[Student's Essay] Parliament House

Beautiful! is one word which can describe Brisbane Parliament house, the architecture and the perfect combination of colours and furniture makes this place a flash back to the past.
From the exact moment you see the building, you know it is special and excellent place to learn. So many times I have walked in front of it, but I never imagined it would be a gorgeous site full of interesting stories.

When you are inside is just amazing. Our tour started in the red carpet area near the grand staircase, it is just stunning! Parliament house was constructed a long time ago but it has suffered a series of rebuilding and changes in the architecture. Despite that, there are some parts and sites thatare original. 

The tour included a visit to two different rooms. One of them is for writing and discussing some of the ideas and programs to start. The other one is used for when Parliament is sitting to discuss the laws, taxes, etc.

I loved the moment when I stood face to face with Queen Victoria. It is a huge lead light window and her picture was beautiful. She is the Queen and I am the princess! I am famous in Australian history.

At the end of our excursion we had a nice conversation with the Parliament house guide who told us a few  interesting stories about ghosts. If you are brave you can have a tour at night and maybe the ghost will come and say hello to you. Another good story is about the tourists who go to take photographs on the stairs and the guards tell them stairs came from the Titanic ship! And then the tourists want to take more and more photographs.

I really enjoyed this excursion. I would like to have more of this kind of activities. I feel I that it really helped me to improve my English skills in a real world environment

From Victoria

IELTS preparation class

[Student's Essay] My First Impression Of Brisbane's City

MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF BRISBANE’S CITY

Beautiful! That was my first impression when I arrived in Brisbane.

It was late at night, but that wasn’t a problem because I could see all the lights in the city, the buildings and the calm of the river. It was very nice.

Brisbane is wonderful, you can find a lot of different things to do, my first day here was an absolutely shock! Because the first thing I noticed when I got on the bus to come to the city was the diversity of people. There were many different nationalities on the bus and there are even more in the city.

I am certain that coming to Brisbane was one of the best decisions I have made in my life. And choosing international institute of Australia to study was even better! The standard of education is really high, and all the staff and teachers are incredible, always trying to help you to improve your English or with anything else you need.

There are a lot of things waiting to be discovered, people to meet and things to learn. I hope enjoy this opportunity as the much as I can.

Victoria from our Intermediate class