Welcome to Destination Boarding – the little podcast that tells the big story about Australian boarding schools.

I’m your host Amanda Ferrari from Boarding Schools Expo and in this series A Road to Mount Isa I’ll be introducing you to our schools that are heading to Mount Isa with us in December. 

It’s our second event up north and this year we thought it was a great idea to coincide with Sports for Bush Kids week – a week where around 70 families travel hundreds of kilometres from Karumba in the north, Richmond to the east, Windorah to the south, and west into the Northern Territory, to take part in a number of sports. It’s hosted annually by the Isolated Children’s Parents Association Mount Isa Branch of the Air and this year, 2024 is their 25th Anniversary.  

During this podcast series we’re looking forward to getting to know our Queensland boarding schools that little bit better. We’re exploring their connections to our most remote families and their commitment or sense of social responsibility to ensure that families have access to face to face engagement with a variety of boarding schools – we all know that a website can only tell part of the story. It’s the people that bring any story to life. 

Boarding school is part of life for our rural and remote families and none more so than those in far north west Queensland and the Territory. We are excited to bring boarding schools closer to them so they can explore their options and meet key representatives from each school and really focus on discussing the key elements of what each school can provide for their biggest asset – their country child.  We’re so grateful to the 14 schools that will be joining us and encourage any others that are listening to register – it’s not too late to join the podcast event.

Today I’m chatting with the energetic Head of Boarding at Marist College Ashgrove, Jim Noble. 

Jim has been a dedicated leader in Queensland boarding schools for years now and his role at Marist cements his love of educating rural kids, giving them not only a love of learning but a truly immersive experience in city living.

Marist College Ashgrove is a little unique for a city based school, in that it’s located so close to  Brisbane’s CBD though sits on close to 60 acres of land, trees and open spaces for the wildest at heart.  Jim recognises that this is an incredible gift for their boys that come from our most remote regions – definitely cushions the blow of landing in the big smoke, as we discuss in the podcast.

Enjoy this conversation with Jim Noble on our podcast.

Thank you to Courtney Dunn for editing the podcast.

Marist College Ashgrove: https://www.marash.qld.edu.au

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