Hi Madje

We moved here at the end of 2005. Both of us are Irish. We have a seven month old baby and I stay at home to mind him. I have found that I have more social connections since I gave up work which is ironic.
A lot of this is through the maternal child health centre in my locality. What I have found is that there are a lot of Australians who don't have social networks because they have moved intersate so it is not just ex-pats.

I don't know if you have changed where you live since you last posted ? I know you were asking about places to live.

If I can be of any help please let me know.

Regards

Jo