xmas

[Guest tinibopper]

Its coming up to that time of the year were we dont want to spend it alone ! WELL if you live in springfield lakes brisbane or near by... kids or no kids me and my mates yer mates i have them now are wanting to meet up for coffee ,beer or even cake... we love it over here but we would love to meet more people like our selves to enjoy it with us. I have a two year old just to let you know . . and you never know there may be a new years do too :chatterbox::wub:

[Guest siamsusie]

 

Its coming up to that time of the year were we dont want to spend it alone ! WELL if you live in springfield lakes or near by... kids or no kids me and my mates yer mates i have them now are wanting to meet up for coffee ,beer or even cake... we love it over here but we would love to meet more people like our selves to enjoy it with us. I have a two year old just to let you know . . and you never know there may be a new years do too xx

A beautiful post, I am sure you will get many takers:hug:

[KathK]

Bumping this up for you! (You should have put Springfield Lakes in title too!)

 

I just can't believe no-one out there is in same boat as us, with no family for Xmas!? (or are people just not celebrating??!! BOOORRING!!)

 

I live near tinibopper, and it sounds like it could just be a party for two! lol! I have hubbie & 2 kids 12 & 9, and we'll all def be doing New Year together.

 

Kathx

[KathK]

Hi 'tinibopper'

 

looks like no-one wants to be your friend - lol! Never mind, you always got me....?!!

 

Kathxx

[Guest JohnAvoca]

If there’s one tip I can give new migrants it’s this: assimilate.

From the start my wife and I decided that we weren’t going to be ex-pats we were going to be Australian.

So, we focused on mixing with the natives, not other migrant Brit’s. After all, we came here because we liked the Australian lifestyle, not to sit around bemoaning the lack of soccer on TV or catching up on the latest Coronation Street plot.

Aussie’s love it when new migrants embrace their culture. They absolutely loathe it when migrants knock it. I felt at home here from the day I arrived so that was no problem for me. I've got a blog at mylifeinaustralia.com talking about the good, the bad and the ugly of living Down Under.

We know plenty of Brit’s locally, but all our closest friends are Australian born and bred.

Every now and again, usually when the cricket is on, I’ll be the subject of a few Pommy cracks, but it’s always in good humour and I always give as a good as a I get. Normally, I tell my mate Bruce that I wish my great-great-great granddad had rogered a sheep like his did, then I would have got here for free. Seems to do the trick (for the record, his ancestor didn’t actually roger a sheep).

[KathK]

If there’s one tip I can give new migrants it’s this: assimilate.

From the start my wife and I decided that we weren’t going to be ex-pats we were going to be Australian.

So, we focused on mixing with the natives, not other migrant Brit’s. After all, we came here because we liked the Australian lifestyle, not to sit around bemoaning the lack of soccer on TV or catching up on the latest Coronation Street plot.

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I'm all for mixing with the locals/Ozzies, and also want to 'embrace the Ozzie culture' and don't necessarily want to socialise just with 'Brits', but for some people (like tinibopper), if you're stuck at home with toddlers - so no school runs/socialising, or no work mates, then its still very hard to meet people, except your neighbours possibly! So this forum is all about getting 'out there', meeting new people, getting to know their friends etc etc

 

Plus, at xmas time in particular - its about family, & if you're an Ozzie you've probably got them around, whereas, the ex-pats are all same boat, usually without family, so its good to get together as 'substitute family'!!

 

Kathx