This Sunday, at 2am, clocks in the Netherlands will “spring” forward one hour to 3am. So if you are in the Netherlands, your digital clocks will probably automatically adjust, but you’ll need to change wall clocks. If you’re in Australia and keep in contact with family or friends […]
Below is the press release for the 2017 Feel at Home in The Hague Fair – but I’ll also add that I have been to many of these and also work a few hours a week with Billy at The Hague Online….highly recommend going to this Fair if […]
I’m Lenise – an Australian living in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, with my Dutch husband and two young kids. We’ve been here since mid 2014, and after having no luck finding full time work, I realized I needed to make things happen rather than waiting for something to fall […]
LISSE — Keukenhof ends a wonderful 2016 season with 1.1 million visitors. The visitors appreciated the flower show and rated it with an 8.9. The most beautiful spring garden in the world is satisfied with this result. 2016 is the third consecutive year that Keukenhof has attracted over […]
For Australians and New Zealanders in the Netherlands who would like to commemorate ANZAC Day, there is a ceremony being organised by the Australian and New Zealand Embassies. Details are below, and *please RSVP by 18 April* I’ve attended several times now and it’s always a moving ceremony. […]
Walter van van Teeffelen recently interviewed Australian Ambassador to The Netherlands Brett Mason and published an interesting article on “if then is now”. The following extract and photo above have been republished with permission and I encourage you to visit the link below for the full article and […]
Bob, a member of the Dutch Australian community, emailed recently asking me to warn about the potential of dual nationals losing Dutch nationality if they do not extend their passport. Here’s his dual-language warning! Bob has lived in Australia but is now back in the Netherlands: “….nu weer in […]
I hate telemarketing with a passion. In Australia, I used the “Do Not Call Register“: Now that I’m living in the Netherlands, I’m not sure if there is an equivalent, but rarely give out my number and thankfully don’t get many calls (yet). * Update – thanks to […]
This website covers anything related to the Netherlands and Australia (and the link between the two), so when I saw there is a Down Under Festival coming up, I thought it must be a celebration of Australian music in Eindhoven. Their horizontal banner certainly screams “Australia”: This one though […]
Exhibition about graphic art marks 15th anniversary of the AAMU in Utrecht Remember Me. Stories in print. The exhibition can be seen from 17 January until 19 June 2016. The AAMU Museum of contemporary Aboriginal art in Utrecht is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the new exhibition Remember Me. […]