Boomerang Australia Studies

WELCOME

The Boomerang Australia Studies team welcomes you on our new GAY FRIENDLY site! We are the specialists in study opportunities in Australia for students, professionals and working holidaymakers.

Australia is both a traditional (very British) and vanguard country that has evolved politically and detached itself from its colonial past. Sydney is a perfect example where everybody has a right to free speech. The most blatant example is the final parade at the 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony where, on all Australian banners appeared: the “Beach Culture” represented by an enormous tongue, the “Bush” represented by Crocodile Dundee, their passion for sports represented by the famous golfer Greg Norman, fashion represented by Elle Macpherson and the gay community represented by 62 transvestites wearing giant stilettos!! You should also know that the most respected character in Australian history is the transvestite Dame Edna!!

That’s why Boomerang Australia Studies has decided to help you share this fantastic Australian adventure safely and full of fun.

For further information about us, click here!

SYDNEY

A quotation caught our attention, it perfectly defines Sydney at its core: “Sydney is an oil painting constantly retouched by a tireless artist, who, in his endless exigence, tries to constantly beautify his canvas already so rich in dynamic elements.”

Sydney is the rainbow capital city of Australia and heading to be the number 1 gay tourist destination, thanks to the famous annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Party in March each year. It is not exaggerated to claim that Sydney is the dream city for all gay and lesbian communities: Sydney offers a large, active and respected gay community, near-to-perfect weather all year round, public recognition of anti-discrimination laws and, above all, a non-stop nightlife!! Besides this, most Sydneysiders are easy-going and welcome foreigners with great ease.

The reason for this well-being comes from their love of life. Indeed Sydneysiders enjoy having a good time and anything gives birth to rejoicing: Sydney offers a real cultural diversity and takes advantage of it while organising large multicultural events in their yearly calendar: St Patrick's Day, Chinese New Year, Vietnamese New Year, the Latin-American Festival, Bastille Day, Mardi Gras, Brazilian Carnaval...

The heart of the gay scene is Oxford Street: during the day hang around the numerous cafes-bars to look at a real colourful crowd passing by and at night, join the party in the endless trendy clubs and pubs where drag queens mix with leather boys, suburbians, party-goers, lesbians, transsexuals, bisexuals…

Inner-west Sydney also gathers an active gay centre between Newtown and Leichhardt. Don’t miss the highlight, the Imperial Hotel in Erskineville, the most famous hotel where the most reputed drag show has been on for so many years: Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

Sydney is the ideal city we want you to discover. We would like to guide you in this beautiful adventure so that you spend an unforgettable stay Down Under, be it short or long: it will allow you to be involved, not only in the Australian culture and improve your English skills at the same time, but also work and be yourself …

Download here the free brochure “Gay Sydney visitors Guide”

OUR SERVICES

We are aware of how difficult it is to find accurate and clear information which is gay friendly, of high quality and adapted to your needs to come to Australia for a short or long time. That’s why we have prepared some specialized programmes, our Starterpacks Rainbow (option of studies, transfer + accommodation) and Welcome Packs Rainbow (Transfer + accommodation).

Our services are mostly based in Sydney where the gay community is most welcome but if you wish to go to another city, we can also help create a programme for you.

Our advantage doesn't lay only in our presence in Australia, in the heart of Sydney, but also in our expertise in the field of education and daily life Down Under. This allows us to assist you at any time from the first day you contact us until your last day in Australia. Our slogan sums it all up: “We know how you feel”. You can visit us at our offices in Broadway, call us or communicate by email or text messages. You also know that from now on, in any case, you have a “mate” Down under: us!!

Our objective is to guide you from the day you contact us: we’ll help you to define your project, advise you, propose some options and then assist you in the organization of your application, travel, insurance, accommodation…. Just contact us now and tell us what your project is!

Click here if you want to know the steps you need to go through for your application.

For further information about travel arrangements, please refer to our section Travel.

For further information about Australia, please refer to our section Australia.

OUR PROGRAMMES

We have prepared “Rainbow” programmes for those wishing to come to Sydney and improve their English in a good atmosphere and in a quality environment.

You have a few options to come and study in Australia: the tourist visa or Working Holiday visa (WHV) if you will study for 12 weeks (3 months) maximum or the Student Visa if you intend studying for 12 weeks (3 months) minimum. 

You will be able to work only if you are a Student or Working Holiday Visa holder. For further information about Australian visas, please refer to our section Australian Visas. For further information about the Working Holiday Visa, please refer to our section Working Holiday.

ATTENTION: If you apply for one of our “Rainbow” programmes including a 4-week-minimum intensive English course, you will receive a FREE 7-day membership at the most select gay friendly gym in Sydney as well as discounts for haircuts!!

Our “Rainbow” programmes have been created based on our experience and suggestions of our gay clients and will help you integrate more easily in the first days to ensure you have a safe and happy stay.

IMPORTANT: Even if you think that your English level is good enough, we still advise our “Rainbow” Starterpacks which include an intensive English training course: it will help you to adapt quicker to the Australian accent, meet other travelers and obtain an official Certificate confirming your level of English which is very useful to find a job.

Our Rainbow Starterpacks and Welcome packs were all organized among gay friendly partners.

Our “Rainbow cool” Starterpack (English course, RSA and budget accommodation) Our “Rainbow chic” Starterpack (hotel accommodation) Our “Rainbow Cool” Welcome pack (budget accommodation) English for 30+ Professionals: this is a specialized programme aimed at 30+ professionals, with a maximum of 8 students per class, offering 2 options: Standard (20h/week) at AU$ 460/week or Intensive (28h/week) at AUD$555/week. This is a personalised programme intended to improve your English skills at your own speed while concentrating on your fields of interest.

If you are planning to further your studies in Australia, please refer to our section Studies in Australia where you will find all information related to equivalences, qualifications, university and vocational pathways, MBAs….

YOUR MATE

We are pleased to inform you that the “Supporter” of our Sydney gay friendly project is Marc, artist name Claire de Lune, the most charismatic character in the Australian gay community: originally French, living in Australia for 27 years, cordon bleu chef as a career, drag queen for the last 20 years, gifted with an amazing humour and awarded countless "trophies", he has appeared in the most popular TV and Radio programmes, and at the most important events and clubs around Australia. There is no doubt that he has no secret about the gay scene and he is enthusiastic to share his knowledge with you!! See his welcoming message below.

OUR ADVICE

- If you are planning to come for the Sydney New Mardi Gras in March, you’d better organize yourself in advance to avoid disappointment in accommodation. At the latest early February.

- Plan at least 2 weeks to complete all the application processes in our “Rainbow Programmes”

OUR FAVOURITES

- Dinner with Marc - Claire de Lune at the Slide Bar, the latest trendy and chic bar in Oxford street Infos...

- Minus 5 Ice Bar on Circular Quay, entirely built with ice!! Winter clothes are provided. Charges AU$30 at the door.

- The Homesexual parties at HOME night club with Alex Taylor, the cult DJ of gay Sydney. Infos...

TESTIMONIALS

To further kill your doubts and convince you that Down under is your next destination, we have asked our gay students to comment freely on their own experience of Australia. Find below their testimonials.

"Well, how to sum up 4 years Down Under in a few lines... The sun all year round, people so friendly, the beaches, the Pacific Ocean,... Boys in cossies...
I arrived in Sydney in 2001 with the idea of staying there for 3 months but kept reporting it for up to 4 years !!… Boomerang Australia Studies permitted me to extend my stay by applying for a student visa so that I could work. And they especially were always present to assist me in times of crisis...
I will never forget this extraordinary experience and despite the distance, I still keep today very strong links with Australia."
xoxoxoxo Guillaume, France



"I lived in Sydney for almost a year, and I loved that place, it was one of the best experiences I ever had!!!
I went to learn English and complete my High School degree. It was good because I made a lot of friends with whom i still keep in touch. AUTRALIA IS SO BEAUTIFUL...!!
I will never forget all the days I enjoyed in this wonderful country and all of the friends I made!! The BEST EXPERIENCE ever!!!

Haysam, Brazil



I've met Daniel, my boyfriend, 4 years ago when I were here on holiday, in a bar on Oxford st. I was out for a drink with a very good gay friend of mine Otto, whom I met here in Australia. Otto was one of the many fantastic people I met in Sydney.
Francoise from Boomerang Australia Studies helped me to consolidate my life here in Sydney giving me directions. I had a few moments when I felt a bit lost, Boomerang gave me the possibility to find a good English college for the first 6 months of my journey and then helped me to enrol in a hairdressing course at TAFE.
I always had the passsion for hair and now after 3 years since my arrival, I can say that I'm settled in this country: I live with my boyfriend in a nice house on the beach, I work as a hairdresser in a successful hair salon in the city and I have a lot of good friends and my beautiful cat Max whom I adore.

Stefano Roncuzzi