maria and dom

We are an irish family just moved to Melbourne live in Glen Waverley have 5 kids OH is a carpenter and we would love to meet others in the same boat.
Find Melbourne very expensive . Trying to settle in as best we can but it is a culture shock, although have no homesickness yet .

JohnandMichelle

Welcome to the site Maria and Dom - wish we could help, but a bit far away Good luck with everything. Michelle x

Geelong Gent

Grandfather immigrated from Ireland to NZ in 1920's does that count

Based down the road in Malvern - but there are some new families to the Glen Waverley area.....The scots are coming

Fenton

There are loads and loads of Irish in Melbourne , try the Celtic Club http://www.celticclub.com.au/, also get down to the Quiet man in Flemington, quite a few there as well, and in any other of the numerous Irish pubs in Melbourne

Dolly

Hi Maria and Dom

We live in Mayo at the moment, but are hoping to move to Melbourne. My OH is a carpenter also. When he was in Melbourne 10 years ago he was told to go to the Clifdon Hill pub in Clifdon Hill when he was looking for work as a lot of irish expats went there. I have absolutely no idea if that is still the case now, and I don't know exactly what the pub is like. I don't know if it will be of any use to you now, but it might help. I remember there being large irish community over there, so its just a case of finding them

Good luck
Dolly

melibeam

Hi

I am irish and have lived in Melbourne for over 2 years now. We live in Mentone, so not too far from Glen Waverley. I will send you a pm in the next few days.

Mel

CynOpt

We're hoping to move out around the end of the year, yes, I know I live in somerset, but I am in fact Irish, I've only lived in the UK for 13 years, so they can't take it away from me yet.

Grayling

40% of Australians have some Irish ancestry.

G

Kapri

Hiya try the Britvics site for making friends in Melbourne.

Kapri

Hiya try the Britvics site for making friends in Melbourne.

Geelong Gent

Thought you were on your way up to Brisbane? or was that someone else selling in Mentone? If it was did you have any luck with the selling?

Kapri

My post was so good I posted it twice

melibeam

We are still trying to sell our house but no interest so far.

As time goes on its getting more difficult to move as our oldest is in year 11, so if house does not sell in the next month, we will probably put off moving until he has finished year 12.

Mel