Hollywood icon Bill Murray was on Rottnest Island yesterday hunting for “crackers”.

While the name of the island’s world famous native marsupials was lost in translation, the star of Groundhog Day and Caddyshack — movies co-starring furry creatures — eventually found a quokka.

The friendly local dutifully posed for a picture with a delighted Murray and touring buddy, German-born cellist Jan Vogler.

The early morning dash to Rotto came before they kicked off their Australian concert blending classic American literature and classical music at Riverside Theatre last night.

“So far we’re batting (a perfect 1000) because we made the ferry by 15 seconds, we made the beach, jumped in the cold water — didn’t have a heart attack,” Murray joked. “It was bracing, on the cool side.”

The Ghostbusters star said he was puffed out from riding around the island looking for the “Rottnest monster” — another case of the 68-year-old comedian getting the wrong end of the shtick.

Camera Icon Tennis ace Roger Federer lines up his quokka selfie. Credit: Supplied

Shortly after arriving in Perth for the first time on Tuesday, Murray enjoyed dinner at Long Chim.

In addition to quokkas, Murray is hunting for the West Aussie whom he befriended 38 years ago on a motorcycling holiday in Bali.

“We had a great time together running around on bikes and having lots of adventures up in the mountains,” he said.

“We had a great gambling experience in one small town. We just need to get some warm beer and drink it with ice cubes, then we’ll know we’re the same two guys again.”