YOUR AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE BEGINS AT HHH!

Visits to the Queensland Art Gallery, Museum and Sciencentre give our students a better understanding of Australian culture. Enjoying a barbeque and swim at Brisbane's city beach Southbank welcomes them to a relaxed and fun-filled Brisbane lifestyle!

Our free Friday afternoon activities program is very popular, and offers students the opportunity to perhaps play a game of soccer or volleyball with their teachers, learn  Australian bush dances or  taste Aussie food on our special Oz Food days! 

Coast, Country and Koalas 

HHH Excursion Program

At HHH you  receive the very best English language training in Brisbane. As well, you can experience one-day adventures to some of the most beautiful places in Queensland when you take part in HHH’s exciting excursions program. Our destinations have been carefully chosen to offer you the best chance to appreciate the natural beauty of this country and its unique animals, while keeping costs and travel time to a minimum.

We are now running our excursions on Saturdays and the most recent outing on March 4 was to wonderful Springbrook National Park in the southern highlands. This year, we will also visit  Kondililla Falls  where we will hike through the  rainforests and wonder at the waterfalls and wildlife in this pristine environment. Stradbroke Island is always a popular destination for our students with its perfect beaches and the chance to see dolphins, whales and giant turtles! We will also take our students to visit the  Gold Coast, famous for its surfing beaches and glamorous lifestyle as well as to the Sunshine Coast to experience its glorious beaches and national parks.

Students always love to have their photograph taken with that furry Australian icon, the koala, and Alma Park Zoo in the Sunshine Coast hinterland is scheduled for visits in 2006.  Here, students can cuddle a koala, stroke a kangaroo and see a huge range of our very special Australian animals and birds.

HHH Excursions Schedule 2006:

Term 1          Mar 4           Springbrook

Term 2          June 3          Alma Park Zoo

Term 3          July 15          Kondalilla Falls

Term 3          Aug 19          Stradbroke

Term 3          Sept 9           Alma Park Zoo

Term 4          Oct 21          Springbrook

Term 4          Nov 25          Mooloolaba/Noosa

Term 4          Dec 16      Alma Park Zoo

We really look forward to welcoming you to our exciting excursions as part of your HHH adventure!

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Student News May 2006

Up Close with Koalas!

Over recent weeks, HHH Upper Intermediate students have been involved in Internet research and oral presentations on Australian animals. With this in mind, Teacher Ann and students Michael, Novia, Julia, Anne, Bill, Yan and Young Ho headed off to see some of these amazing creatures face to face!

 First stop was Walkabout Creek Animal Centre at Brisbane Forest Park Headquarters. For the next hour and a half, students were engrossed in closely observing a quoll, wallabies, tortoises, snakes, frogs, a platypus, wombats and some rarely seen nocturnal animals.

 By lunchtime our happy group was at Daisy Hill State Forest, gathering kindling, and building a campfire. Wild wallabies, magpies and noisy miner birds kept the students company as the sausages and chicken sizzled on the hotplate. After lunch and with newfound energy, students climbed the Ranger’s observation tower and then visited the Koala Centre where they were introduced to Seeana, a two-year old and Olivia, a matriarch of 15 years.

 It was a great outing, and the students not only learnt more about Australia’s unique wildlife, but also were more appreciative of how important it is for everyone to take responsibility for the welfare of our irreplaceable Australian animals.