Our most popular accommodation option for high school students is staying with a local Queensland family from your school. We call this a homestay—it means you stay in someone’s home.
Staying with a local family is a great way to enjoy the fun Australian way of living. It is also a great way to practise English every day. In addition to living with a caring family, you will also get to explore the neighbourhood and make new friends.
Your Homestay family could be big or small. It might be just one person or a large family with other children. Every homestay family will take good care of you. You will live in a safe home with meals and your own bedroom provided.
We will try our best to match you with the right family for you—people that like the same things you do. Imagine if you always wanted to go surfing and you got to stay with a family who surfed before school every day!
The most important thing is that every homestay family is safe and caring. Every Homestay family is carefully chosen. We check their identity and we do a criminal history check. We will also check on you and your homestay family regularly to ensure everything is going well