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Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is the world’s first and largest koala sanctuary.  Located at 708 Jesmond Road, Fig Tree Pocket about 12 km from Brisbane city. The Sanctuary has been offering wildlife experiences to locals and tourists. Last Friday BROWNS English Language School (BROWNS) students went to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. The weather wasn’t great, it rained […]

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Brisbane Class Excursions

This month we decided to take advantage of the beautiful Brisbane weather and take our students on a few outdoor class excursions. Annette’s class visited The Pod in Brunswick Street Mall, in Chinatown.  It was a Council sponsored activity for Chinese New Year.  The students were given some Origami paper and instructions for folding the paper […]

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IELTS Plus Class Excursion – Brisbane Greeters

This week our IELTS Exam Preparation Plus class took advantage of the Brisbane Greeters service to practise their English listening and speaking skills outside of the classroom. Brisbane Greeters is a FREE public service open to everyone. Brisbane Greeters are locals who love living here so much that they are enthusiastic about introducing you to their […]

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Class Excursion – Merlo Coffee

BROWNS English Language School’s famous Barista@BROWNS program on the Gold Coast is full of practical activities! Our students get to learn the latest in coffee trends and see “behind the scenes” of this booming industry in Australia. This week, we had another wonderful excursion to Merlo Coffee Roasting Company in Ferry Road Markets. All our […]

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Community Services – Gold Coast

Two of our B1 Active classes were recently studying ‘Community Services’. Rather than stay in the classroom, the students and teachers felt it would be best to go out and visit a real community service on the Gold Coast. A service that a lot of BROWNS students do not know about is the Gold Coast […]

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