EXTENDING THE DIMEX PROJECT - by a Google Survey on-line   Are you a 1st generation Dutch migrant who moved to Australia after 1990 and has lived there for more than two years?  Even if you have returned to the Netherlands you are invited to take part, though this...

Voor een nieuw seizoen van het Net5-programma Grenzeloos Verliefd zijn we op zoek naar nieuwe kandidaten! Verhuis je tussen nu en augustus 2018 voor de liefde naar het buitenland? Of ken je iemand die deze stap gaat zetten? Dan horen wij het graag via...

One of our readers of Dutch Australian has some great tips to share about raising bi/trilingual children.  Though Dutch is not one of these languages, the tips she gives are applicable as well, and her websites and facebook page (scroll to bottom) are a great resource...

Pitched at "global citizens with local needs", the 2017 IamExpat Fair was the 2nd annual edition held in The Hague.  Held today, 4 November 2017, in the beautiful Grote Kerk in The Hague, this was the first time I'd been inside this building, though I've walked past...

A highlight of every year that I have lived here in The Hague is the Museumnacht Den Haag (Museum Night The Hague).  At any time of the year, the cultural offering here in The Hague is world class, including the famous Mauritshuis (well known as the home of the "Girl...

One of Australias hottest newcomers is singer-songwriter Amy Shark. She scored a monster hit with her dreamy, electronic single ‘Adore’ on Soundcloud and Spotify and has been touring non-stop ever since. Her style is dreamy and personal, and she sings as if she's...

Friday On My Mind: Airing on ABC and ABC iview on 26 November 2017 and 3 December 2017 at 8.40pm Friday On My Mind is a two-part drama mini-series that tells the story of five young newly-arrived immigrants who met in a Sydney migrant hostel in the swinging 1960s and...

Dutch Australian couple Tess and Kieran will be performing together in The Hague on Saturday 21 October 2017. *for English please scroll down* Wandelend in nachtelijk Chiang Mai werden twee mensen verliefd. Hij probeerde haar voor zich te winnen met het zingen van...

On 4 August 2017, my daughters and I attended Castlefest for the first time.  In a world where we are so constantly busy and work and school routines rule our lives, it was so nice to just take a day out of reality.  For my two unicorn and fairy loving children, they...

It's now been 5 years since we relocated from Australia back to the Netherlands.  I've just found the old paperwork for shipping personal belongings between Australia and The Netherlands.  I do wish now I'd written an article earlier as I've now forgotten a lot of the...

Delft promotes itself as a city of innovation and technology.  This is in large part due to the presence of TU Delft (Technical University Delft), which this year are this year celebrating their 175th anniversary! So there are plenty of opportunities to learn more...

Each year, the Australian Embassy and New Zealand Embassy in The Hague organise an ANZAC Day ceremony. I've attended several of these now, and they are always special: 2013 ANZAC Day Ceremony The Hague 2015 ANZAC Day Ceremony The Hague 2016 ANZAC Day Ceremony The...

Dutch Minister Ploumen (foreign trade and development cooperation) was inundated by responses to her call for a fundraising  initiative for family planning programmes. She received thousands of messages from over 150 countries in 23 languages through both social and...

Though I type this in The Hague, with cold fingers, and -2 degrees outside, I have been making it a tradition to do an annual Australia Day post!  While all of you there in Australia enjoy a holiday, I'll be working tomorrow and the girls have school - and I always...

You are reading the ‘Dutch Australian’ blog, so chances are that you travel a lot by airplane. You will undoubtedly have heard numerous announcements at the airport, telling you where and when to board, informing you about safety regulations and keeping you updated...

As an Australian, it's perfectly normal to me that Christmas and New Year's involves the beach.  However here in the Netherlands, where temperatures are very chilly at this time of year, a dip into the ocean is the last thing on my mind.  Unox, however, has sponsored...

MoU partners with Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Three of the world’s leading agriculture universities have combined their expertise to offer a specialist masterclass aimed at enhancing capacity within Australia’s...

I've seen so many great photos of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima in my Facebook newsfeed and sent to me by members of the Dutch Australian community, I've started collecting them in blog photos on this site to share.  There are three posts: King...

State visit to Australia - program At the invitation of His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima will pay a state visit to...