Upcoming info evenings

Information Evenings are friendly and free. You and your parents are invited to attend.

  • Online: 22 Mar 6:30PM - Register now
  • Adelaide: 10 May 7:30PM - Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury, Cnr King William and Flinders Streets, Adelaide
  • Auckland: 14 Mar 7:30PM - Copthorne Hotel HarbourCity, 196-200 Quay Street, Auckland
  • Brisbane: 21 Mar 7:30PM - Hotel Grand Chancellor, 23 Leichhardt Street, Cnr Wickham Terrace, Brisbane
  • Cairns: 9 May 7:30PM - Holiday Inn Cairns, Cnr The Esplanade & Florence Street, Cairns
  • Canberra: 28 Mar 7:30PM - Canberra Novotel, 65 Northbourne Ave, Canberra
  • Christchurch: 15 Mar 7:30PM - Sudima Hotel Christchurch Airport, 550 Memorial Ave, Christchurch
  • Darwin: 7 Jun 7:30PM - Holiday Inn Darwin, 122 The Esplanade, Darwin
  • Gold Coast: 22 Mar 7:30PM - Hotel Grand Chancellor Surfers Paradise, Cnr Surfers Paradise Blvd and Hanlan Street
  • Hobart: 8 Mar 7:30PM - Mercure Hotel Hobart, 156 Bathurst Street, Hobart
  • Melbourne: 7 Mar 7:30PM - Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens, 380 William Street, Melbourne
  • Perth: 23 Feb 7:30PM - Medina Executive Barrack Plaza, 138 Barrack St, Perth
  • Sydney: 7 Mar 7:30PM - Medina Grand Sydney, Cnr Kent & Bathurst Sts, Sydney CBD
  • Toowoomba: 18 Oct 7:30PM - Toowoomba Central Plaza, 532-544 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba
  • Townsville: 13 Sep 7:30PM - Holiday Inn Townsville, 334 Flinders Mall, Townsville
  • Wellington: 3 May 7:30PM - Novotel Wellington, 133-137 The Terrace, Wellington

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Summer Explorer Programs

Our Summer Explorer Programs offer the chance to be an exchange student without interrupting your schooling. You have the option to go for 2 - 3 months to one of 10 countries.

Benefits

  • Avoid interrupting your schooling. You can choose between an early or late departure in November and you’ll be back in time to resume your studies. If these departures don’t suit, talk to our staff because we can often make individual arrangements if you are prepared to pay a little extra.
  • Boost your language skills. You’ll soon be communicating freely in French, Italian, Japanese, German, Spanish, Danish, Swedish or Norwegian. What a great way boost your language skills before you sit your school exams. A big plus for your future studies.
  • Spend your summer holidays in the Northern hemisphere winter. Experience a traditional European Christmas, snow (hopefully!) for the New Year in Japan, home life and indoor activities with your host family and new friends instead of the usual summer Christmas we so often experience.
  • Gain new skills and confidence. Pushing beyond your comfort zone is a great way to lift your horizons and gain experience. Give yourself a competitive edge in your future career or studies.
  • Extend your network of friends. There will be many prospects for future contact and travel, with places to stay and people to visit.

Most important are the long-term benefits you will gain and the wonderful memories that will stay with you after you come home.

Visas

Our Summer Explorer Program students usually enter the country on a tourist visa which means there are no lengthy visa processes beforehand.

 
* Please note that if an application deadline has recently passed, please contact us about application deadline extensions.

Australia

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months By Agreement AU $TBC 3 Months Prior
3 months By Agreement AU $TBC 3 Months Prior

Canada

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months Late Oct 2012 AU $8950 01/08/2012
3 months Late Oct 2012 AU $9450 01/08/2012
2 months Late Oct 2013 AU $8950 01/08/2013
3 months Late Oct 2013 AU $9450 01/08/2013

Denmark

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7450 15/08/2012
3 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7950 15/08/2012
2 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7450 15/08/2013
3 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7950 15/08/2013

France

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7450 01/08/2012
3 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7950 01/08/2012
2 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7450 15/08/2012
3 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7950 15/08/2012
2 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7450 01/08/2013
3 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7950 01/08/2013
2 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7450 15/08/2013
3 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7950 15/08/2013

Germany

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7450 01/07/2012
3 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7950 01/07/2012
2 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7450 15/07/2012
3 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7950 15/07/2012
2 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7450 01/07/2013
3 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7950 01/07/2013
2 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7450 15/07/2013
3 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7950 15/07/2013

Italy

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months Early Sep 2012 AU $7450 01/04/2012
3 months Early Sep 2012 AU $7950 01/04/2012
2 months Late Sep 2012 AU $7450 01/04/2012
3 months Late Sep 2012 AU $7950 01/04/2012
2 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7450 15/08/2012
3 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7950 15/08/2012
2 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7450 15/08/2012
3 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7950 15/08/2012
2 months Early Sep 2013 AU $7450 01/04/2013
3 months Early Sep 2013 AU $7950 01/04/2013
2 months Late Sep 2013 AU $7450 01/04/2013
3 months Late Sep 2013 AU $7950 01/04/2013
2 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7450 15/08/2013
3 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7950 15/08/2013
2 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7450 15/08/2013
3 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7950 15/08/2013

Japan

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7450 30/06/2012
3 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7950 30/06/2012
2 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7450 30/06/2013
3 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7950 30/06/2013

New Zealand

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months By Agreement AU $5650 3 Months Prior
3 months By Agreement AU $6250 3 Months Prior

Norway

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7450 01/08/2012
3 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7950 01/08/2012
2 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7450 01/08/2013
3 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7950 01/08/2013

Spain

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7450 23/07/2012
3 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7950 23/07/2012
2 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7450 23/07/2012
3 months Late Nov 2012 AU $7950 23/07/2012
2 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7450 23/07/2013
3 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7950 23/07/2013
2 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7450 23/07/2013
3 months Late Nov 2013 AU $7950 23/07/2013

Sweden

Length Departure Fee Application
deadline		 Early Bird
deadline
2 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7450 01/08/2012
3 months Early Nov 2012 AU $7950 01/08/2012
2 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7450 01/08/2013
3 months Early Nov 2013 AU $7950 01/08/2013

Money Matters

What’s included?
What’s not included?
Program prices
Payment timeline
Where does the money go?
Discounts & Scholarships
Program Cancellation
Online Payments

Student Videos

Hear from returned students about their experiences while on one of our exchange programs.

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Want to know more?

Click here to access 6 video presentations on Student Exchange, How to Apply, Money Matters, Program Options, Safety and Wellbeing, and Why Choose Us?

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