Townsville

TOWNSVILLE - Queensland, Australia

Townsville , is a friendly city in North Queensland. It is a safe and clean city, the ideal place to experience homestay in Queensland Australia

Townsville has an average of 320 sunny days each year and average rainfall of 1200mm. Daytime summer temperatures are around 21-32 degrees Celsius and winter daytime Temperatures are 17 – 26 degrees Celsius.

Our warm climate really does not allow heavy winter clothing. However June to September nights and early mornings can be quite cool and a small amount of warm clothing (light) is advisable.

Living in Townsville is relaxed and informal in comparison to the larger cities. Dress is less formal, men still wear a tie to work but it is very unusual to see them wearing a suit or jacket. Invitations to functions usually specify the dress which could be “smart casual’ or ‘tropical formal’ which means a neat open-necked shirt well dressed, but not the black tie and lounge suit.

WAITING FOR THE WORLD

Homestay is the most important part of an International student’s stay in a foreign country, and it can be one of the most rewarding experiences of their life.

We try to place our International students in carefully chosen homes in Townsville.

Host families are carefully assessed for their suitability following the completion of the application forms and home inspection and meetings. A pre-requisite for our ‘Homestay’ parents is a suitability check performed by the Government who issue a suitability card (Blue card). We ensure quality accommodation, safe environment, and that the Host families are carefully selected because of their kind and caring personalities, and their genuine desire and willingness to open their homes and share their families lives and customs with the student. There are several ‘Homestay’ parents in the Townsville area who enjoy the experience of hosting international students and have done so on a regular basis, some long term and some short term. For example, Prue and Rick have hosted ten students over the last two years, and still maintain contact with many of them. They have also visited Korea and spoken with parents there. ‘Homestays’ are located throughout Townsville within a 30-40minute car or bus ride to any Educational facility. Most host families consist of 2 parents and children, and we also have couples.

Townsville is a multicultural society with citizens from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures.