Tag: living overseas

Chef de Parties and above required for ongoing casual work over the summer and beyond.

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.

Tommy from Sydney, Mel from Melbourne and Ste from Kendal live in this week's Our House in Clapham Junction.

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.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: There's a myth here in the UK that Australians and Kiwis don’t get along. I’d never heard of this so-called rivalry until I moved to the UK and, well, I really don’t like it.

Banks are not the only option for foreign exchange and international remittance, but most consumers don’t know this.

I have recently acquired British citizenship through naturalisation. My mother is an Australian citizen, and living in Australia. I have heard that there are family visas that can be applied for relatives of UK citizens?

Since being here in the UK there have been occasions where I’ve noticed myself looking down my nose at a certain group of people. And if you’re reading this, there’s a chance you’re one of them.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: When it comes to festivals, everyone seems to have a different idea about what items are ‘essential’.

Last week I met a man who was fluent in nine languages. I can speak one. English. And even then, my fluency in that is debatable. It was a ‘we’re not in Melbourne anymore, Toto,’ moment for me.

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.

Ben from Melbourne and Agnes from Hobart, Tasmania live in this week's Our House in Leytonstone.

Phil from Wee Waa and Ali from Penrith live in this week's Our House in Kilburn.

People tend to adopt similar strategies in their approach to interview preparation but what will make you stand out from other job seekers? Adam Whitehouse provides a few tips on how to succeed at the interview stage.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: There's a well-known joke that Londoners love to queue. But forming an orderly line is so central to life in this part of the world, it's no laughing matter.

Chris from Brisbane and Phil from Bris-vegas live in this week's Our House in Hammersmith.

One of the main dilemmas of the expat lifestyle is: which country will your children support and/or play for in sport? Bon8 takes us through one very tough question for an Aussie dad.

GO HARD OR GO HOME: Like most Aussies living in London, spending a couple of years abroad was something I had dreamt of doing since my teens. But maybe living abroad actually isn’t every young Australians’ cup of flat white.

THE HARD NOSED TRUTH | More than one million Australians are living and working overseas yet it is believed that many of this diaspora have not made any real provisions for their return home.