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Welcome to Destination Boarding, a podcast dedicated to Australian boarding schools & their communities. Hosted by Amanda Ferrari, the show explores all aspects of boarding life—from packing for the first time to life as a boarder & beyond.
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Letting Her Go, Watching Her Fly. (opens the original)
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What happens when boarding school isn't simply about accessing a broader education, but about opening opportunities for a child that may be difficult to access at home? In this episode of Letters from Home , Amanda talks with Heidi Shoecraft, who came to Australia from Denmark as a 19-year-old agricultural exchange student and built a life with her husband Derek and their three children near Theodore in Central Queensland. Heidi shares the family's introduction to boarding school and the very di
What happens when a naturally ambitious country kid is given the opportunity to spread her wings? (opens the original)
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In this episode of Letters from Home , Amanda sits down with Jess Redfern, founder of SAVVI the Label, entrepreneur, mum of three little ones and former boarder, for a warm and wonderfully colourful conversation about opportunity, independence, motherhood and backing yourself. Jess shares the remarkable story of deciding in Year 8 that she wanted to go to boarding school, sitting her parents down at the dining room table with the paperwork she'd printed and an interview she'd already organised.
The Schools That Let Them Stay Home (opens the original)
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What does boarding school really look like when home is a station north of Alice Springs and school is in Toowoomba? In this episode of Letters from Home , Amanda talks with Sally Muenster, a qualified teacher, mother of four and, with husband Dan, owner and manager of Yambah Station. After fourteen years on a property north of Bourke, Sally and Dan followed a long-held dream and moved their family to the Northern Territory. But their eldest son was already settled at boarding school in Toowoomb
She Never Planned to Marry a Farmer (opens the original)
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How does a city girl from inner Melbourne become a farmer's wife in Central West NSW? In this episode of Letters From Home , Amanda Ferrari sits down with Georgie Cavanagh, co-founder of luxury Australian linen brand Carlotta & Gee, to explore the unexpected journey that began with what was meant to be, one year at boarding school. Together they discuss: Georgie's Year 9 boarding experience as a city student. The friendships that introduced her to rural Australia. How boarding school fostered in
She Came to Bourke for Six Months... and Found the Life She Was Meant to Live (opens the original)
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What happens when a six-month adventure turns into a lifetime? In this episode, Amanda sits down with Prue Ritchie , General Manager of Bourke's Preschool and Long Day Care Centre, Barwon Woman of the Year and mother of three boarding school students. Prue shares the remarkable story of arriving in Bourke as a teenage governess, falling in love with both the community and the man she would marry, and building a life dedicated to improving outcomes for children and families living in remote Austr
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