Articles and events of interest to Australians in The Netherlands
Brisbane gathers Water experts at a Live Conference with The Hague to discuss the Queensland-Netherlands Cooperation on Flood Risk and Water Management On the occasion of the visit to Australia of the Dutch Vice-Minister for Trade, Simon Smits, over forty experts on water management, infrastructure, planning, architecture, and […]
I had the pleasure of meeting Kama when we were both living on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Now she is living in the UK and I’m in The Netherlands! Author of The Happy Migrant, Kama has moved from country to country several times and gathers all her […]
On Saturday 27th June 2015, the Australian and New Zealand Club The Netherlands hosted their annual Summer Beach BBQ. With a great group of people, delicious food and SUNSHINE, we had a wonderful afternoon. It certainly was a much nicer day weather-wise than the 2014 ANZC Summer […]
“Oh! if only all men were wise And all of them meant well! The Earth to them would be Paradise, But now it’s mostly Hell.” Dirck Rafaelsz (Engraved on a tablet in Spinoza’s house in Rijnsburg) I was roaming around The Hague’s Chinatown when I spotted a big church […]
The rain didn’t dampen the strong ANZAC Sprit at the commemoration held in The Hague on 25th April 2015. A large crowd donned rain jackets and hoisted umbrellas high, or simply ignored the raindrops. The brief hardship was of course nothing compared to what so many have sacrificed for […]
For Australians in the Netherlands who would like to commemorate ANZAC Day, there is a ceremony being held in The Hague. I’ve just noticed RSVP is 17 April (yesterday) but should be ok if you send an email urgently this week. I’ve attended this event several times now, […]
On 7 February 2015, I took part in the first Rotterdam Expat Fair, which was designed to help internationals build a Home away from Home in Rotterdam. Based on my experiences moving from Australia to The Netherlands (and back again – twice!), I gave a presentation on Building […]
