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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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