NOOSA, AUSTRALIA

New Marketing Director, GV Noosa & Brisbane

Former GV Asia Marketing Director Martin McDonald returns to the Global Village fold as Marketing Director of GV Brisbane and GV Noosa this month.

After two years out of the EFL industry working in people development for a range of corporate clients in Tokyo and Hong Kong, Martin is looking forward to marketing two of GV's most exciting study locations.

Martin hopes that the experience of managing a large portfolio of blue chip clients will enable him to better anticipate and address our agents' needs both on his old patch in Asia, but also in Europe, which he will be visiting on regular marketing trips.

As an expat Brit who has recently relocated to Noosa, Martin shares the perspective of agents and potential students wishing to improve their English at one of GV's Queensland schools, and is already enjoying the local lifestyle. "After many years of living in Tokyo, Noosa really is a change of pace, love strolling to school in the morning rather than being packed onto the crowded subway. Being English, I still can't believe it when I walk out of the door in the morning and the sun is always shining - a big improvement on cold, damp, grey London", he says.

English + Options

In addition to the very popular English + Surfing and English + Diving, GV Noosa offers two other English + Sports options:

English + Kite Boarding

Lake Cootharaba, just 25 mins drive from GV Noosa is one of the worlds best kept kiteboarding secrets. The lake is the perfect training location for beginners to advanced kiters. It is possible to walk across 95% of the lake with the exception of a slightly deeper channel running through the middle for boat traffic.

Kiteboarders can kite there on many different winds ranging from northerlies, north-easterlies through to southerlies and south-easterlies. During the summer months the winds pick-up from about 13:00 and stay good through until 16:30-17:30. This enables GV Noosa to offer its unique English and Kiteboarding package.

Students attend general English lessons from 09:00-12:30. Students are collected from GV Noosa between 12:45 and 13:00 and spend 2 hours per day kiteboarding.

Kiteboarding is weather dependant and for this reason our programme is run 4 days per week. This enables students to catch up on missed lessons due to lack of wind. Students who progress quickly can become an IKO certified kiteboarder in as little as one week!

Minimum Enrolment: 1 week English hours per week: 15 hours Kiteboarding hours per week: 8 hours

Included: Return lake transfers, equipment hire

English + Golf

Noosa is blessed with a fantastic climate. For most of the year there are beautiful sunshine and cloudless skies. Combine this with a world class golf course like Noosa Springs Golf Club and highly respected and experienced club Pros like Bill Davidson, and you can see why so many people choose to enrol in the English and Golf course at GV Noosa.

Students study General English from 09.00 to 12.30 Monday to Friday; on Tuesday and Wednesday they will take two half-hour golf lessons with the club pro followed by an hour practice session at the driving range, putting green and/or bunker (unlimited balls); students use this time to work on problem areas of their game.

On Thursday students take a 2-hour, 9-hole playing lesson with the club pro; this is an intensive lesson, where students are instructed while they play.

Finally on Friday students put their new skills to into practise and relax while playing 9 holes unaccompanied.

Minimum Enrolment: 1 week English hours per week: 15 hours Golf hours per week: Approximately 8 hours

Included: Return golf course transfers, equipment hire

Contact Us

For more information about GV Noosa, please contact us at noosa@gvenglish.com