Del Tuanui from Chatham Islands in the south Pacific Ocean and Gigi Cardwell from Mitta Mitta, Victoria both studied Agribusiness at Marcus Oldham. During their time at Marcus they conceived their idea of creating a business that capitalised on the clean, fresh and highly prized produce of the Chatham Islands. They established links to high end restaurants and food outlets in Sydney and Brisbane and are providing a high quality supply of Chatham Island food directly into those outlets and have been able to raise the profile of the wonderful produce from the Chatham Islands at the same time.

The word Kardinia of Kardinia International College is Tasmania Aborigine word which means sunrise or new beginning. There are many international students. Everyone is very friendly whether they are international students or not.

School is big, large and awesome. Teachers will support you to improve your skills. There are bunch of subjects so we can choose and develop our skills.

Geelong, where Kardinia International College located, is very beautiful city with beach. Average temperature is warm and nice.

I’m living in nice homestay with wonderful homestay parents. They are so kind.

  My friends are also kind, nice, friendly and awesome.

  The main special event I have enjoyed was founder’s day. It was very different to

  my country’s founders day.

  KIM Weonjoon(Grant)

Kardinia International College에서의 Kardinia라는단어는타스마니아어보리진단어로, 여명과새로운출발을의미합니다. 학교에는많은유학생이있으며, 유학생이건아니건모두친절합니다.

학교는크고넓고멋집니다. 선생님들은실력향상을위해도와주시며, 우리가실력을쌓을수있도록많은선택가능한과목이있습니다.

Kardinia International College가위치해있는절롱은해변이있는멋진도시입니다. 평균기온도따뜻하고좋습니다.

저는현재착하고멋진 Homestay Parents와함께 homestay를하고있습니다.

제친구들또한착하고, 멋지고친절합니다.

학교에와서제일특별하다생각한일은개교기념일입니다. 한국에서의개교기념일과는판이하게달랐습니다. 

In August 2020 Nima undertook an online English language course with DUELI to prepare him for his PhD at Deakin University Waurn Ponds campus. Participating in DUELI course helped him to start a new chapter in his research journey as a PhD and research student in order to advance his professional activity and align it with artificial intelligence and machine learning. DUELI was a bridge to enter this stage. In particular, he enjoyed the small group interaction, which gave him confidence when speaking English with his peers. The course did more than improve his English though. It also helped him make friends, familiarised him with living in Geelong and prepared him for the move in January. Prior to this he and his wife (Katayoon) knew little about Geelong but were pleasantly surprised by how beautiful and picturesque the city is. “Geelong has great amenities, a beautiful beach and harbor, good restaurants and cafes, and the incredibly kind local people of different cultures from all over the world (multicultural city)” said Nima.

Figure 1. Geelong beautiful beach in summer and autumn.

 “The city's public transportation is another positive intersection, making it easy to get to and from the surrounding cities and Melbourne, as well as easy access to the city's suburbs. There are also many natural and recreational places around Geelong that can be visited” said Nima.

Figure 2. Exciting entertainments around Geelong

Figure 3. Visit the farms around Geelong.

“In addition, the facilities at Deakin are terrific, we enjoy participating in extracurricular activities such as football and Volleyball. Joining numerous student clubs helped me to increase my friendship” said Nima.

Figure 4. A part of sports facilities of Deakin University Waurn Ponds campus

Nima and his wife (Katayoon) arrived in Melbourne from Iran in September 2019, as the top student (master’s degree in geotechnical engineering) at Tehran Polytechnic University with more than 6 years of experience in civil engineering and geotechnics in Iran. In his third week in Melbourne, he began working in his specialty, Geotechnical Engineering, as a Technical Geotechnical Officer and senior geotechnical engineer at La Trobe University, where he worked for 15 months prior to enrolling at Deakin University. During Corona's difficult days, he worked voluntarily to help his team and students. He is currently undertaking his PhD at Deakin in Geotechnical and also working as a senior laboratory manager at Federation University, Gippsland. He hopes to expand his work opportunities and improve his application of learning to assist Deakin in their research.

Figure 5. Work experience at La Trobe University

Hear what Deakin College Engineering student Michael, from Indonesia, has to say about his experience at Deakin College and living in Geelong. Find out how Geelong inspired his interest in photography and his advice for prospective studentts.