend emailed me to say the cottage they had spent six years building had burned down but she was just so thankful no one was hurt.

“She said a house can always be rebuilt, and I think Australians in general are very optimistic even in the worst situations and always have two feet on the ground.”

Once official proceedings are out of the way tomorrow, Mrs De Bievre and Mr Gallego will hold a special Australia Day celebration at their Berrima home.

They have specially built and Aussie corner - The Gunyah - in their backyard where their friends and family will enjoy a spread of Billy Tea and damper, with a few Belgium delights.