Each year we do a summer series for our incoming boarders called ‘Nailing Homesickness’ where I chat with current boarders from across Australia. We know that the schools, and friends will have sage advice for our kids before they head off – everyone really wanting to help alleviate the nerves of our new boarders. But truly, who…
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Angie Nisbet Wraps Up Mount Isa
Hello again, thanks for tuning in to Destination Boarding. Today, I sat down with Angie Nisbet from Married to the Land podcast. Let me tell you, this episode is a ripper. I’ve just returned from our final boarding schools expo in Mount Isa, where we were overwhelmed with the number of families that came through…
Jane Morris – Stuartholme School
Takeover Thursday… Destination Boarding with The King’s School
You would be hard pressed to find a person (particularly a country person) who has not heard of The King’s School. It is the oldest boys boarding school in Australia with a history of almost 200 years in educating young country men. [Perhaps I should declare here that we are (were… until the next gen’)…
David Marriott – Scots PGC College
I love my job. I need to tell you that because today’s chat was with someone who clearly loves their job too. To understand what I do, you need to understand that when families undertake to explore a boarding school education for their child it is, arguably, the most important decision they’ll make on behalf…
2024 Gift Guide for Boarding House Staff
Lesa Fowler – St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Today’s chat is with the Director of Boarding at Brisbane’s St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Lesa Fowler. Lesa is a familiar figure in the remote and rural areas of Queensland having overseen the education of so many girls from these regions. She’s been nurturing and encouraging her boarders for 16 years and it’s a position…
2024 Gift Guide for Boarding Students
Tom Floyd – John Paul College
Welcome back to Destination Boarding and our series of conversations where we introduce you to the schools that are heading up to Mount Isa with us, along with a few of the families that call the north west of Queensland and the Territory home. Today I had the loveliest conversation with Tom Floyd from John Paul College in…
Takeover Thursday… Destination Boarding with Kambala, Sydney
It’s that time of year where one can feel energised to kick through until the end or completely overwhelmed with the ‘process’ to get there. Me? I prefer to procrastinate my way to the end, hoping that gifts miraculously appear, the house flips itself into a Martha Stewart set and the Paul Bangay fairies work…