Winter is coming, London! But there’s brightness in the dark
It's about this time of year that you begin to question the whole enterprise of being an expat.
Monday, January 20, 2020
Tag: Australians in London
Australians living and working in London
London Aussies must enrol to vote by 11am this Thursday to have their say in the election
President of ALP Abroad urges overseas Australians, particularly those in the UK, to make sure they are registered in time to vote in the upcoming federal election.
Expat winter whinging while stranded in London
Have you have ever had to survive a dismal London winter? Oh yes, it's worth a moan while you yearn for home.
For love, money and travel: the top reasons why Australians move to the UK
Talented young Aussies full of gumption and romance have been coming to London since forever. Why?
The five real reasons living in London is actually pretty great for Aussie expat women
Life in the UK doesn’t always mean a series of problems to be solved. Here’s how ladies should see the silver lining on London’s grey autumnal clouds.
Parents of young Australian killed in London terror attack honour her memory with charity foundation and bike ride
The mother and father of Sara Zelenak remember their "amazing girl", hoping that good and positivity comes from their continuing grief.
Stuff really isn’t that important, travel experiences are
Career isn't everything and why be rich when you can travel and have the time of your life?
Why marking the Anzac spirit is so important to Aussies in London
The Anzac Spirit continues to have meaning and relevance for our sense of national identity. It moulds and shapes who we are as Australians. In an essence, it still continues to define us.
Anzac Day services in London: times and places – lest we forget
Thousands of Aussie and Kiwi expats in London come together each year to mark Anzac Day. It is a solemn and emotional experience. Here's where and when the major ceremonies, including the Dawn Service, will be taking place.
Don’t feel expat shame when you need to let your homegrown hair down
Believe it or not, Australians are not the only expats in London. We aren’t the only ones who like to make a bit of homegrown noise every now and then, so there's no need to be embarrassed about it.
The Cat Empire was totally worth losing my London job for
That time an Australian Times reader was unceremoniously fired from his job in London over a big night with The Cat Empire.
How to prevent your antipodean London sharehouse becoming dosser hell
Every Australian who has lived in the UK has experienced the delights and horrors of sharehouse living; particularly when it comes to overseas guests. You need t work out a policy early with housemates to ensure your expat sanctuary doesn’t become a 24/7 motel.
London Ambulance Service celebrates its 500 paramedics from Down Under on Australia Day
Many of the nearly 500 Aussies in the city's Ambulance Service will spend Australia Day on shifts 10,000 miles away from home, looking after Londoners.
Alexander Downer spies for Five Eyes (Part 1)
OPINION & ANALYSIS: High Commissioner Downer has a list of priors, says TESS LAWRENCE who has been studying his form for decades. In the first part of this series, she pulls no punches.
Will some Brit ‘posh boys’ always dismiss Aussies as ‘convict stock’?
They are the pompous type that treat Aussies and Kiwis as though we are Neanderthals with little to no knowledge of history and culture.
The major differences between an Aussie and British Christmas
Christmas can be a surprisingly different, new and fun experience for Australian expats in the UK.
Don’t make friends with travellers – they’ll only love you and leave you
Is it really worth the effort of making new friends with other travellers if they are only about to wave goodbye?
10 strange ways your life will change when you move to London
Get ready for amazing queues, multiple travel adapters and the 'Heathrow injection'. Living in London is a life changing experience in more ways than one.
Government’s energy plan still under wraps while Abbott shouts his from afar
OPINION & ANALYSIS: Speaking in London this week to a climate sceptics group, Tony Abbott gestured to what seems to be happening in government policy – but then set the bar higher.
Tony Abbott’s London speech is another salvo in the interminable climate policy war
OPINION & ANALYSIS: As Tony Abbott accepts another pat on the back from a roomful of climate deniers in London, we may wonder how long business interests in Australia will tolerate his wrecking, undermining and sniping.
Shane Warne says London police have cleared him over claims he punched a porn star
Australian cricket legend Shane Warne denies reports he assaulted a woman at a London nightclub.
Starting a new life in London is a challenge for expats, but it is worth persevering
THE EXPAT MIND: If you have come to London to develop your career and establish a new life, making progress socially or professionally can be tough at first. Living here is rarely boring, though.
Aussie expats describe terror of Parsons Green bomb attack
As police question two suspects over the Parsons Green Tube attack, Australians share the fear of being caught up in yet another terrorist incident in London.
Bookshops, coffee, cemeteries and lamingtons: Joy Rhoades’s hidden gems of London
We’ve all done the pints, fish-n-chips, the Crown Jewels and Pimm’s at Wimbledon. But there’s so much more to London, says expat Aussie author Joy Rhoades.
Where in London and around the UK is it best to live if you are an Aussie expat?
Thinking of moving to the UK? Is it best to live where other expat Australians have gone before or would you prefer to trailblaze further afield and leave old London town behind? Find some answers, here...
A show about idiots: Luke Heggie brings his ‘Rough Diamanté to London
AUSSIE COMEDY PREVIEW: If you're in charge of a blog, your signature takes longer than 3 seconds to complete, you say “that's a great age” about someone's children, or you engage in unsolicited traffic direction, then DO NOT come to this show...
This is what six whole weeks of London rental house hunting hell is really like
Finding a room, flat or house to rent in London is mayhem. It doesn't matter who you are, what you offer, or how much you are willing to pay, the entire process sucks.
Republican Turnbull says he is ‘Elizabethan’ upon meeting the Queen
Former head of the Australian Republican Movement, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull danced to a delicate diplomatic tune when he met with Her Majesty in London.
Will Malcolm Turnbull offer Tony Abbott the UK High Commissioner role to shut him up?
A push is being mounted from within the Liberal Party to get former prime minister Tony Abbott to take the job of High Commissioner to the UK to put an end to his undermining of Malcolm Turnbull.
Preparing for your return home to Australia: the countdown is on
Having witnessed it happen to many others before me, I decided to prepare well in advance for my return to Australia. But you get lost in the London life and suddenly months become weeks and the last-minute panic sets in.
Black Sorrows delight west London with music masterclass
REVIEW: The dance floor was jumping - literally. There were people everywhere clapping with their hands, stomping with their feet and entangling their senses to a session of broad musical mastery.
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