- I'm very happy to study and live in Queensland.
This is Townsville in Australia,
a beautiful city by the sea.
Living in Townsville makes me feel happy every day.
All the lovely people here,
everyone here is just so friendly, they are so nice.
I came to Townsville at the beginning of 2019
and started my school life in Pimlico.
I have a very lovely friend group at school.
We hang out together, have lunch together.
They give me lots of courage.
Good morning, Miss. - Hi! How are you going?
- Good. Good. How are you?
- When Yu first came to Australia, she had no English.
She couldn't speak a word of English. She couldn't read it, couldn't write it.
- I just got 15 out of 15... - Really?
- ..for my first exam. Yes! - That's amazing.
Her English has improved so much in just two years.
Now she's out there winning public speaking competitions.
- Does anyone here watch anime? - Yes.
She's really changed. She's really found the light and she's found her voice.
- Before I was a very shy person.
I don't feel comfortable to talk in front of everyone.
But now, I feel confident.
- Yu is just a bundle of smiles.
She is the happiest, most bright, entertaining student I have ever met.
And she's always happy to say yes to everything.
- Can you feel that? How adorable she is?
- While our students are here in Townsville,
we like to take them as many places as we can.
So some of our favourite places include The Billabong Sanctuary,
where you get to see the students seeing the wildlife for the first time.
- (Man) These animals have been on this planet for 250 million years.
- I have never seen a crocodile, a real crocodile before.
It makes me feel that I opened another door
to the world I have never known before.
- I think Townsville is a standout destination because we've got so much.
We're right on the beach, but we've also got the outback for them.
Our students get a bit of both.
They can go to the beach. They can go to the rainforest.
There's just so many opportunities for them to do different things.
Scuba diving.
Snorkelling. Sailing.
- My favourite thing is sailing.
We would sail to Magnetic Island and have a picnic there for lunch
and take some photos, swim, snorkelling, and sail back.
It makes me realise that life can be so amazing, so brilliant.
My homestay family, oh, they are angels. They are angels for me.
- We have, like, fun with her.
We can ask her, "How's school? How's your day?"
We learn from her and she learns from us, I hope.
- For us, she's like having another daughter.
She's like a daughter to us now.
- We are like a complete family. Yeah.
- Coming to Townsville, becoming an international student here,
has changed my life. Totally changed my life.
Townsville is like my second hometown already.
I can summarise it in three words.
Opportunity.
Surprise.
And happiness.