Mitchell and Cameron ask Pepper Saltzman to help plan their wedding in this episode of Modern Family. Courtesy ABC

ARE you ready for your close-up, Australia - with Qantas set to give two lucky local fans the chance to shine in a walk-on role in the Modern Family episode due to start filming in Sydney next month.

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The Hollywood-dream-come-true opportunity will see the winner of a national competition flown, with a friend, taken to one of the show's secret set locations during the Emmy-winning production's tour Down Under.

The airline, which begins flying the entire cast and select crew to Sydney from early February, will offer any passenger who makes a booking between February 5 and 14 an entry in the contest - with frequent flyers getting double the chance to win.

The cameo is a non-speaking part and is expected to be part of the final edit when the Australian-themed episode goes to air on Channel 10 later this year.

Executive producer Steve Levitan and a writing team from Fox will arrive on a 'story and location scouting mission' in the coming weeks, before stars including Sofia Vergara, Ed O'Neil and Eric Stonestreet follow for the two-weeks of filming in Sydney and other Australian destinations, yet to be decided.

The excited cast have already begun tweeting ahead of their Aussie adventure, with young actor Nolan Gould apparently spilling some of the script secrets this week.

The young star and Mensa member revealed his on-screen dad Phil Dunphy (played by actor Ty Burrell) will have an allergic reaction to Vegemite and get struck by a kangaroo, while his character Luke goes in search of topless women at Bondi Beach.

Like Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey before them, the TV sensations have been lavished with gifts and tourism offers before they even land in the country.

Qantas is creating 'love packs' for each of the visiting stars, tailoring gift bags full of local fashion, food and other freebies to sample on their 14-hour flight from Los Angeles.

The goodies will include Havaiana thongs, Sass & Bide clothing, Caramello koala chocolates, as well as Bonds socks and Napoleon make-up.

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