aussiemigrant

Could any one please inform as to the suburbs of Melbourne, where most Brits live?

Bordy

Personally I don't think theres any particular suburbs in Melbourne that the Brits head to.
Theres a few of us on this site though that come from the South Eastern suburbs i.e Berwick, Cranbourne, Ferntree Gully & Kilsyth.
Give Springvale a miss though or you might think youve moved to Vietnam. :scared:

trehere

We live in Port Melbourne and have a large number of British friends in an around the area and into St Kilda. The disadvantage being that after 6 months of spending all our time with Brits we are starting to feel as if we might as well have stayed there. We have had to make a real effort to get out and meet some Aussies!

HUP

Why care about who you socialise with as long as your social life suits you. To be honest we spend a great proportion of our free time with fellow expats. So what? Did you move over here because you didn't like the people you mixed with?

For us the main thing was\is building a social circle again. I am sure we will build up a mixture of friends from different cultures over time.

We have made friends through this site, I have made new friends at work, I have started scuba diving and have made some new friends there. It all takes time.

Jemo

Why do you want to know? You're trying to evade them?

OzTennis

You'd reckon on finding Brits in Albert Park, Albion, Bayswater, Beaumaris, Box Hill, Brighton, Burnley, Camberwell, Carlton, Canterbury, Chelsea, Cheltenham, Croydon, Devon Meadows, Doncaster, Eltham, Glenroy, Hampton, Kew, Kilsyth, Maidstone, Malvern, Newmarket, Newport, Niddrie, Preston, Ringwood, St Albans, St Kilda, Surrey Hills, Sandringham, Tottenham and Williamstown to name but a few wouldn't you.

(Not to mention the Germans in Heidelberg, Coburg and Brunswick, the Russians in Balaclava, the Americans in Tecoma and Vermont, the aboriginals in Dandenong, Mooroolbark, Nunawading, South Yarra, Kooyong, Yarraville, South Africans in Diamond Creek? ..........)

OzTennis

booboo1

We reccommend Berwick and Narre Warren South. You can meet loads of brits there but I have to say that we probaly have made friends with more Aussies than Brits. You wont feel out of place or anything with a bunch of Aussies as opposed to the Brits.
This Friday night we spent with a couple who are from Sydney and then spent the next afternoon and evening with them again.
We have a couple who are Aussies and they took us under their wing and went out of their way to introduce us and show us the area etc. They have even lent us their telly and other stuff. The friendliness and kindness is nothing like you (don't) get in the UK.

Berwick is the inplace at the moment and is fab for families.

cheers
BooBoo

Sausage

To be quite frank, I'm not striving to get down under to meet up with more Brits. Especially yhe types that hang the union jack out for all to see.

trehere

1. I don't think you'll find many Brits hanging out the Union Jack 'for all to see' - I'd love to hear of some examples

2. I agree that the most important thing is to have a good social life and enjoy Australia, I was just making the point that maybe its good to experience a new culture and fit in with the population you have chosen to live with rather than creating a safer environment with Brits

3. Basically I was simply replying to the original thread and wasn't trying to be controversial - calm down!

NJFOZ

Plenty of expat Brits, Irish and europeans in Hampton.

Sausage

I do apologise for my last post. It came across quite negatively, didn't it?

Bad day, I guess