ABN http://home.wanadoo.nl/vanessa.baks/ Australian & British News, hosted by Vanessa Baks-Pannell, who writes the “Letter From Holland” each month for Australians Abroad.

Australian & New Zealand Womens Club gkelly@xs4all.nl The Hague (ZH), no website

Australians n New Zealanders in Holland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Australians_n_New_Zealanders_in_Holland hosted by William Livingstone a newcomer to Aussies Abroad (aka BillUitBelfast)

Dutch Aussies http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DutchAussies/ for expats Aussies in NL, hosted by Aussies Abroad member Sharon Kingston. Lots of good links, regular events. Sharon also has her own website http://www.spacetrekkers.fcpages.com/

GENERAL EXPAT CONTACT SITES – NETHERLANDS

Balans http://www.balansvrouwen.dordt.nl/ multicultural women’s group based in Dordrecht (ZH), (NL)

English Speaking Community in the Netherlands http://www.elynx.nl activity listings, classifieds, services (including many from/for members), and lots of other useful bits of information.

English Speaking Contact Group of Haarlem http://pages.ivillage.com/english.haarlem/escg/ (NH)

expatica http://www.expatica.com/ site for English speaking expats – mainly Americans here though

Europats http://www.europats.com/ currently a web group for expats in Holland, but planning to expand to cover all of Europe.

International Womens Club South Limburg http://www.iwc-sl.nl/ location: Maastricht (L)

Lawine http://www.stichtinglawine.org/ is an organisation of Dutch women with foreign partners (NL)

Love Immigrants http://www.loveimmigrants.com/ Julia Ferguson moved to Holland to be with her Dutch partner. This is her page of practical advice on how to do it, as well as other emotional points to consider

Moonbird http://www.moonbird.nl/ organisation for inter-cultural couples, their children, family and friends

Nondutchable in Holland http://www.nondutchable.nl for all sorts of expats in Hollands, mainly English speakers

AUSSIE EXPAT SITES - WORLDWIDE

Australian Community News http://www.austcomnews.com/

Australians International http://www.ausint.com.au/visitor/setup.htm

AusMates http://www.ausmates.org/

Homesick http://www.homesick.com.au/

Southern Cross Group http://www.southern-cross-group.org/ Extremely informative website for all expat Australians. To quote: “The Southern Cross Group is an international non-profit advocacy organisation which speaks on behalf of the some 860,000 Australians who live overseas. The Group tries to work for changes to existing law and policy where these adversely impact the Australian expatriate community.” Member Faith Hunter is one of the two SCG reps in the Netherlands.

OTHER EXPAT SITES - WORLDWIDE

e-Business Nomads http://www.e-businessnomads.com/ international site, based in Switzerland

Expat Exchange http://www.expatexchange.com/ international site for English speaking expats, but rather heavily aimed at the US expat

International Couples’ Homepage http://www.geocities.com/fcanzian/Couples.html very useful site with lots of info on the ins and outs of being in, or about to become, a cross-cultural couple. They have members from every possible country, and you can search by country to see the Aussies in your area or situation (i.e. perhaps a Dutch/Aussie couple in Sydney) and hear about the pleasures and pitfalls this brings.

Transitions Abroad http://www.transitionsabroad.com/index.shtml international site, US based, quote: “an antidote to tourism”. Hmmm.

EXPAT KIDS

Dubbelop http://home.wxs.nl/~stuur013/ for raising children with more than one language (NL)

Lanis site voor halfbloedjes http://www.clubs.nl/community/default.asp?club=Lani%27s+site+voor+halfbloedjes for children from “biracial families” (in NL with some English) – the Dutch webhostess also runs worldwide site for children of intercultural couples at http://communities.msn.com/biracialworld

Mixed Kids http://www.clubs.nl/community/default.asp?club=MIXED%2AKIDS%2ALINKS web forum with lots of links for families of mixed cultures

Mums Survival Guide to Amsterdam www.xs4all.nl/~iyoyod/home.htm Useful site for mums and mums-to-be: giving birth in NL, places to go with kids, playgroups, and useful links.

See also the heading “nice things with kids” on the page “NICE THINGS IN THE NETHERLANDS”.

EXPAT INFO SERVICES

Access http://www.euronet.nl/users/access/ useful site for English speakers news to the Netherlands – loads of practical advice

English language web portal http://www.english.surft.nl/

Expat Access http://www.expataccess.com/Next/MNetherlands.asp online service for international relocation

Holland Relocation Services http://www.hollandrelocation.nl/

Xpat http://www.xpat.nl/ Dutch information page for newcomers to Holland

MISC EXPAT INFO

aboriginal.pagina http://aboriginal.pagina.nl/ similar page to the above link, but with specifically Aboriginal links – again, more for the Dutch than for Aussies

australie.pagina http://australie.pagina.nl/ a Dutch website with links to all sorts of Australian things, mainly for Dutch interested in Australia, but he’s now added a section for us, “sites voor Australiërs”

Life Coaching for Expats www.coachingforexpats.com Julie Ferguson (also hosts “Love Immigrants” - see General Expat Info Sites) is a life coach who assists “expats around the globe to achieve their dreams and enjoy the expat/immigrant lifestyle”

The Undutchables http://www.theundutchables.com/ based on the best selling book – a humorous look at the Netherlands and the Dutch

WWW Virtual Library on Emigration and Ethnic Relations http://www.ercomer.org/wwwvl/index.html

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