Whale season approaching!

Did you know that you can see humpback whales from the sands of Scarborough Beach? This photo was taken from Scarborough Beach last October.  The main whale migration season starts from around September, and keen whale watchers will be waiting on the beaches each morning for a sight of these spectacular mammals. For those who … Continued

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Sunset Coast Tourism

Sunset Coast Tourism has produced a wonderful brochure on Scarborough, the Sunset Coast and beyond! You can download the brochure here ! While you’re at it, check out the Sunset Coast Tourism website at  www.sunsetcoast.com.au .

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Follow us on Twitter!

Are you up to date with all the opening news? . . . . . Follow us on Twitter!  Recent tweets about nationality mix, opening dates and more! Find us at www.twitter.com/gvperth

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Win a 3 Day Whitsunday Sailing Trip at Tribal Night

Tribal Travel are giving away a 3 day live-aboard Whitsunday sailing trip at Tribal Night this Monday (19 July). The winner will go on a boat named ENID.  Steeped in history, she sails at great speed and has a well established racing career. Recently restored, she has polished timber throughout and spacious uncluttered decks to … Continued

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Win a GV Explore Weekend Break in Beautiful Rainbow Beach

To celebrate the launch of the new GV Explore Weekend Packages, Tribal Travel will be giving away a wonderful weekend in Rainbow Beach. Kayley (from Tribal Travel) will be in school at lunch break on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, handing out information about the new GV Explore Travel Desk and these fantastic weekend packages. Simply … Continued

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Wine Tasting Activity

GV Noosa students were educated in Sauvignon Blanc from Australia and surrounds for Wednesdays activity. Students tasted three unlabeled Sauvignon Blanc and were asked to correctly guess which region the wine had come from. Congratulations to Vanessa Baumann who won a Champagne Tea Cruise thanks to Tribal Travel and to Ben Park who won a … Continued

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Welcome Cindy to GV Noosa

Cindy will be replacing Nadia as activity coordinator from today until August 2010. Please introduce yourself and say hi if you see her around campus. Cindy will be at the Noosa Heads Surf Club GV Members Karaoke night tonight to have a sing with you all.  Come and meet her between 7pm and 8pm for … Continued

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What’s the Buzz?

The latest craze in Dionne’s CAE class is Facebook’s online scrabble. Kate and Sophie say it is a great tool for increasing their vocabulary skills as well as being heaps of fun.  They play regular games against each other both at school and on the weekends.  “It’s addictive”, commented Kate.  So, try something new and … Continued

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Zenning Out with Zoe

Studying can be so stressful at times.  Sometimes peace of mind is what we are all looking for.  GV teacher Zoe prepared an hour of Yoga relaxation to help some of our students unwind this week. Yoga has become very popular on Tuesday’s in room 10 with Cambridge English teacher Zoe.  We could say she … Continued

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Your Teachers Are Students Too

Cambridge teacher, Dionne O’Dwyer was a ‘Teacher’s Teacher’ today when she presented her ideas for using music as a great way to teach English. Of course the teachers were serious students as you can see below:       GV Noosa teachers are always keen to improve their teaching and learn from each other. Dionne was a … Continued

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Would You Like to Hand Feed Wild Dolphins?

Take a GV EXPLORE weekend break to Rainbow Beach and you could experience the magic of feeding dolphins in their natural environment. For next to nothing you will have your weekend away organised for you.  This includes return Greyhound buses, hostel accommodation with free breakfast, return ferry cruise, and dolphin feeding. Why not make it … Continued

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Welcome Cambridge Students

Today we welcomed more than 100 new students to GV Noosa in the traditional Aussie way… A Barbeque. A great game of soccer was the highlight of the afternoon, and the food, oh and the beer too! Best wishes to all students in 2010

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Winery Tour for Out and About

Today the Out and About class went to Robinson’s Winery at Doonan. Students looked at the vineyard and then the winemaker provided a wealth of information about making wine and why Australian wines are so popular. Of course the most important part of the tour was the tasting, where students were able to sample Shiraz, … Continued

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What’s with all the bikes??

Noticed all the fit-looking people running and cycling around town this week?  The Noosa Triathlon is on again from this weekend! The Noosa Triathlon is one of the leading triathlon events held in Australia.  One of the best features of the race is that it offers the chance for the general public to compete in … Continued

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Yu Jin (Jino) OH…oh boy what a Job!

“I thought I was dreaming when I got the Job”, Yu Jin told me this week. Yi Jin is a graphic designer and thought he had no chance of working in Australia. Last week he went for an interview at ‘Wine Paradise’. “The interview was in English and I used everything I had learnt at … Continued

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Would you like to hand-feed wild dolphins?

Book a GV approved 2-day package and travel to beautiful Rainbow Beach. Experience the famous coloured-sands and warm surfing waters.  Spend a night at Pippies Beach House with a free breakfast.  Then take the ferry to Tin Can Bay to hand-feed wild dolphins.  You could even do some sea kayaking – look out for more … Continued

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