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Don’t head home to Australia too early!
By Kristy Kenny LEAVING London – those words invoke different feelings to different people. But regardless of who you are, if you’re an Aussie living in London, then these two words cross your mind...
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Are Aussie expats all the same?
By Mihal Greener THERE is, of course, no good time to be pulled over by the police. But to make for a truly humiliating experience, have it happen around the corner from home with your parents and...
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Returning to Australia – what a culture shock!
By Nina McGrath After three and a half years living the expat life in London, my husband and I made the difficult decision to head back to Oz. Friends who had headed back before us had mentioned that...
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A guide to getting it right in Britain
By Nina McGrath When I arrived in London, my knowledge of the countries making up the United Kingdom was derived from the elastics rhyme ‘England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales; inside, outside, on the...
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London snow: Nice to snow you
By Larissa Clare Forget the state of the European Union. Don’t even bother about last weekend’s football scores. Disregard Bieber. Fashion Week. TfL… Well, maybe not TfL. Because if there’s one thing...
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Finding a job in London? You’re kidding right!
By Larissa Clare AFTER I FIRST MOVED to London almost two years ago, I mused to my friends about the difficulties of finding a job in this town. Now, many months on, the scene still hasn’t changed. I...
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The dreaded English pebble beach
By Bon8 What is a better activity when living in the UK than to visit the beach when the sun is out? And last weekend was a pearler! The first mention of the beach to the kids and excitement levels...
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Without a couch in London
By Shannon Gillies HAVE you been unexpectedly left in the deep end with no job or home on your arrival in the United Kingdom? Exhausted after your long-haul flight to London, you survey the crowds of...
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Alone time for an Australian in London
IT’S no big secret that being alone is a lot different than being in the company of other people. And while being married to a long-haul flight attendant certainly does have its perks (staff travel...
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What we leave behind when leaving Australia
By Haylee Slater WHEN my husband and I decided to pack up and move to New Zealand three years ago, we were caught up in a whirlwind of excitement and nerves. Living life in such a beautiful place with...
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The UK places that remind you of home
By Bon8 I LOVE PERTH! There’s a good chance a load of you have never been there so you’ll have to take my word for it, but it just could be the best city in Oz and I’m a Mexican! Actually, I missed it...
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Friends are like family in the UK
ONE of the main reasons we decided to make the move from Australia to London revolved around our social network, or increasingly lack of it. We found we were getting to that stage in our lives where...
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What I will miss most about Britain
AS I APPROACH my visa expiry date I realise I’m truly going to miss British pubs and British beer. Yes – the warm, brown, flat p*** the old blokes drink is nothing short of brilliant. It’s so nice to...
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By Bon8 I have formulated a cunning plan. Not evil in any way, unless of course you are a local Pom, (cue evil laugh) mwaaahahahah. I have been very patient and have ever so slowly been executing my...
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Australianisms – teaching the Poms to speak ‘Strayan
By Phoebe Lee SINCE moving from Australia to London, I have been amazed at just how big the language barrier between myself and the British is. London-English (or Londglish as I have started calling...
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Do I feel more Aussie since leaving Australia? – A Pom’s view
By Charlie Inglefield BEING a Pom, you might think it a bit strange that I should be feeling more or less Australian since relocating to Switzerland from Sydney 18 months ago. But bear with me for a...
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When being Australian is about more than just Foster’s
EMBARRASSING for everyone! That’s the only way I can describe this all too common situation that has been affecting me of late. So, a mate’s dad Geoff drops in for a big family and friends BBQ at my...
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Are expat Aussies missing out on the best bits of London?
A CONSTANT nag in my household is that ‘we don’t do enough cultural stuff in London’. Ok, nag is too strong a word, but it’s a niggle – almost a regret – that we are not making the absolute most of...
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Barbie mates and backyard etiquette
By Bon8 A bloke who has two hobbies in life is very blessed, and therefore so I am. My first love is of the BBQ – a man’s domain. Backyards are full of them in Oz and I am currently designing a...
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Peering through the looking glass at life back home
By Liv Hambrett Something you hear often, when living away from home, family and friends, is ‘don’t worry, nothing around here ever changes’. It is said, usually in soothing tones, in response to a...
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Retina scorching HD and is television still worthy?
By Bon8 Aggghhhhh!!! It’s all too much. I’ve just mustered enough energy to roll over and flick on the idiot box this morning whilst nursing the mother of all hangovers and it hits me in the face like...
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Plans vs Choices – An Aussie expat’s meditation
Not long ago, I met two colleagues for a drink. There we were; three women (two twenty-somethings and a fifty-something) living in a foreign country, with far too many bottles of wine. Before long,...
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Job-hunting in London, made that little bit harder
YOU all know how it is. Recruitment companies are to the unemployed in London what Moses was to the chosen people. The Skier Guide to the blind Paralympian. The Putin to his Medvedev. Or, maybe more...
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A royal affair at Ascot
By Sandra Tahmasby 100,000 cans of hair spray, 55,000 bottles of fake tan, fake eye lashes, platform heels, skirts, spotted shirts and tonnes of yummy boys in suits! It wasn’t the Royal Enclosure but...
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Is ‘the Push’ now a pull? UK nationals flock to Australia
IT WAS referred to as ‘the Push’, a heady fraternity of Australian artists, intellectuals and journalists who weaved their way towards London and the UK in the 60s and 70s, making a mark on the...
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“Ranga” added to new edition of Australian Oxford Dictionary
WIKIPEDIA defines ‘Australian slang’ as an “informal language used in Australia”, although simultaneously warning readers not to rely on their list of Australian idiosyncrasies as a definitive “guide...
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Stay classless, Australia
SATURDAY was Australia Day. Craving a chicken parma, I even ventured into the Glasgow Walkabout to celebrate. Sadly, the kitchen had just closed. The day before – at the stroke of midnight AEDT, or...
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How to vote in the Australian federal election from the UK
AUSTRALIAN expatriates living in the UK are encouraged check their electoral enrolment status and to register as overseas voters ahead of this year’s federal election. Kevin Rudd could announce the...
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World’s largest expat survey underway
CALLING all expatriates of any nationality! Have you moved overseas for a better quality of life for your family, to pursue a career opportunity or simply for a change of scenery to the place you...
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Tips for Living Abroad For the First Time
MOVING abroad is an adventure that you want to get right in the first go. You have always looked at travelling with a traveler’s eyes, but now your perspective must change so that you can make the best...
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