Moving To Australia

Today Tonight and A Current Affair

3 February 2012 Moving To Australia

What does it mean to be Australian? Here, in Australia, we have a couple of current affairs programmes. One is called Today Tonight and the other is simply called A Current Affair. They are both on every weekday evening after the news at 6.30 PM. One is on Channel 7 and the other on Channel [...]

Our Australian Citizenship Ceremony and The Citizenship Pledge

27 January 2012 Moving To Australia

G’day! This is the 563rd post on this blog, and so far I’ve never started any of them with G’day. But today I speak to you for the first time as an Australian, so I just had to do it, didn’t I? The day started early, we had to be at the Brisbane Convention and [...]

Becoming an Australian Citizen

25 January 2012 Moving To Australia

Tomorrow is Australia Day. I won’t explain what that is, I’ll assume you’ve read my post about Australia Day from three years ago. Or perhaps you’ve read about the Australia Day party I went to a couple of years back. Last year, almost all Australia Day parties became charity events, raising money for those affected [...]

How to Settle in Australia.

9 December 2011 Moving To Australia

In Wednesday’s post I talked about Ping-Pong Poms; that’s Brits who come to Australia to live and quit to go back to the UK again, maybe several times. They are welcome to do that, of course, but what does that make me? I’ll tell you…. A Lead Balloon Pom. That’s right, I’ve landed in the [...]

Why UK Migrants Quit Australia.

7 December 2011 Moving To Australia

AKA…. Ping Pom Merrily Goodbye. Sorry about that, just trying to keep it Christmassy. You see, the phrase being used is ping-pong poms; Brits moving back and forth between Australia and the UK. Anyway, a story by the BBC was brought to my attention by a reader called Julian. The story is called “Why are [...]

How to Pass Your Australian Citizenship Test

25 November 2011 Moving To Australia

Step One: Check here to see if you qualify to apply, and if you do, pay the fee. Ours cost $260 each. Step Two: Wait to hear the date of your Australian citizenship test from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Step Three: Crack open a tinnie of your favourite beer and…. Step Four: Watch [...]

An Historic Day in Australia

14 November 2011 Moving To Australia

Well, for us it was. Four years ago on this very day, me, Mrs BobinOz and a very young Elizabeth landed at Brisbane International Airport and passed through customs as permanent residents of Australia. Now that we have been here for four full years, we are entitled to apply for Australian citizenship. I’ll tell you [...]

Before the London Riots – England in the Good Old Days

12 August 2011 Moving To Australia

I moved from England to Australia in November 2007 because I wanted a better future for my daughter, Elizabeth, who was 3 1/2 years old at the time. I was born in England, England is my country. Like all countries, it has changed an enormous amount in the last 50 years. Unfortunately, a lot of [...]

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I'm BobinOz and I moved to Australia in November 2007 after living in England for a very long time. Why did I move and what's it like here? All this and more answered right here at Bobinoz. Click here to read more on my about me page.