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This is a website to bring together those who have connections to both Australia and The Netherlands, through my own perspective of living as a dual national Dutch Australian.This is a pLACE to connect, share stories, information and experiences
Dutch Australian
2M ago
On Thursday the 5th of October, gardeners at Keukenhof planted the first flower bulbs, marking the beginning of preparations for Keukenhof’s 75th anniversary in 2024. Over the next three months, a staggering 7 million flower bulbs will be planted, one by one, by hand. The flower exhibition will open its gates to the public on March ..read more
Dutch Australian
2M ago
Hanke Bruins Slot (CDA) became the new Minister of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday 5 September 2023. Her appointment follows Wopke Hoekstra’s departure as Minister of Foreign Affairs as of 1 September. Liesje Schreinemacher, the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, assumed his duties until a successor could be appointed. Minister Bruins Slot Ms Bruins Slot’s ..read more
Dutch Australian
3M ago
Conductor and violist Simon Murphy gives a festive birthday concert full of favourite works each of which has played a special part in his own personal musical path over the years ..read more
Dutch Australian
4M ago
Today I saw the Barbie movie with my daughters and wrote a review for TheHagueOnLine. As you’ll see if you click through to my article, I was really impressed. If you didn’t click through – quick summary is that I mainly went along to the movie as my 16 year old daughter was keen, but ..read more
Dutch Australian
6M ago
The well-known Dutch musician Arjan Breukhoven will give 11 performances during his 2023 Concert Tour to Australia. Breukhoven will also give a concert in cooperation with his own choir project the “Australian Christian Men’s Choir” in Perth’s Wesley Uniting Church, featuring, among other things, spectacular organ playing with a musical surprise! The program contains beautiful ..read more
Dutch Australian
7M ago
From 1 July 2021, the European Union applied new import rules. Before then, you could order products from outside the EU, and no import duties applied if it had a value of under 22 euros. Now, ALL products from outside the EU attract VAT and handling fees. More information is below in the image, or ..read more
Dutch Australian
7M ago
On 30 March 2023, I very much enjoyed seeing the performance of Australian circus group “Gravity & Other Myths” perform in Delft, the Netherlands ..read more
Dutch Australian
7M ago
For Mother’s Day, I was very excited to go along to a performance in the Zuiderpark Theater in The Hague of “Jekyll & Hyde”. My daughter had recently found a flyer at the local library of the event. “Isn’t this your favourite musical mama?”. She was right! Way back in around 1997, I first heard ..read more
Dutch Australian
7M ago
Keukenhof concludes a successful season The 2023 Keukenhof season has already come to a close. Almost 1.4 million people visited the park over the eight weeks it was open. The park welcomed visitors from over 100 countries this season. The majority of visitors originated from the Netherlands (20%), followed by Germany, the United States, France ..read more
Dutch Australian
7M ago
Again, both the Netherlands and Australia took part in the 2023 Eurovision. This year, it was hosted in Liverpool, UK as due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, it cannot be hosted there. The opening scene of the connection with two children from both countries had me in tears. Full details on the event are ..read more