Australian Wildlife Adventures (Coodlie Park, Nullarbor Traveller)

Placement organization

Name of organization: Australian Wildlife Adventures (Coodlie Park, Nullarbor Traveller)
Town/city: Port Kenny
Country: Australië
Website: http://australianwildlifeadventures.com.au

Name of student: Kayleigh van Kleef

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2015-2016

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour operator and Accommodation
Organization’s activities: Tours Between Adelaide and Perth and Accommodation at Port Kenny
Target group of the organization: 20-45
Company culture: Craig and Jo Haslam are the owners of the company and the students coming here pretty much help them out with everything. The company culture is informal.
Number of employees: 6
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Sales, but I do bits and pieces of other things as well
Brief description of your daily activities: Check emails, answer the phones, do the social media, do the paperwork for the tours, and help out with other tasks around the property and for the tours.
Brief description of your company assignment: Write an online marketing communication plan to improve the sales.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The Supervision is good. I learned a lot in the first month and after that I was able to do it myself. I kept learning new things.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independant, flexible, stress-proof, social
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: it is good to speak another language advanced, but there is no specific language you should speak, German can come in handy because many travellers are German/Swiss

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: First plain to Adelaide then the tour to Perth and back to Port Kenny

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Company
How did you go to work every day? By foot

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? yes, working Holliday visa
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents: Myself on the internet
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? about 2 days
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance? –

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? no

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 2000
Accommodation (monthly): € 0
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 0
Costs of visa: € ?
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? Accommodation, meals, a tour prom Adelaide to Perth and back to Port Kenny.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn’t prepare myself for the country’s culture, because it is very similar to the Dutch culture.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? no

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: kayleighvankleef@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Coodlie Par (the place where you will be staying) it very remote. The closest shops are a 2.5 hour drive away. Also Internet is very limited. We only have 15 GB ever month for the whole company.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Go to the beach

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link