Latest Expat Issues

• Finding a job in London? You’re kidding right!

  

  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 have changed though. I’m now a beaten down, sorrowful and ego-less version of myself.

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• London snow: Nice to snow you

  

  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 you’re guaranteed to get a response to, it’s the statement that ‘apparently it’s meant to snow today’.

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• A guide to getting it right in Britain

  

  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 rails’. I was sure however, that there would be a faux pas to avoid.

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• Returning to Australia – what a culture shock!

  

  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. We’d heard Australia had changed while we’d been away but we weren’t quite ready for the culture shock we received!

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• Are Aussie expats all the same?

  

  Expat Australians around the world encounter common Aussie stereotypes all the time. But MIHAL GREENER, living in the Netherlands, questions what does it really mean to be an Australian?

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• Don’t head home to Australia too early!

  

  No matter how homesick expat Aussies living in London may get, one of our writers KRISTY KENNY has some sound advice for those thinking of heading back to Australia.

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• Keep calm and carry on: may I blame Nirvana?

  

  Today marks one year, five months and two days since I left London…and counting.

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• A little respect is the least we can do

  

  There have been times recently when I have felt embarrassed to be an Australian. I never thought the day would come…

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• Watching out for working holiday companies in London

  

  Finding a job in London is hard! But HANNAH CARRODUS thinks paying a company to find you a job can just be plain stupid.

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• Can I leave the Heathrow Injection at the departure gate?

  

  It’s change-over time right now in the English capital. As a new flock of Aussies arrive to the joys of London life, many are also leaving. LIAM FLANAGAN found out that’s it is actually much harder to leave than it was to arrive.

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• New Year’s resolution countdown

  

  I CAN’T believe how quickly 2011 has gone by. It seems like only a few days ago I was ringing in the New Year and promising myself that I would start pursuing my ultimate career as professional surfer/part time sandcastle builder.

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• Why do I have to pay to go to the bathroom?

  

  I love London. But there is one London experience that just doesn’t sit well with me.

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• Watch your step on the streets of London

  

  While the streets in the English capital may be beautiful and full of history – they’re also full of lurking dangers.

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• Fashion crime or awesome accessory?

  

  The office noose has to be the dumbest thing ever invented. The scarf, on the other hand, is luxury without the price tag.

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• A very Simmonsy Christmas

  

  What do you get when you throw one of Australia’s funniest comedians in a cold Christmassy London, shake him around a bit and let him loose with a pen? Read on to find out what funnyman SAM SIMMONS really thinks of Christmas!

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• How’s the serenity? Leaving London for Oz

  

  LIFE AFTER LONDON | Living in London has turned me into an excitable mix of a Darryl Kerrigan from The Castle, and a Japanese tourist. The full extent of this transformation became clear when my plane from London arrived at Melbourne Airport.

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• Is Australia really more expensive than the UK?

  

  ‘Austerity’ is a word I’d never heard before coming to the UK. I had to look it up. Coming from the land of milk and honey, ‘prosperity’ was the word of choice, especially in WA. But has Australia really changed so much over the past five years?

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• When London gets you down, wish upon a Eurostar

  

  Eventually those sweet rhythms of life in London seem more like the grating sound of a skipping CD. But wait, there is respite…

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• Umbrella etiquette – because the rain affects us all

  

  Let me be clear from the beginning, when it rains (as a result of the Hydrologic Cycle, that’s right Mr Costello, I was paying attention in Year 9 Science!) it falls on EVERYBODY!!!

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• Aussie student life in London

  

  Life in London can be described as hectic at best. With a population of over seven million and everyone in a hurry to get somewhere, a laid back 21-year old Aussie student was definitely in for the shock of his life.

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