Well, it seems that Perth is not exactly ahead in the polls of top places for expats to move to. There seems to be a lot of posts on the forum of late from people struggling to make friends or just generally not enjoying being in Perth.
Well, Perth was my third expat move and along the way, I've learnt a few lessons on how to make friends and become part of my new community. At the same time, I do appreciate how hard it is to leave our nearest and dearest behind and move thousands of miles away to a place where we barely know a soul!
So, considering that there has been a steady stream of people arriving in WA of late, I though it would be a good idea to organise an expat day out, where we can all socialise. We all have something in common in that we are migrants - Aussies are very much welcomes to join as well - so, hopefully, some new friendships will come out of this and we can all start enjoying what WA has to offer.
Now, I'm quite happy in a bar but appreciate that not everyone is comfortable in that kind of setting and some people would also have family and therefore a bar does not necessarily sit at the top of list of places where to hang out, so I'm looking for any suggestions of things to do.
I've attached a poll to this thread just to see whether people are up for meeting and we can then take it from there.
Well, Perth was my third expat move and along the way, I've learnt a few lessons on how to make friends and become part of my new community. At the same time, I do appreciate how hard it is to leave our nearest and dearest behind and move thousands of miles away to a place where we barely know a soul!
So, considering that there has been a steady stream of people arriving in WA of late, I though it would be a good idea to organise an expat day out, where we can all socialise. We all have something in common in that we are migrants - Aussies are very much welcomes to join as well - so, hopefully, some new friendships will come out of this and we can all start enjoying what WA has to offer.
Now, I'm quite happy in a bar but appreciate that not everyone is comfortable in that kind of setting and some people would also have family and therefore a bar does not necessarily sit at the top of list of places where to hang out, so I'm looking for any suggestions of things to do.
I've attached a poll to this thread just to see whether people are up for meeting and we can then take it from there.