Known affectionately as a petrol head, Harrison religiously returned to Australian shores to indulge in his passion for motor racing.
Over the past decade, the former Beatle was frequently spotted at the Grand Prix, rarely missing a year.
The reserved former Beatle first visited Melbourne at the height of Beatlemania in June 1964.
When the Fab Four arrived, a crowd of 10,000 swarmed Exhibition St and a further 250,000 people lined the streets from the airport to the city.
Harrison managed to elude fans, slipping out of his hotel in disguise, for a drive in the Dandenongs in a sports car.
Once in the mounstains he viewed Melbourne from the observatory and obviously liked what he saw.
In 1985 Harrison visited Australia with his friend Barry Sheene, the two time world 500cc motorcycle champion, for the Formula One race.
It was the same year Harrison built a house on Hamilton Island.
By 1993, the racing car lover had made three Grand Prix visits to Australia and in November of that year was a guest of the McLaren racing team in Adelaide.
In November 1995, Harrison was in the South Australian capital to watch Damon Hill have the biggest Formula One win for more than a quarter of a century.
Just four months later Harrison was back in Australia for Melbourne's first Grand Prix at Albert Park.
Keeping a low profile, Harrison commuted between Melbourne and Hamilton Island under a pseudonym.
Each year the perennial rumours of Harrison being back in Australia for the Grand Prix resurfaced.
In 1998, he reportedly arrived in Australia with his family several weeks before the start of the Grand Prix, before heading to Melbourne for the big race.
The 1999 Melbourne Grand Prix in March was his last visit here.
Nine months later, Harrison was stabbed in the chest by an intruder who broke into the singer's family home.
After that the famous singing legend was plagued by illness and fought his hardest battle with cancer, which finally claimed his life.