This year’s list has been inspired by our chats with the boarders themselves as part of our Summer Series of Destination Boarding (the podcast).
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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
Kambala offers a family-style Boarding experience from Years 7-12, in our purpose-built Boarding House, Fernbank. Fernbank accommodates girls in twin rooms from Years 7-11 and boarders have their own accommodation room in Year 12, which is ideal to support their learning and commitments during those important 12 months.
Stuart Delaney – St Peters Lutheran College
We’re back with another episode of A Road To Mount Isa and today I’m chatting with Head of Boarding at St Peters Lutheran College, Stuart Delaney. I was hit by the fan girl syndrome again with this chat… and if you can’t imagine why I would be fan girling over a conversation with a boarding school then…
Sharon Currie – The Glennie School
Genevieve McDonald – Brightlands Station
Welcome back to our series ‘A ROAD TO MOUNT ISA’. This week we are having the most authentic real time chat with Genevieve McDonald. Gen is from Cloncurry in north west Queensland – well about 40 minutes south of Cloncurry on their family cattle station Brightlands. However, I caught up with Gen while she was at mini…
Is there anything scarier than Halloween ? Asking for boarder parent
Simon Murphy – Blackheath & Thornburgh College
Today I’m chatting with Simon Murphy, Principal of Blackheath and Thornburgh College in Charters Towers. Charters Towers is around an hour and a half from Townsville in far North Queensland. It’s a sizeable country town with around 12,000 people and there’s a cluster of boarding schools there – quite unique for a country town of that size. Simon mentions…
Luke Baills – The Cathedral School, Townsville
Today we’re chatting with Luke Baills from The Cathedral School in Townsville. Luke is the new Head of School having previously headed up Cathedral’s Junior School for 10 years. Now it’s no surprise that Luke is looking forward to joining Boarding Schools Expo in Mount Isa. He spent 11 years as a Principal in and around Mount Isa, he actually met Steph…
Takeover Thursday… Destination Boarding with NEGS, Armidale
We welcome back NEGS Armidale this month – with a spotlight on their extensive opportunities to develop your child’s passions. Whether it’s athletics, equestrian, agriculture or performing arts, NEGS creates the pathways to ensure you can ‘be your best’. Nestled in the stunning New England High Country’s main hub of Armidale, NEGS’ vast campus conjures…