Ruby Riethmuller - Founder & Director of Womn-Kind Australia’s boarding schools offer some of the best education opportunities in the country, if notthe world. There are countless global achievers who attended boarding school right here - didyou know that Prince Charles went to boarding school in Australia ? Having said that, going toboarding school is about so much … [Read more...]
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Ruby Riethmuller – from boarding school to Womn-kind and winning the buy from the bush big break competition
Ruby Riethmuller is only 24 years of age but despite being so young, she’s making a huge impact on teenage girls lives across the country. Ruby after attending Ascham School as a boarder and heading off to uni and college at St Andrews, knew she wanted to do something to give back. So she started an organisation called Womn-kind - helping young women, through the tough … [Read more...]
Alanna Rennie – From corporate lawyer to living and working in the bush
Alanna Rennie was 13 years old when she left her family farm in Hillston, NSW to attend boarding school in Sydney.With aspirations, at a young age, to work as a corporate lawyer in China, and to speak fluent Mandarin, she knew she needed to pack her bags and head to the big smoke. It was at Ascham that Alanna excelled. Taking up language classes after school hours and going … [Read more...]
Destination Boarding – The ultimate packing list podcast
Some parents are well used to the drill - they know the ins and outs for packing when it comes to sending your child away to boarding school. But for many, it's the first time and with so many bits of advice coming your way, it's not always easy to wade through the suggestions and come out with the necessities. So we've put together your Ultimate Packing List - whether … [Read more...]
Maddison Hohnberg on Boarding School & Life in The Navy
Able Seaman Hohnberg has travelled majority of the worlds oceans. As a Marine Technician in the Navy, she sets out for months on end working on some of the biggest Navy ships in Australia. She’s performed operations in 7 different countries, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan just to name a few, and she’s only 25 years old. Maddison was raised in the small town of Trangie, in … [Read more...]