SUSANNA - 16 years Switzerland

Hi everybody! I`m Susanna from Switzerland and I have to write a report about my stay in Australia but I just don`t know where to begin. So many things have happened since I`m here in Australia, my stay was a big experience. Learning English was just a good minor matter next to living here.

When I was sitting in the airplane to Sydney I was so exited because I had no idea what will be expected of me in down under. Now I know that it was an experience of my life. I learned to live with the Aussie culture and what this easy going means, which is so famous for Australia. It was so great but it was not always simple. I had to look for myself, to bear my own responsibility, to make decisions and also to adopt me at this new life.

But my host family, CEA and my new friends supported and helped me always.
They were all together so nice. And I very enjoyed it. It was like a big holiday even though I had to go to school, which is very different to Switzerland. They don't take it that serious and the teachers are more relaxed.

In my free time I went a lot to the City and to Manly. The City is so big and
Beautiful and the skyscrapers were amazing to me. At Manly beach I learned
to surf in the huge waves (had to swallow a lot of saltwater) which was so much
fun. Sometimes I went shopping in big shopping centres or went out with
my friends.

During my stay I had the great opportunity to go on a Safari tour with CEA. I travelled with about 60 other exchange students 10000km in 3 1/2 weeks through Australia. I made lots of friends from the whole world and it was so great, just awesome.

My stay is almost over and I will go back to my normal life. But I will never forget this half year in Australia, how much fun I had and all the people I met. Thank you all so much, who made it possible for me.

Susanna

Swiss German Translation
Hallo! Ich bin die Susanna aus der Schweitz und sollte einen Artikel ueber meinen Aufenthalt in Australien schreiben, aber ich weis einfach nicht wo anzufangen. Mein Aufenthalt war ein riesiges Erlebnis und so viel neues passierte seit ich hier bin. Englisch lernen war nur ein ganz kleiner Teil, neben hier zu leben.

Als ich alleine im Flugzeug sass, war ich so aufgeregt, weil ich hatte keine Ahnung, was mich im Down Under alles erwarten wird. Jetzt weis ich das es eine Erfahrung fuers leben war. Ich lernte mit der Aussie cultur zu leben und was mit dem easy going gemeint ist, fuer welches Australien so bekannt ist. Es war einfach mega schoen. Aber es war nicht immer einfach. Ich musste auf mich selber aufpassen, die eigene Verantwortung tragen, entscheidungen treffen und ich musste mich auch an das neue Leben anpassen. Aber meine Gastfamilie, CEA und meine neue Freunde halfen und unterstuetzten mich damit. Alle waren sehr nett zu mir und ich konnte mein halbes Jahr einfach nur sehr geniessen. Es war wie riesige Ferien, obwohl ich zur Schule gehen musste, welche recht anderst ist zu meiner vorigen. Sie nehmen es hier nicht so ernst und die Lehrer sind viel lockerer. In meiner Freizeit ging ich viel nach Manly und in die Stadt, Sydney.

Sydney ist sehr gross und wunderschoen. Es gibt da riesige Einkaufscenter und es ist einfach gemuetlich. Am Manly beach lernte ich surfen, (musste sehr viel Salzwasser schlucken) aber es war super gut. Ansonsten verabredete ich mich mit Freunden und besuchte neue Orte. Ich hatte auch die grossartige Moeglichkeit mit CEA auf eine Safari Tour zu gehen. Ich reiste mit etwa 60 anderen Austauschschueler 10000 km durch halb Australien. Es war mega schoen und lustig und ich lernte Leute aus der ganzen Welt kennen.

Mein Aufenthalt nimmt langsam ein Ende und ich werde zu meinem normalen Leben zurueckckehren. Aber ich werde dieses halbe Jahr, alle neue Leute und wie viel spass ich hatte nie vergessen. Danke allen so viel mal, die dies moeglich machten.

Susanna (man verlernt das Hochdeutsch leider ein bisschen!)

Carrie, 16 years - Washington USA

My trip to Australia !

Campus Education Australia CEA has been absolutely terrific in getting everything together for me while I was in the US and at such short notice. My Mom and Dad felt very comfortable and confident with the thorough way CEA organised everything for me to study the land downunder in Sydney Australia that I was packed and ready to go before I knew it I was here! Now I would like to share my story with you.

Before my trip to Australia, I had never been away from home longer than 21 days. So coming across the world by myself for 9 weeks was something that I had never prepared to do. However, I am so happy that I ignored the doubts I was having, because otherwise I would have missed out on the best experience of my life. During my stay in Australia, I have lived a completely different lifestyle, allowing me to become much more independent and arousing a certain curiosity in me to try new things

For the first time in my life, I got to wear a uniform to school. I had a really great time at Davidson High school, the teachers we very nice and assisted me with all my subjects I needed to take while here in Australia I made friends with many Australian kids, we went shopping, to the movies and lots of fun exchanging cultural differences and felt included instantly.

I learnt to take public transportation everywhere instead of just driving myself. I went around to several of the Northern Beaches and got to see how beautiful and unique each of them are. I felt on top of the world when I climbed the Harbor Bridge and saw a 360 degree view of the entire city of Sydney, including the Opera House. I went to an Aboriginal Art Gallery and learned of their exceptional and fascinating culture through bark paintings and animal wood carvings. I took a ferry from Manly into the city and saw the beautiful skyline of the city from the water. I went to the Blue Mountains and saw the Three Sisters standing tall at Echo Point. All of these things I experienced and took interest in, I would have never had the opportunity to do back home.

Amongst all of these wonderful experiences, I stayed with such a kind and loving host family that made my stay in Australia so much more amazing. I had a great host brother who was 15 and a really nice host sister 13 years and my host Mum is just like my Mom back home. They included me in everything, without their friendly welcoming, I would not have made it through my trip. They made me feel like I was a part of their family and I was not missing out on anything back in America because this was my home away from home. With my time in Australia coming to an end, I know that I will return home with lifelong friendships, beautiful photos, and most importantly unforgettable memories.

Campus has been really great and helped me get everything together and they found the best host family ever and they were there for me when I needed them!

Jake – 16 yrs Germany

I spent one year in Australia, the first six months in Melbourne, where things didn't seem to work out right for me. But once we had contacted CEA in Sydney they quickly and flexibly arranged for a transference to Sydney, taking care of all the paperwork, and I really got to enjoy the other half of my stay down under. They found an excellent host family, the perfect school and were always there whenever any questions arised.

These conditions enabled me to really get up to stuff, and with my friends from school we always do something on the weekends, be it going to the beach, the movies, walking around the CDB or spending six hours in a laser arena. During the holidays my brother and I went on a cycle tour from Sydney to Brisbane, so we really got to see the country.

I can only recommend this program and to anyone about to participate in it I would advise to really try to do as many things as possible, as time flies and at the end of your stay you will look back, and regardless of how active you were, you will wish you had done more...

Jake (Juernjacob)

German Translations
Ich habe ein Jahr in Australien verbracht, davon die ersten sechs Monate in Melbourne, wo es aber irgendwie nicht so richtig klappen wollte. Aber nachdem wir Kontakt mit CEA aufgenommen hatten, organisierten sie schnell und flexibel meinen Umzug nach Sydney.

Sie kuemmerten sich um den ganzen Papierkram und die zweite Haelfte meines Aufenthaltes konnte ich wirklich geniessen. Sie fanden eine klasse Gastfamilie, eine tolle Schule und waren immer da falls Fragen aufkamen. Dank dieser Bedingungen konnte ich eine Menge unternehmen und mit meinen Schulfreunden
war jedes Wochenende etwas los, von Strandgaengen, Kinobesuchen ueber Stadtbummel bis hin zu sechsstuendigen Sessions in einer Laser Arena. In den Ferien unternahmen mein Bruder und ich eine Fahrradtour von Sydney nach Brisbane, wodurch wir das Land wirklich zu sehen bekamen.

Ich kann dieses Programm nur empfehlen und jedem der demnaechst daran teilnimmt wuerde ich raten, so viel wie moeglich zu unternehmen. Die Zeit verfliegt und am Ende des Aufenthaltes wird man zurueckblicken und sich wuenschen, egal wie aktiv man war, dass man noch mehr gemacht haette...

Lucas - 17 years from Vienna Austria

It was sometime in March 2001 when I decided to go for 6 months to Sydney and I had looked really forward to see this city and the country and of course to improve my English which wasn’t that good and besides that I just wanted to do something like that my entire live.

I think it s a huge step for a young person leaving home for 6 months and going on the other side of this planet to look what s going on there.

I arrived in Sydney on the 19 th of January and it was dam hot of course I love the heat but when you come from Austria out of the European winter into the Australian summer it is kind of a shock. I was tired after a horrible 22 hour flight I was tired confused but excited. After a nice long chat with the customs officers I finally caught up with my Hostfamily who met me at the airport and it nice to see them there waiting for me but it was just so weird to see them and maybe I was a little bit shocked.

Anyway we arrived in Killarney where they live and where my school is too I was just tired because of the time difference. I had about 2 weeks holiday before school started and I did some stuff with my host parents and my host brothers who were younger then me. I also met a friend from Vienna who was in Sydney at that time and I started my new hobby surfing at Manly beach – as my host family loved going to the beach and I also went with them. Then school began and I think I was pretty lucky that I decided to go to Killarney Heights High. There was this really nice girl there and she introduced me to everyone and helped me to choose my subjects which was absolutely new for me because in Austria you have every damn subject and here you can actually choose which subject you are interested in Jill just helped me to get used to everything not just this completely different school system.

I don t know why but it was pretty easy for me to get my new friends of course the first month you are sometimes a bit lonely but then I just took it easy you must not get depressed or start o have desperately thoughts about I have no friends over here what am I supposed to do? it just takes a while until you get used to everything and to really get known your friends and getting a part of their group in this time you just have to relax and try to make the best out of it , I went to the nice city a lot went to the movies bought some english books ,went to the beach surfing. but as I have said i was lucky with my friends and all the people in my school they just integrate me immediately and I got a new part of their group I wen to a party it was just getting more and more better all the time.

It was I think at the beginning of March when I changed my hostfamily as CEA always checked with me to see if I was OK and they helped with ensuring I was happy in my family and school the whole time I was here in Sydney. My parents felt relieved that I had support here and they could ring and speak to CEA if they needed. I m so glad that I did it. I moved to a lovely family where the host mother was Australian and the host father was Japanese and they were a lovely family in Roseville but I didn’t change schools

The family is just great they have 2 small kids Isai who is 5 and Mika who is 9,they also had 2 other exchange students Natsue from Japan and Alline from France and we just had a great time together. I was with Natsue and 5 of her Japanese friends on the mardi gras which was a heaps of fun.I got known other exchange students like Susanna who was also on our CEA program and she is from Switzerland and we are really good friends now and when we were bored we just went surfing or went to the city.

Then end of march I celebrated my 18th birthday with my friends and with my family and the great safari began It was a trip through half Australia through the desert mostly and we were about 60 students from all over the world. I think we were about 15 guys an the rest were girls which wasn’t that bad. We travelled with the bus everyday which wasn’t that good but suppose seeing Australia is so big it was the only way we were going to see it, slept in a tent every night and just had a great trip. Seriously it was one of my best time in my entire life.

After a month back in Sydney my examination week in school started which wasn’t that hard and my friendship to all the people in school increased and I got really close friends to some of them like ;Tim, Tom and Ian I went with these guys snowboarding in Thredbo which was very cool, Owen who lives close to me and Dillan.I can say Dillan is one of my best mates even compared to my mates back in Austria. but there were and are heaps of more people Japanese and Chinese friends, Jill, Lisa ,Holly, Laura, Christen and a lot of other girls in this time you are definitely enjoying your stay.

I have had a really great time as well and I could prove my independents which I got in Australia and I realized how this 6 months have changed me. It takes a while but after 4-5 months which is sadly nearly the end of my oz stay you don t feel like a stranger anymore you feel like you belong to there, I don t know how to say, but you just have heaps of friends and every weekend you are doing something, going to parties or in the city and all this stuff. you realize in this time that you don t have friends just back home but now you have real friends even in Australia.

You also will realize that you are actually not looking forward to go back and to leave you new life and your new people, but in some way your looking forward to go back to your old life which will have changed and to your old people who will have changed. You’ll be somewhere in between like I m now you don t want to go back and you know its time to go back, you don t really want to know how it will be back home but you know it s time to face it. but the main thing is you have changed in some way and you know you did something you really can be proud of it I’ll back home. I’ll be gone in 10 days thank you to my host family, my new friends my great school and CEA for the best time downunder

Lucas from Austria

Caroline 17 years – Innsbruck Austria

Already I’ve been here in Sydney for 5 months and there’s only one more month left – I can’t believe it, time has passed so quickly!! At the beginning 6 months seemed to be such a long time – everything was just so different to what I had expected and to what I was used to.

It was really hard to get used to the Australian school system. I wasn’t as happy with my first host family so after 2 months CEA helped me and placed me with a really great family . My new host family was the best thing I could have done. With my new host family I fitted in together much better and I felt very comfortable quickly. – I had a great host sister who is 20yr who had also been an exchange student when she was younger and she was really nice and my host mother was so kind and motherly.

My life here is very relaxed. I don’t really have to do much work for school and I live only about 10 minutes away from the beach. I just love to go for walks straight after school.

I also went on the CEA Safari Tour for about 3 weeks, which was a great experience. I got the chance to see Ayers Rock, the Barrier Reef and all the things you should have seen when you’re already in Australia.

Sydney is the most beautiful city I’ve ever been to and I’m sure I’ll come back one day!

Caroline

German translation:
Ich bin hier in Sydney schon seit 5 monaten und es ist nur noch 1 monat uebrig, ich kann’s kaum glauben – die zeit ist so schnell vergangen! 6 monate schienen am anfang so eine lange zeit zu sein, alles war ungewohnt und nicht so wie ich es mir erwartet hatte.

Es war schwer sich an das australische Schulsystem zu gewoehnen und ich hatte auch einige probleme mit meiner gastfamilie. Nach ca. 2 monaten CEA haben gastfamilie gewechselt und es war das beste was ich machen konnte!
Meine zweite gastfamilie und ich passten viel besser zusammen und ich fuehlte mich sehr schnell wohl.

Mein leben hier ist sehr entspannt. Ich muss nicht wirklich viel fuer die schule tun und ich wohne nur 10 minuten weg vom strand. Ich liebe es gleich nach der schule am strand spazieren zu gehen.

Ich bin auch 3 wochen auf einer CEA Safari Tour gewesen, was eine einzigartige erfahrung war. Ich habe Ayers Rock gesehen, das Barrier Reef und all die dinge die man einfach gesehen haben sollte wenn man schon mal in australien ist.
Sydney ist die schoneste stadt in der ich jemals war und ich bin mir sicher dass ich eines tages zurueckkommen werde!

Rafael - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

"O tempo passou muito rápido pra mim na Austrália, não parece que passei 6 meses aqui, parece que cheguei aqui ontem. Primeiro, quando cheguei no aeroporto eu estava um pouco ansioso mas depois me encontrei com um representante da CEA e me senti bem melhor. Fui levado para minha host family e depois de algumas semanas eu não sabia porque eu tinha estado tão preucupado sobre o início. Minha host family me fez sentir muito bem vindo e eu começei a fazer amigos na escola e desde então eu não olhei pra trás e me diverti muito. Eu não posso acreditar que passei todo esse tempo aqui. Minha escola era legal e Sydney é uma citade bonita onde tem várias coisas para se ver e fazer, especialmente nas práias do norte onde surfei praticamente todo dia em Manly Beach, Dee Why, Collaroy ou Narrabeen Beach.

Ficar com uma host family é uma experiência inesquecível. Eu tinha duas ótimas irmãs com quem eu sempre conversava e elas me incluiam em tudo. Eu aprendi a cultura australiana e realmente me senti incluido na família, como me sinto na minha própria casa e me diverti muito ao mesmo tempo. Eu realmente me senti como um "Aussie". Eu encontrava com os meus amigos da escola, a gente sempre saía juntos e isso ajudou a melhorar meu inglês. Essa foi uma das maiores aventuras que eu já tive e eu queria agradecer ao CEA pelo suporte e orientação que eles me deram enquanto eu estava neste programa. Venha para cá com Campus Education Australia - O melhor!"

English translation
"Time has gone very quickly for me in Australia as I have now been here 6 months as it feels like only yesterday that I arrived!. At first, when I arrived at the airport I was a little anxious but then I was met by CEA representative and I felt much better. I was taken to my host family and after a couple of weeks I did not know what I had been so worried about in the first place. My host family made me feel very welcome and I started to meet friends at school and since then I have not looked back and had a wonderful time. I can not believe that I have spent all this time here. My high school was great and Sydney is a beautiful city where there are many things to see and do especially in the northern beaches where I surfed just about everyday at Manly Beach, Dee Why, Collaroy or Narrabeen beach.

Staying with a host family is an unforgettable experience. I had two great host sisters who I always talked to and they included me in everything. I learnt the Australian culture and really felt included in the family just as I do back home and had lots of fun at the same time. I really felt like an "Aussie". I met many friends at school, we always went out together and this helped to improve my English language. This is one of the best adventures I have had and I wish to thank CEA for the support and guidance they have given while I have been on this program. . Come down under with Campus Education Australia - the best!"

Corinne - Switzerland

"J'ai étudié en Australie pendant six mois, ce qui a été une expérience magnifique et très enrichissante que je n'oublierai jamais. Campus Education Australia (CEA) prend soin des étudiants, en leur donnant une attention personnelle et de bonnes recommandations. Ma famille m'a très bien accueillie, j'ai beaucoup apprécié partager leur vie et j'avais vraiment l'impression de faire partie de leur famille. Leur style de vie était assez similaire au mien en Suisse. Etudier dans une "High School" (équivalent au gymnase en Suisse), m'a donné l'opportunité de rencontrer des étudiants australiens et de me faire de nouveaux amis. Je pense que c'est le meilleur moyen d'améliorer et de développer une langue étrangère. Il y a beaucoup de choses à faire à Sydney, comme surfer, faire du rafting, de la plongée, de la voile, de l'escalade ou aller à la plage. CEA m'a permis de vivre une expérience magnifique et inoubliable."

English translation
"I studied in Australia for six months, it was a wonderful and enriching experience I will never forget. Campus Education Australia (CEA) takes care of its students, by giving them personal attention and good recommendations. I was welcomed by my Australian family very well and I really enjoyed sharing their lives and feeling part of their family. Their way of life is very similar to my own in Switzerland.

Studying in a local High School gave me the opportunity to meet many Australian students and make new friends. I think it is the best way to improve and develop foreign language skills There are many things to do in Australia, like surfing, water rafting, scuba diving, rock climbing, sailing or going to the beach. Being involved with CEA allowed me to have a wonderful experience."

Fernanda - Sertãozinho, São Paulo

"I really enjoyed my stay in Australia for 6 months.I learnt many things by attending a local high school and met many new Australian friends. I want to really thank my home host family who welcomed me into their family as one of their own daughters. They are a great family and I never forget their kindness, love and help, and my host mothers cooking was the best.

Thanks with all my heart . Love Fernanda."
"Studying in an Australian school allowed me to develop my English language and make many new Australian friends."

FERNANDA

Also a letter from Fernanda's parents.
Dear Jennifer and Nick, We are very happy to have our daughter with your family. We thank God everyday for you having received Fernanda in your house. Fernanda is a very humble and caring girl, and for this reason we miss her very much, but her happiness to be together with your family is much more important. We can't express in words how much we thank you for what you are doing for Fernanda, and she says that she feels like a daughter in your house, and this makes the time pass quickly. We think that's great! You can be sure that you have adopted a happy human being, created by the hands of God, that loves all the people around her. You have contributed enormously and we are proud of you and Fernanda. Maybe you don't realise the greatness of your actions towards Fernanda, but certainly, your actions count with God. Our house is always open to you and your family to visit when you come to Brazil.

We would like to write many beautiful things to you, but to put it into one phrase by Drumond: "Nothing is too small if you have a big soul" (Brazilian poet) or "Everthing is worth it when the soul is not small" May God be with you and we send a kiss to each one's heart.

Regards Neide and Mario PS: We read your letter and we were very happy with your attention and so I have written this letter with the help of Mario and my English teacher and friend (Australia)
Jackelyn.

Angeles - Santa Fe, Argentina

"Australia is a wonderful safe country. I feel very comfortable with my new Australian host family. I enjoyed having Australian sisters to ride bikes and take the dog for walks. I really felt a part of the family. Studying in Australia allowed me to develop new friendships and practise my English language - it is a wonderful experience, one I will always remember."

Angeles

Bea - Koln, Germany

English translation

Hey everybody! I have been in Sydney Australia - for 6 months, which has passed by far too quick! Well, first when I arrived everything was so strange for me: the surrounding, the atmosphere, just everything was different and so I was really homesick, what I never felt before. But CEA helped me to settle down and my host family supported me as well.

Host family means my host parents, my 2 host sisters and my host brother, who are really nice. They make me laugh all the time and I have much to join in, because they are very active. They live in a nice house close to the beach, the shops and the school. I always ride my host brothers bike, so I am everywhere in about 5 min. I really love the beach, so I spent much time there with my friends. The school is pretty good. I joined year 10 and so I had the formal ( a dinner dance) . I did not even know what it was, because it does not exist in Germany, but I really liked it. After I got used to the different system I really enjoyed it, because it was really easy compared to my German school.

It is the best place to make friends. I was really lucky to be in Sydney during the Olympic Games. CEA took me to see an event - swimming and I also went to an indoor Volley ball game. I also went to the Paralympic Games twice and saw so many impressive things it was great. The highlight was the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games, which my host family took me to.

During my vacation I also went on a Safari coach trip to Adelaide, through Central Australia to the Ayers Rock and the Great Barrier Reef, and down the coast to Brisbane and Surfers Paradise. The whole trip was such a great experience, that I will never forget it and should not be missed.

At the moment I am experiencing an Australian Christmas, which is my first hot Christmas ever! Early in December I also went to Melbourne - Victoria with another exchange student. This was another great part of my stay in Australia. I learned so many things about Australia, its culture and people. I got many other benefits from those 6 months as well. My English has improved, I made good friends, I learned how to have responsibility and I am sure that there are many more things. Sydney Australia - the best……

Thank you - BEA, Koln Germany

German translation

Hallo! Ich bin jetzt seit 6 Monaten in Sydney, Australien und die Zeit ist gerast. Als ich vor sechs Monaten ankam war alles fremd: die Umgebung, die Atmosphaere, einfach alles war anders. Ich hatte sehr starkes Heimweh in der ersten Zeit, aber CEA und meine Gastfamilie haben mich wirklich unterstuetzt und mir geholfen mich einzugewoehnen. In meiner Gastfamilie sind meine Gasteltern, meine 2 Gastschwestern und mein Gastbruder.

Ich kann viel mit ihnen unternehmen, denn irgendwas ist immer los. Es gibt immer was zu lachen. Ich wohne mit ihnen in einem schoenen Haus in der Naehe des Strandes. Ich kann ausserdem zu den Geschaeften laufen und die Schule ist direkt um die Ecke. Ich bin ueberall in ca. 5 min.. Ich bin ziemlich oft am Strand oder mit meinen Freunden in der naechsten shopping Mall.

Die australische Schule ist sehr verschieden zur deutschen. Nachdem ich mich an das andere System gewoehnt hatte, hat mir die Schule sehr gut gefallen, denn es ist viel einfacher, verglichen zur deutschen Schule. Die Schule ist der beste Ort, um Freunde zu finden. Ich konnte mich ziemlich gluecklich schaetzen, dass ich waehrend den olympischen Spielen in Sydney war. Ich sah Syncronschwimmen und Volleyball. Nach den olympischen Spielen habe ich eine Reise durch Australien unternommen. Unter anderem ging es zum Ayers Rock und dem Great Barriers Reef. Das war ein weiteres highlight waehrend meinem Aufenthalt.

Als ich von der Reise zurueckkam ging es direkt weiter mit den paralympischen Spielen, die ich zweimal besucht habe.Ein weiterer Hoehepunkt war die closing ceremony der paralympischen Spiele. Anschliessend hatte ich eine kleine Pause, um den Strand zu besuchen und einfach zu relaxen und alles zu verarbeiten bis ich dann Anfang Dezember fuer vier Tage nach Melbourne geflogen bin. Die ganzen vier Tage waren mit Sehenswuerdigkeiten vollgepackt.

Als ich von Melbourne wieder eingereist war, stand Weihnachten schon vor der Tuere, welches mein erstes warmes Weihnachten war. Es war ungewohnt und ich war bei dreissig Grad auch nicht in Weihnachtsstimmung, aber es war doch eine Erfahrung. Ich war dann also an Weihnachten am Strand und die Ventilatoren im Haus waren auf Hochtouren, denn es war sehr heiss. Als naechstes erwartet mich Sylvester und ich bin jetzt schon gespannt, was mich da erwartet.

Abschliessend kann ich Australien nur weiterempfehlen und mein ganzer Aufenthalt hat mich viele hilfreiche Dinge gelernt, wie z.B. Selbststaendigkeit, Verantwortung tragen, mein Englisch hat sich verbessert, ich habe sehr viel ueber die australische Kultur und Lebensweise gelernt und ich bin mir sicher, dass da noch viele andere Dinge sind.

BEA………

Alexsandra - São Paulo Brazil

"I had a wonderful time in Australia, I stayed here for 5 months. I learnt many things in Australia, met many new people. I joined the Manly Surf Club and enjoyed surfing, riding the paddle boards, and swimming at Manly Beach the best beach in Sydney .

My home host family were wonderful, I can not thank them enough for all the things they did to help me and allow me to have experience I will never forget. I will be back soon."

With love Ali Alexsandra.

Paulo - Saõ Paulo Brazil

"Eu estive na Australia por 11 mêses pude constatar que Sidney é uma cidade encantadora por ser limpa e segura você aprimora seu inglês e desfruta de iversas atividades que na Australia são dimais como: pular de uma ponte seguro só por um elástico, descer altas correntezas num pequeno bote, saltar de paraquedas, surfar em lindas praias com ondas emocionantes,. jogar futebol em campos belicimos, tenho certeza que você não vai querer ir embora.. Além de tudo isso você tem a chance de fazer novos amigos com pessoas do mundo inteiro, e ser assistido de perto por uma empreza especializada em intercambios de estudantes chamada Campus Education Australia ( CEA ) que lhe arrumará a acomodação em famílias acolhedouras que você se sentirá em sua própria casa. Se você estiver cursando o colegial Imelhor ainda pois está chance lhe ajudará a ter um futuro brilhante.. Não se esqueça da excelente oportunidade Campus Education Australia está lhe dando."

Paulo - Saõ Paulo Brazil

English translation
"I studied in Australia for 11 months and had a really great time. Sydney is a wonderful clean city, it is safe and a great place to learn English. There are a great many things to see and do that you can enjoy such as Bungy jumping, white water rafting, sky diving and surfing the great waves on the beautiful beaches. I played football, soccer in beautiful natural green environment with lots of green trees, This is an experience you will never forget. Australia offers many opportunities. You will meet new friends from all parts of the world. Specializing in student exchange, Campus Education Australia (CEA) will organise excellent accommodation and caring home host families for you to experience and they are very much like my home in Brazil. Studying at a local high school gave me the chance to develop many experiences for my future. I will never forget this excellent opportunity Campus Education Australia has given me."

"Sydney is a fantastic place. I am glad I came to Australia to study English, it is safe and I feel happy. I have seen and experienced many new things and places. My host family is very good to me, I feel like I am in my own home"

PAULO

PARENT OVERVIEW TO Campus Education Australia (CEA)

Parents: Dr Alexander and Mrs Barbara Riklin
Student: Lucas Riklin – 17 years Vienna Austria
Arrived in January 2002 Departed July 2002

Dear Jennifer,

Only one more week until Lucas will be back to Vienna. First of all we want to thank you very fondly for everything! You supported Lucas in such a very kind way during his stay in Sydney. It was a good feeling for us knowing there is someone taking care and helping.

We read Lucas' report and were impressed how he improved his English, described his stay in Australia in great details and expressed his feelings about everything. We think these 6 months have been a great challenge and adventure for Lucas. He learned to live and act more independent, got to know Australia, it's people and culture, found a new home at his lovely hostfamily (Thank you for choosing this kind family for him!!!), got to know a different schoolsystem, nice teachers and a lot of new schoolmates. Of course he also improved his English skills and besides discovered his love for surfing.

One of the highlights of his stay was the big safari, where Lucas didn't only see so many beautiful places but also made many friends from all over the world. Now we are looking forward to having Lucas back home again. It will not be easy for him to leave his new life, his host family and his friends at Sydney.

Dear Jennifer, once again: many thanks for your support and effort! Our youngest
son Laurenz already mentioned, that he also would like to go to Australia in some
years - so maybe we will talk to you then.

If you are ever planning to travel to Europe, we would be happy to welcome you in
Vienna.

Best regards and hope to see you,

Barbara and Alexander

Parents: Mrs Celia and Mr Jeremy Snapp (USA)
Student: Colin - 17 years USA spent 6 months in Sydney Australia CEA Intercultural high school program

Dear Jennifer and CEA, Our son Colin has arrived home and has not stopped since he arrived. He had a wonderful experience. Colin has always been independent and I think the whole experience in Australia was self confidence building and an incredible education.

Learning how to live with different families, seeing a different educational system and traveling gave him a wonderful perspective on life. I think he has come home with a tolerance for others and a sense of himself.

We appreciated all that you did to make this possible. We appreciated the support that you provided Colin. As parents we felt you provided the communication and support that reassured us that all was well. By giving him a sense of security at the beginning he was able to go out and form his own relationships and make his own choices by the end.

Thank you for all you did.

Sincerely
Celia and Jeremy Snapp
United States of America USA