Australia leaned on some old classics in their light-hearted final public pitch for the 2022 World Cup with a cameo from larrikin actor Paul Hogan and a cartoon kangaroo.

The Crocodile Dundee star, clad in a Mad Max-type outfit, chased the light-fingered marsupial around the wide brown land following a storyline in which the kangaroo snatches the World Cup from FIFA's headquarters in Zurich.

In the main film of the 25-minute presentation, Prime Minister Julia Gillard opens the chase sequence by swinging around in her chair and saying: "We want the World Cup but not that way."

From then on, the kangaroo bounded around the country's landmarks with the World Cup in her pouch before Hogan's character caught up with the culprit at Sydney's Olympic Stadium.

"Come on hand it over, you have had your fun, I am taking it back to FIFA," he said.