aussies round the world
Australians can be a fickle bunch. They love their home country but being so far away from everything else tends to bring out the wanderlust in them. All those great stories of travel need to be told, so I contacted some fellow Aussie expats and get their stories about moving to a new country – sometimes the USA, sometimes other countries – and hear the good, the bad and the ugly.
If you’d like to contribute your own Aussie expat story, please contact me letting me know where you moved to and how long you live/d there.
The life of an Aussie nomad
Living the life of an Aussie nomad seems to be pretty high on the bucket list for lots of young'uns these days. And some of the older generation too, not to discriminate there. But there's a genuine level of stress and uncertainty involved before you bring yourself to...
A year long US road trip
What happens when you pack up your life, including three children in Australia, and take them on a year long US road trip? I'd like to say magic. But I'm thinking that it'd be more like 365 days worth of swings and roundabouts. And an adventure of kid wrangling and...
Aussies Round the World: From Victoria to three different continents
Moving overseas is almost easy nowadays - from the bunch of expat groups and businesses ready to give you advice, to organisations ready to help with the visa process. But that's mostly if you're using the well-worn path of the common westernised expat countries. How...
Aussies Round the World: From Tasmania to the Netherlands (via London)
Lots of Australians make the expat pilgrimage to London at least once in their lives (myself included). But what happens when an Aussie leaves the comforts of an English-speaking country? Tasmanian Kristy started her expat journey as an English teacher in London, but...
Aussies Round the World: Actor and writer Adam Zwar
From an absolute outsider's perspective, Australian actor and writer Adam Zwar is the quintessential laidback Aussie - all cricket and footy references with the occasional Tim Winton-esque thoughtful tangent thrown in for good measure. Born and raised in Cairns, he...
Aussies Round the World: The cowgirl of North Carolina
It took a move from the country NSW town of Gunnedah to the United States to turn young Aussie Chloe Cox into a rodeo star making her mark on the international circuit. Despite the fact that her parents both rodeoed in Australia - her dad was a bullfighter and her mum...
Aussies Round the World: Challenges of cross-national relationships
This is a guest post by Aussie expat Melanie, who inspires expats over at her blog, The Wandering Darlings. She writes about her her life in the UK with her British fiance and their bunny Bruce. Here she writes about the joys and difficulties of cross-national...
“Trailing spouse” in Hong Kong: making new friends
This is a guest post by Aussie expat Jess Mizzi, who has written an awesome collection of travel itineraries over at her blog, Expat Getaways. Jess worked training tour guides in Cairns before her husband got a job in Hong Kong and the couple upped-sticks. Find her on...
Aussies round the world: Insane in the Ukraine
This is a guest post by Aussie expat Lara, who writes about her life in the Ukraine over at Lost Lara. She's also lived the expat life in London. Are you wondering what it'd be like to live in a town where you don't speak the language and no one speaks English? Lara...
