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\u201cIt was something I got to experience when I was a student at Christian College, I hosted a student from Lombok, and now it\u2019s pretty exciting to be the one that\u2019s coordinating and organising the groups trips in and out of Indonesia,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s so many things our students get out of it besides the obvious like cultural awareness, experiencing another lifestyle, our students get to put their Indonesian language skills to practical use rather than just academic use as a VCE subject, which I think they get the most enjoyment out of.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The exchange students are billeted with families of the schools students like Poppy Smith, who missed out on travelling to Lombok herself due to the pandemic but was pleased she was able to act as host to Ian.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been showing her the beach and Torquay, we\u2019ve been down to Lorne and she\u2019s very excited to learn about Australia, she really wants to be part of the culture,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Having made the connection with Ian and brushing up on her own Indonesian language skills, Ms Smith said she would \u201clove to go over\u201d and repay the visit.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been great,\u201d student Dhillo Azzam said of his time in Australia.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a lot cleaner, there\u2019s a lot more discipline on the road, and yeah overall it\u2019s just been different, the temperature has been colder.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Azzam said he hoped to be able to host students from Christian College Geelong at his home in Lombok one day, where he would show off his own favourite local sites including waterfalls and beaches.<\/p>\n Asked who he thought had the better beaches after his time exploring greater Geelong, Mr Azzam was quick to say \u201cLombok\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A GROUP of 15 secondary students from Indonesia have been farewelled by their Christian College Geelong (CCG) hosts who have spent ten days introducing them to the country, region and their homes. Aside from interruptions due to the pandemic, it is the 28th year of CCG\u2019s exchange program with Indonesian students, and for the latest […]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/IMG_3909_29451-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1678842397\")