Tag: Expat issues

A helpful observation of greetings for new Aussie settlers to our motherland.

For most Australians, coming to live in London is certainly challenging and regularly frustrating, but altogether probably the most thrilling and rewarding experience of our lives. Occasionally though, the subtle British cultural quirks and London’s social idiosyncrasies wear down an Aussie’s typical cheer. The city gets the best of them; ...

I’m starting to get goosebumps as the realisation comes to me that I’m about to go through this again.

For many Poms heading to Australia, the attraction is in the idea of absolute escape. But for the Brit who wants to move to Australia permanently, the attraction is less tied to an idea of exploration and the exotic.

Winter is the hardest time of year here in the UK without doubt. No Christmas BBQs. No New Year’s beach parties. No Australia Day sunburn. And I have just realised it is only just around the corner.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: A recent incident has crushed what little faith I had in the goodwill of my fellow Londoners.

I have a love/hate relationship with London and Londoners which is inversely proportional to my attachment to my nationality. If I let it go, I can adapt better to life here.

Why do Aussies make the tortuous slog to a place where warm beer, 4pm darkness and bitterly cold winters are staple? Well, there's a whole host of reasons. From travel to music and even careers, Aussies are finding it all in London.