Coodlie park

Placement organization

Name of organization: Coodlie park
Town/city: Port Kenny
Country: Australië
Website: https://www.coodliepark.com.au

Name of student: Sandra Alta

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2016-2017

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Touroperator, accommodation
Organization’s activities: The main thing is to create a memorable experience for our passengers.
Target group of the organization: Backpackers
Company culture: Formal internship. Hassie and Jo are like my second mom and dad for me. Lovely people.
Number of employees: 5
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

All departments of the company

Brief description of your daily activities: Answering the phone/e-mail
showing people around
managing social media
making new bookings
Making up manifests for the tours
Doing the check-in and check-out of Coodlie Park
Making stats/reports and analyze them
Brief description of your company assignment: Making a report how to improve the Instagram of Coodlie Park.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Hassie looks per person what he/she need to develop themselves. Just the time of your life.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? responsable, flexible, teamplayer
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? included
How did you go to work every day? roll out of bed

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? Working holiday
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents: no
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 3 months
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? Yes

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 1500
Accommodation (monthly): € 0
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 100 (alcohol)
Costs of visa: € 500
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? No, but you get accommodation and meals.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Stories from friends
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: sandra-alta@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Do: bring stroopwafels with you (everyone likes them)
Do not: skip a thirsty Thursday
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: You are living on a farm which is really remote. So, the closest shops, (normal) pubs are around 2,5 hours away. But…… you have a private beach and huge landscape which you can discover during your placement.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link