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Anna Moran
A podcast about Brits living in Australia by former UK radio newsreader turned podcaster, Anna Moran.
Jessica Ollerenshaw is a university graduate from Rugeley in the West Midlands who shares her experiences whilst backpacking down under.
The 23 year old took a trip to Australia on a 417 Working Holiday Maker Visa in 2022 after completing a Sports Management degree at Manchester Metropolitan University and struggling to afford her bills as a restaurant manager in Manchester.
As part of her backpacking experience, Jessica has traded in the
comforts of her previous 9 to 5 to work on a farm amongst dangerous snakes in the gruelling Queensland heat.
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Doctor Michael Mrozinski, an NHS-trained emergency services doctor, emigrated from Scotland to Australia in 2016 on a sponsorship visa after suffering from burnout.
The TikTok famous medic who moved from Glasgow to Melbourne shares his experiences down under with his 400,000 followers.
Dr Michael, who also has a huge following on Instagram, talks about the differences he has experienced between working in the UK and Australia.
If you're a fellow healthcare professional, an aspiring expat, or simply curious about the opportunities Australia has to offer, you may find it interesting to listen to this episode.
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This episode is sponsored by True Blue Migration Services.
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Kaye Priest, originally from Stourbridge, UK saw her salary almost triple after leaving her job as a sales manager in Torquay, Devon to move to Victoria, Australia.
The mum-of-two was in her late thirties when she emigrated down under after being offered an enticing employment opportunity with long-lost relatives living there.
However, Kaye’s plans did not work out as she had initially hoped. Listen in to find out how things have turned out for Kaye and her family.
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This episode is sponsored by Powahaus, a business advice hub in Australia, co-founded by Kaye Priest. They run the New Business Centre offering advice and tips for start ups and new business owners.
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Carol Smith, originally from Dorset, UK, swapped her family home for a caravan
after overcoming overcoming breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
The 36-year old mum-of-two set off on an open-ended adventure from Bensville, New South Wales with her husband, Adam, and their sons, who were aged just 3 and 5 at the time of Carol's cancer diagnosis.
Carol explains what it was like to face such a frightening health battle in Australia, as well as how she handled the news with her two boys and her reasons for taking her family off-grid.
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Gavin Kippins, also known as 'Gavlahh' from Halstead, Essex emigrated to Brisbane in 2012.
The happy-go-lucky chappy who cannot stand the smell of fish was nicknamed 'Fryer Gav' when he took a chance at opening a British fish and chip shop in Australia.
Little did he know that this venture would later lead him to create A Bit of Britain, a bustling little community for British expats down under in search of a slice of 'home'.
Gavin provides a snapshot of the cherished memories that British expats yearn for when they live abroad when he explains what his customers are crying out for.
A Bit of Britain, North Lakes is temporarily closed for repairs, but their Upper Coomera store is open for business as usual.
This episode is sponsored by Rubys Home Store; a delightful, eclectic British and Australian designer homewares store offering quirky décor and beautiful gifts.
Use the code 'BRITstralian' to get 10% off your order.
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Maz is a mum of three who relocated to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland from Kent, UK with her daughters and her husband in 2016.
Since moving to Australia, the family have traded the comforts of their modern, suburban home close to the beach for a remarkable 10-acres of former farmland in the countryside.
Find out how they navigate the challenges of their new rural lifestyle, including encounters with wild snakes and kangaroos.
Maz, her husband, and their children, aka The BAM Famalam invite thousands of followers into their daily lives down under on their YouTube channel and on social media. Find them on Youtube, or follow them on Instagram and Facebook .
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Natalie Jowett from Milton Keynes is embracing parenthood in a new country after she embarked on an adventure to Australia with her fiance and their 6 month old daughter in September 2022.
The couple made the big move down under after Natalie's fiance was offered a job with sponsorhip in Perth, WA.
Natalie shares invaluable insights on the realities of relocating to Australia with a baby, including building a support network, navigating the cost of living, finding a home, essential items to bring and conquering the dreaded long flight from the UK.
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This episode is sponsored by Journee Relocation Agency.
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Jordana Grace, aka 'That British Girl' on TikTok, has made news headlines with her "Things they should tell you before coming to Australia" series.
Originally from Wiltshire, UK, Jordana now lives on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland where she shares her experiences of living in Australia with her 300,000 followers.
Her videos cover various aspects of Australian life, including surprising facts like no alcohol being sold in supermarkets. Jordana's videos have become so popular that she's even landed a gig on her local radio station.
Whether you're a Brit living in Australia or the UK, this episode will offer an entertaining and informative perspective on life down under.
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This episode is sponsored by True Blue Migration Services.
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Two Brits living in Bondi, coastal Sydney, co-founded a dating app exclusively for British and Irish expats living in Australia.
Natalie Smith originally from Sussex, South East England and Isla Cameron from Elgin, Scotland were both single and in their early thirties when they identified a gap in the market for expats looking for love & friendship down under.
A few years into their venture, the app now has thousands of members and hundreds of successful relationships - even with a wedding under their belt.
Now Australian citizens, both Natalie and Isla have since spent time in the UK, where they hope to flip the idea on its head to Aussie and Kiwi expats in London. The vision for the app eventually is to be for Expats Everywhere to find Mates & Dates.
Learn more about their backpacker-to-entrepreneur journey on this episode of BRITstralian.
This episode is sponsored by Swanned (www.getswanned.com); a British and Irish expat app helping people find dates and mates in Australia.
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Nick Sheppard, former guitarist for the legendary British punk rock band, The Clash, settled in Perth, Western Australia in 1994 after rocking stages worldwide.
In this episode, Nick provides a unique perspective on the decision to become a British expat and his experiences of life down under, answering the question posed by one of The Clash's most iconic songs, 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go'?
Discover whether the 'London's Calling' musician has any regrets about leaving the limelight behind and why he's grateful to be an immigrant in Australia.
Nick still enjoys making music and playing to small crowds and he now runs a clothing store in Australia: www.Elroyclothing.com.au
Find him on Instagram here.
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This episode is sponsored by Rubys Home Store (www.rubyshomestore.com.au); a delightful, eclectic British and Australian designer homewares store offering quirky décor and beautiful gifts.
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Ken Sharpe emigrated from Bournemouth, UK to regional Australia in 2010.
He moved more than 9,000 miles from a coastal town to Kalgoorlie, an outback city in Australia, where he works on gold mines.
The human resources advisor has become a bit of celebrity in the town over the past ten years, from making his radio debut as host of the weekly sports show to being a stand up comedian and an award winning photographer.
You can see Ken’s photography from outback Australia here: https://www.instagram.com/kensharpe
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 02:12 – Ken explains how he ended up living in regional Australia
● 07:04 – Find out how far Ken lives from the coast
● 08:04 – Ken talks about the temperature in the outback city
● 11:05 – Find out how Ken found his first job
● 13:21 – The opportunities Ken has found in Kalgoorlie
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● Information about regional work visas in Australia
● Kalgoorlie on Wikipedia
● Kalgoorlie Visitor Centre website
● Ken’s lightening photo in Kalgoorlie’s local paper
This episode is sponsored by Rubys Home Store (www.rubyshomestore.com.au).
Quirky homewares, statement décor and best of British design in Australia.
Use the code 'Britstralian' to get 10% off your order.
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This episode is sponsored by Pacdon Park (www.pacdon.com.au).
Pacdon Park is the only free range British butchery in Australia providing products such as pork pies, black pudding and haggis.
All of their products are made using traditional British recipes.
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Britstralian acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on. The area now known as the City of Armadale was originally occupied by the Noongar people many thousands of years before European settlement. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Jim Arrowsmith from Chorley in Lancashire arrived in Australia as a 20-year-old backpacker in 2006.
After realising there was a huge gap in the Australian market for British foods, Jim and his mate Pete Tonge (real name) decided to make their own pork pies.
The pair of British travellers set up a pork pie factory on a pig farm on the edge of the Australian outback.
Fifteen years later, they now sell pork pies, haggis, black pudding and other British goods across Australia and their products have reached as far as Hong Kong.
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 01:14 – Jim tells us how it all came about
● 07:08 - Find out how many pork pies they make a week
● 09:57 – Jim talks about the nationality of his customers
● 11:40 – Jim tells us what it’s like living in rural Australia
● 14:14 – How Jim met his British wife in Australia
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● Pacdon Park Free Range British Butchery
● Echuca Moama – where Jim makes his pork pies
● Echuca, Victoria on Wikipedia
● Moama, New South Wales on Wikipedia
This episode is sponsored by Pacdon Park (www.pacdon.com.au).
Pacdon Park is the only free range British butchery in Australia providing products such as pork pies, black pudding and haggis.
All of their products are made using traditional British recipes.
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Sarah Vesty from Somerset arrived in Australia on her own with a backpack and a six-month travel plan back in 2012.
Eight years on, she is still in Australia but is now married and a mum to her two little girls, Olivia and Ella.
Sarah talks about what it is like to raise children on the other side of the world from family.
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 02:37 - Sarah tells us how she met her British husband whilst on her travels in Australia
● 04:57 - Find out which visa enabled Sarah to stay in Australia
● 06:05 - Sarah talks about raising children in Australia
● 08:03 - Raising children with grandparents on the other side of the world
● 12:35 - Find out what Sarah misses most about the UK
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● Australian Partner Visa
● Australian Working Holiday Visa (417)
● The Swan Valley region, Perth
This episode is sponsored by True Blue Migration Services.
Take the FREE True Blue Migration Services assessment here to see if you’re eligible for an Australian visa: https://truebluemigration.com/assessment
This will go straight to a MARA-registered agent who will look over the information for you.
Find them on Facebook or email them at: info@truebluemigration.com
True Blue offer split payment options and are one of Australia's longest-established agencies, having been around for more than 14 years.
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WARNING This episode features details of a serious road accident and includes some graphic details.
A 1,000 mile day trip along the edge of hot and dusty outback Western Australia turned into a disaster when Michael Pitt’s motorcycle hit a kangaroo.
The father-of-three who emigrated to Australia from Devon with his wife and eldest child 15 years ago, was fortunate to have survived the serious accident in the very isolated Pilbara region of WA.
The experienced motorcyclist was traveling from Karratha in the state’s far north down to Mandurah, just south of Perth in 2018 after a two week stint of shift work.
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 03:21 – Michael describes the outback road he was traveling along
● 06:02 – Michael shares some of the dangers of traveling by road in outback Australia
● 10:13 – Michael tells us how he survived
● 12:03 – Michael talks about his injuries
● 17:25 – Find out whether the accident has put Michael off returning to the Pilbara region
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● Road Safety Advice for traveling in Western Australia’s north west
● The Pilbara region of Western Australia
● Western Australia
This episode is sponsored by Kilted Haggis.
Authentic Scottish family serving popular food from their homeland at Grazeland in Melbourne.
Open Friday from 5pm and Saturday/Sunday from 12pm.
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‘Poms in Perth’ has 27,000 Facebook members and is one of the largest social media groups dedicated to Brits living in Australia.
Russell Burder, who emigrated from Canvey Island, Essex as an offshore surveyor in 2006, originally set up the group to keep in touch with his friends.
He explains how the group's membership has exploded and tells us what has kept him on the other side of the world.
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 00:51 – find out what ‘POM’ stands for (also written as “POME and “POHM”)
● 01:29 – find out about how the Facebook group was set up accidentally
● 04:38 – Russ talks about why his Facebook group is useful to Brits living abroad
● 12:48 - Russ tells us how he was sponsored by his employer to come to Australia
● 20:55 - Russ explains what FIFO (‘fly-in-fly-out’) work is
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● Poms in Perth Facebook group (membership is limited to Brits living in Perth, Australia)
● Read more about the convicts who were shipped to Australia
● More information on sponsorship visas
This episode is sponsored by The Scot Box.
A range of novelty Scottish care packages for "tartan hearts near and far who love the nostalgic taste of hame!"
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Ross Johnston is a secondary school teacher from Reading who migrated to Australia with his wife and two year old daughter in September 2020.
Within three months of arriving they had bought their five-bedroom detached home with a swimming pool in Brisbane.
In this episode Ross discusses salary, childcare, cost of living and finding a job.
The Johnston family document their new lives in Australia on their YouTube channel, ‘That Johnston Life’.
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 00:59 – Ross explains how the flight caps to Australia affected their move
● 07:21 – Ross talks about how much more he earns as a teacher in Australia
● 09:20 – the Australian equivalent of Ross’ three-bed semi-detached house in the UK
● 11:09 – Ross talks about the cost of child care
● 17:09 - how Ross found his teaching job
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● Video: We Emigrated to Australia During A Global Pandemic
● Seek: Job Search Website, Australia
● Realestate.com.au: Property Search Website, Australia
This episode is sponsored by True Blue Migration Services.
Take the FREE True Blue Migration Services assessment here to see if you’re eligible for an Australian visa: https://truebluemigration.com/assessment
This will go straight to a MARA-registered agent who will look over the information for you.
Find them on Facebook or email them at: info@truebluemigration.com
True Blue offers split payment options and are one of Australia's longest-established agencies, having been around for more than 14years.
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Jennie Bardsley is a travel agent from Dukinfield, Greater Manchester who came to Australia in 1992.
Within a year of arriving in Perth, Jennie set up her own travel agency called British Travel and is still in business today, almost thirty years later.
Prior to the COVID19 pandemic, Jennie’s main customers were Aussies booking overseas trips and coach tours throughout Europe.
However, since Australia closed its international borders in March 2020, she has become highly experienced in understanding the strict government exemption rules and organising flights on behalf of Brits who need to return to the UK.
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 08:34 - each country you transit through and travel to have their own rules
● 11:26 - Jennie talks about coping with the surge in demand and her alopecia caused by the stress
● 15:44 - British Travel helped a man get back to the UK in time for the birth of his child
● 17:52 - AU$15,000 for flights in August 2020
● 21:18 - Jennie’s predictions for future travel restrictions
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● Updates to Australia's immigration and border arrangements during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
● Australian government rules on leaving Australia
● DFAT (Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
This episode if sponsored by British Travel. Specialists in bringing Australians stranded overseas back home and compassionate travel. Highly experienced in assisting with travel exemptions to leave Australia.
Contact British Travel:
Email: ask@britishtravel.com.au
Website: https://www.britishtravel.com.au/
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After seven years in Melbourne, nurse and mum-of-two Pamela Waugh decided to return home to Scotland with her husband to be closer to their family.
In 2013 the couple from Dumbarton, near to Glasgow, sold up and emigrated to the other side of the world on working holiday visas. In September 2020 they moved back as dual British-Australian citizens.
Pamela talks about sponsorship, permanent residency, Aussie salaries and the cost of housing in Melbourne.
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 03:22 – find out how Pamela found work as a nurse in Australia
● 05:56 - Pamela explains her reasons for moving back to Scotland
● 14:37 – find out how much the big move cost the family of four
● 19:04 – Pamela tells us what items she brought back to the UK
● 23:19 – salary comparison between Australia and the UK
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)
● Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
● Permanent Residency in Australia
● Australia's immigration and border arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Hi, I’m Anna Moran. I’m a Britstralian from Leicester in the UK, now living in Perth in Western Australia.
I came to Australia in May 2011. I was 26 and I came here on a one year working holiday visa. I initially had no intention of staying in Australia and planned to get back to London to continue with my journalism career.
After seeing the opportunities and beautiful lifestyle I made the decision to stay a little longer.
During that time, I ended up having a severe mental breakdown which forced me to face many of my fears. Fortunately, it encouraged me to repair many broken relationships from my past.
Ten years later I have met a lovely Australian man and now that it looks like I could be here for a wee while longer, I have decided to produce a podcast about Brits living in Australia.
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 00:37 – find out how many British expats are in Australia
● 00:40 – find out which city apparently has the largest community of British expats in the world
● 02:28 - find out how long it takes to drive across Australia from East to West
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● Migration trends of UK citizens in Australia
● Map of Perth, Western Australia
● Wikipedia: Perth, Western Australia
● Australian Working Holiday Visa (417)
This episode is sponsored by True Blue Migration Services.
Take the FREE True Blue Migration Services assessment here to see if you’re eligible for an Australian visa: https://truebluemigration.com/assessment
This will go straight to a MARA-registered agent who will look over the information for you.
Find them on Facebook or email them at: info@truebluemigration.com
True Blue offer split payment options and are one of Australia's longest-established agencies, having been around for more than 14years.
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More than ten years after they originally decided to move to Australia, British couple Steve and Dianne Hargreaves emigrated from Preston to Perth with their two children in 2018 and starred on the BBC’s Wanted Down Under TV show.
They discuss why they came to Australia, how they got their visas, what it’s like behind the scenes filming for the show, how their children - who were aged 4 and 9 at the time of the move - have settled in, buying land and building their dream Aussie home.
The Hargreaves also shed light on the differences in their working lives, their salaries, the cost of living and lifestyle in general since making the move. They discuss the difficulties of applying for jobs in a new country, career changes, leaving family behind and finding new friends
Bullet points of key topics & time stamps:
● 07:25 – find out how their children settled in
● 08:36 - schooling / education
● 09:45 – find out what their Aussie home is like and what it’s like to build a new home
● 18:18 – find out about their new jobs
● 20:10 – we discuss salaries
● 20:44 – cost of living bills, food etc.
List of resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles:
● Wanted Down Under
● Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority
This episode is sponsored by True Blue Migration Services.
Take the FREE True Blue Migration Services assessment here to see if you’re eligible for an Australian visa: https://truebluemigration.com/assessment
This will go straight to a MARA-registered agent who will look over the information for you.
Find them on Facebook or email them at: info@truebluemigration.com
True Blue offer split payment options and are one of Australia's longest-established agencies, having been around for more than 14 years.
Britstralian Producer and Host: Anna Moran
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Britstralian - The Trailer
Hi, I'm Anna Moran and you're listening to Britstralian.
You may have heard me a very long time ago in England, delivering your local news, or giving you a traffic update on the M25.
Well, now I'm back. But this time I'm in Australia.
There's around a million Brits living down under, but my research shows that there are still lots of us back home who are desperate to get out here.
So I'll be asking our guests what it takes to make the move and what it is really like to call Australia home.
Tune in next week to hear more about my story in Season 1, Episode 1.
Producer and Host: Anna Moran
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Migration trends of UK citizens in Australia
Britstralian acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on. The area now known as the City of Armadale was originally occupied by the Noongar people many thousands of years before European settlement. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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