Destination Boarding

Welcome to Episode 9 of our Summer Series: Nailing Homesickness where we chat to Quintin, an inspiring student from Haileybury Rendall School in Darwin, NT! In this series Amanda Ferrari & Adelaide Vivers chat with current boarders from across Australia with the aim to give our new intake of boarders for 2023 some tips about how to cope with the feelings of homesickness along with advice on se...

Welcome to Episode 8 of our Summer Series: Nailing Homesickness where we chat to Sylvia, a wonderful student from Wenona School in Sydney, NSW! In this series Amanda Ferrari & Adelaide Vivers chat with current boarders from across Australia with the aim to give our new intake of boarders for 2023 some tips about how to cope with the feelings of homesickness along with advice on settling in at...

Welcome to Episode 7 of our Summer Series: Nailing Homesickness where we chat to both Mandy & Lara, students from Ipswich Girls' Grammar School in Ipswich, QLD! In this series Amanda Ferrari & Adelaide Vivers chat with current boarders from across Australia with the aim to give our new intake of boarders for 2023 some tips about how to cope with the feelings of homesickness along with advi...

Welcome to Episode 6 of our Summer Series: Nailing Homesickness where we chat to Oscar, a student from The King's School in Sydney, NSW! In this series Amanda Ferrari & Adelaide Vivers chat with current boarders from across Australia with the aim to give our new intake of boarders for 2023 some tips about how to cope with the feelings of homesickness along with advice on settling in at your ne...

Welcome to Episode 5 of our Summer Series: Nailing Homesickness where we chat to Sophie, a student from Kincoppal-Rose Bay School in Sydney, NSW! In this series Amanda Ferrari & Adelaide Vivers chat with current boarders from across Australia with the aim to give our new intake of boarders for 2023 some tips about how to cope with the feelings of homesickness along with advice on settling in a...

Welcome to Episode 4 of our Summer Series: Nailing Homesickness where we chat to a two students Jack & Caite from The Armidale School in Armidale, NSW! In this series Amanda Ferrari & Adelaide Vivers chat with current boarders from across Australia with the aim to give our new intake of boarders for 2023 some tips about how to cope with the feelings of homesickness along with advice on set...

Welcome to Episode 3 of our Summer Series: Nailing Homesickness where we chat to an insightful student named Tess from Tara Anglican School for Girls in Sydney, NSW! In this series Amanda Ferrari & Adelaide Vivers chat with current boarders from across Australia with the aim to give our new intake of boarders for 2023 some tips about how to cope with the feelings of homesickness along with adv...

Welcome to Episode 2 of our Summer Series: Nailing Homesickness where we chat to an insightful student named Jasper from Newington College in Sydney, NSW! In this series Amanda Ferrari & Adelaide Vivers chat with current boarders from across Australia with the aim to give our new intake of boarders for 2023 some tips about how to cope with the feelings of homesickness along with advice on sett...

Welcome to Episode 1 of our Summer Series: Nailing Homesickness where we chat to Ben Kelly from Calrossy Anglican School in Tamworth, NSW!   In this series Amanda Ferrari & Adelaide Vivers chat with current boarders from across Australia with the aim to give our new intake of boarders for 2023 some tips about how to cope with the feelings of homesickness along with advice on settling in a...

Welcome to the last episode of Series 2! Today we’re chatting with Waverley Stanley, an indigenous educationalist and the founder of Yalari Foundation. If you haven’t heard of Yalari, it’s an education foundation established in 2005 that provides indigenous children from regional, rural and remote communities across Australia the opportunity to receive a full boarding school scholarship for their...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 8 of Destination Boarding! We often talk about the differing needs of children, their interests, their strengths, challenges, maturity. And when we’re considering boarding schools for our children sometimes those differences come into play. It’s not unusual to hear of families sending all of their children to different schools - in fact, it’s becoming increasingly more...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 7! Today we’re talking with Fiona Aveyard. Fiona’s an absolute trailblazer and this is not her first time behind the mic. She’s a farmer and lamb producer from Tullamore in NSW’s Central West. Her and husband Bill are fifth generation farmers and have established their own label Outback Lamb - a paddock to plate business supplying their lamb meat to the market. It’s bee...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 6! Alexandra Cowley is a force to be reckoned with. As an interpret traveller, wondering mostly solo around the world, before meeting her partner in London and settling in Singapore during COVID, Alex now resides in Manly working her dream job as the manager of The Exchange Group and an EA to her manager Jillian Kilby.  Brought up in Dubbo, NSW and heading off to A...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 5! With a successful legal career, a happy family life and a valuable position as a pillar of his community, Barrister Stephen Lawrence looks like he pretty much has life sorted out. He's been the mayor of a major regional city, he's a dedicated human rights campaigner, a champion for social justice and he's defended some of the worlds' most vulnerable souls, both here...

Tanya Heaslip is an acclaimed Australian author, a lawyer and an outback girl. From her home in Alice Springs we talk about life growing up on a cattle station in the Northern Territory, the beginning of her education with School of the Air and then her tumultuous journey through boarding school in Adelaide. Sadly for Tanya her experience of boarding school in the 70’s was not a good one - we ackn...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 3!  Today I’m chatting with CEO of Australian Boarding Schools Association Richard Stokes. The Australian Boarding Schools’ Association (ABSA), as the leading authority in Australia on boarding for school-aged children, promotes the interests and well-being of boarders, boarding staff, boarding parents and boarding institutions in Australia. It is an umbrella organ...

Welcome to this Episode 2 Season 2 of Destination Boarding. We’re here to demystify Australian Boarding schools and dig around into how they can become part of your families’ journey, or take a trip down memory lane if you’re an ex-boarder. In this episode we’re chatting with Peter Gibbs or “Chicka”. A Gamillaroi man from the community of Weilmoringle, on the banks of the Culgoa River in far West...

Welcome to this episode of Destination Boarding. We’re here to demystify Australian Boarding schools and dig around into how they can become part of your families’ journey, or take a trip down memory lane if you’re an ex-boarder. In this episode we’re chatting with Bec Austin. Bec and her husband Andrew are the 5th generation of a family farming partnership on the western plains of NSW. They have...

Ruby Riethmuller is only 24 years of age but despite being so young, she's making a huge impact on teenage girls lives across the country. Ruby after attending Ascham School as a boarder and heading off to college at St Andrews, knew she wanted to do something to give back. So she started an organisation called Woman Kind - helping young women, through the tough times of teenage hood. A simple way...

Well if you like Rugby then you're definitely going to like this podcast! Ned Hanigan is a weapon on the footy field and off it! He's donned the Green and Gold Jersey for the Wallabies playing 25 games for his country, he's played for the NSW Waratah's & this year has confirmed his return as a Waratah. But most importantly Ned is a brilliant mentor , team mate and friend to those around him. When...

Welcome to our second bonus episode of Destination Boarding The Podcast. Many families right now, across Australia are getting ready to return to boarding school. It's an exciting, daunting and nerve-racking time, particularly for those doing it for the first time. Whether it's your eldest child, or the first in your family to attend boarding school, it's a truely momentous occasion and one that w...

Alanna Rennie was 13 years old when she left her family farm in Hillston, NSW to attend boarding school in Sydney. With aspirations, at a young age, to work as a corporate lawyer in China, and to speak fluent Mandarin, she knew she needed to pack her bags and head to the big smoke. It was at Ascham that Alanna excelled. Taking up language classes after school hours and going on exchange to China a...

Some parents are well used to the drill - they know the ins and outs for packing when it comes to sending your child away to boarding school. But for many, it's the first time and with so many bits of advice coming your way, it's not always easy to wade through the suggestions and come out with the necessities. So we've put together your Ultimate Packing List - whether you're a first time boarder...

Able Seaman Hohnberg has travelled majority of the worlds oceans. As a Marine Technician in the Navy, she sets out for months on end working on some of the biggest Navy ships in Australia. She's performed operations in 7 different countries, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan just to name a few, and she's only 25 years old. Maddison was raised in the small town of Trangie, in Western NSW. With 4 other s...

Hello and welcome to "Destination Boarding" the podcast for families, parents and children about to embark on the journey to boarding school. Join your host Lucy Samuels, an ex boarder from the Western Plains of NSW , a journalist, a pilot and an advocate of boarding life to chat all things boarding. From packing those bags for the first time, to waving the kids goodbye, this podcast will talk abo...