sPICE Rottnest Island

If you are a student and you enjoy

beautiful views, nature and

wonderful beaches you can spend

a day at Rottnest Island. There

you can walk, ride a bicycle, swim

and explore splendid coral under

the clear water with white sand

and take fantastic pictures.

You need only thirty minutes from

Perth by ferry to enjoy all day!

And with just $100 you will have an unforgettable experience! On this island

you can rent bicycles for all day and ride all around this unbelievable island

then you could find the native animals called “Quokkas”. Each minute that you

spend there you can find new things to do. Very often people can see whales

around the island , it is a great experience.

Rottnest Island is a little gem in the world you will not be able to forget. For

more than one person their Rottnest island experience was more wonderful

than the famous Islands called The Bahamas !

by David & Luz

Perth International College of

English

March 2011

Issue 1, 2011

Inside this

issue:

A visit to Hillary’s

Boat Harbour

2

The joy of studying

in Australia

2

A trip to Amsterdam 3

Café ideas 3

One student’s

experience in a

homestay

4

The last word from

Champ

4

Special points of

interest:

Don’t forget to

plan a trip for

the Easter

weekend.

The school is

closed from

Friday 22nd—

Tuesday 26th

of April .

See Jess to

find out what

great Easter

trips are

happening.

Students of Perth International College of English

Last Thursday we went to Hillary's Boat Harbour

with our classmates, we left school at 11am and we

arrived at the beach at 12 pm.

First of all we missed the train to Warwick, and then

we picked up the second train to Stirling. At the

train station we caught a bus to go to the beach.

When we arrived to Hillary's some of us swam in

the sea and the rest of us stayed on the sand.

It's a gorgeous place! The sea was very blue and

clean and the sand was very white.

Around 1pm we had lunch in a restaurant in front of

the beach, we ate chips and hamburgers and we

drank a delicious, cold coke. In the afternoon we

sunbathed on the beautiful beach and some of our

classmates went back home. Three of us stayed

until 5 o'clock at Hillary's.

It was a very lovely day and all students enjoyed

the afternoon with Jo! Hillary's Boat Harbour is a

wonderful place with the nice beach and the pretty

shops and restaurants.

If you have a time, you should go there with

your families or friends, you will enjoy it!

by Jo’s Level 4 Class

Studying in Australia

Hillary's Boat Harbour

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We have been here for 3 months. When we arrived in Perth, we thought it was the best city in Austra-

lia, the weather is good, although it is so hot whenever we wanted to go to beach, we could go and enjoy

surfing, playing beach volleyball. And the roads in Australia are very clean. The most important thing

is that there are not many people. We all want to stay here and study English.

There are many people from all over the world, they are very nice and friendly. So, we have adapted

to life in Australia.

When we came here the first week, we thought we should have fun and play lots of things. But we

felt bored because our English was not very good. So we couldn't do anything. Furthermore there is not

too much to do. After all, we need English to do everything here. So studying at the moment is just as

important as having fun. So now, our plan is to study hard, after that we can do whatever we want.

Every day, we talk with English. That is why our English is improving now. After 6 months, we

will be better.

by Richard & Jeong Woo

Hillary's Boat Harbour is a wonderful place

The city of Amsterdam is in the Netherland, in Europe. I was

there two years ago. It is one of the most beautiful cities of

Europe. The city has been build with a lot of canals that make a

peaceful atmosphere. You can find a lot of museums there, one

of the most famous is the Heineken museum. It explains how

beer is made. The architecture of the city is nice and the streets

are really clean.

The people are environmentally-friendly. They often ride a

bike to move around the city. There

are every time a lot of trees in the

streets and the biggest botanical

garden of Europe.

During the summer, the average

temperature is 25 degrees and in the

winter is something like 0 degrees.

It is often freezing and there is lots

of snow.

In this country, you can

smoke marijuana. But be careful,

smoke less, enjoy more.

So, if you want some advice, it's

really a great place to go.

by Olivier

Issue 1, 2011 Page 3

A trip to Amsterdam

Breve Café & Bar is located along Murray St Mall, next to Gelares. Breve Café & Bar is open air, a clean and modern

looking place with nice lighting. The Café shop has an alfresco area, where you can really feel the city bustle by sitting

out there.

If you are not interested in the coffee, you can choose from something else Drinks: Smoothies, Milkshakes, thickshakes,

Frappes, Beer, Wines, Spirits.

Food: Steaks, Pastas, Pizzas, Risottos, Burgers, Seafood Opening hours

Mon – Fri 7:00am – till late Sat 8:00am – till late Sun 8:30am – till late by Andrej

One of the Best places to grab a coffee

My homestay family is a woman

called Liz. She is 50+ years old and

has two sons, but they don't live at

home any more. Liz is very funny,

friendly and also considerate. Every

evening she cooks great meals and

we enjoy dinner together around the

table. We have good conversations

and we laugh a lot.

The big house has two floors, 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. There is a big living

room with an open kitchen and also another TV-room. Around the house there

are a lot of plants.

The house is in a really beautiful area. It is about 30 minutes north of Perth. The

bus stop is 10 minutes away on foot. Near the bus stop you can find a few small

shops. There is also a McDonald’s and a Subway.

I recommend that everybody chooses a homestay family when

they come to study in Perth. You learn a lot about Australian

Life, feel safe and you are a part of the family.

Susanne and Angela

Perth

International

College of English

2nd Fl 100 Murray Street

Perth City

Western Australia

6000

Thanks to Jacqui and Jo’s

classes for producing this

magazine.

Phone: +618 9221 2295

Fax: +618 9221 1792

E-mail: info@pice.com.au

Check out the updated

website! www.pice.com.au

Do not be afraid of Perth Library!

A final word from our friend Champ

A Homestay Family

I am not good at reading but there are many things that attracted me to the library

because it is not only a place for reading books it is also a good place for relaxing.

Perth Library is located in Perth City Centre on Hay Street. Everyone can go there for

free by the Red Cat or by using many buses along St George’s Terrace, or just walk

from the train station. There are lots of activities for everyone and they are changed

monthly. We can have a great time with new friends which is very useful for us be-

cause we are students from overseas. We can practise many things like speaking with

native speakers, reading books, surfing the internet, which are much better than doing

nothing, aren’t they?

If you would like to borrow books, it is very easy. You only need to become a member

and you get a personal membership card. Just having an address in Perth and a stamp

from our school, that’s it. And it’s free! We can borrow two books at one time and we

have time to read them for three weeks. In addition, there are many entertainment

things we can borrow for example CDs, DVDs, tapes, magazines etc. all of which will

help us to improve our English skills.

There are many things waiting for you at Perth Library. Why don’t you go there to do

whatever you want? It’s better than spending time doing nothing, isn’t it? Don’t waste

your time staying in your room or missing someone in your own countries. Let’s go!