If you’ve never spent regular time away from everyday life to seek God with all your heart, you’re in for a life-changing experience. Living at Attunga means you don’t need to travel to get away to an isolated place - you’re living in one. There are lots of quiet, scenic places to get alone with God. He will honour your commitment to time spent seeking Him. During the internship, you’ll build habits that will deepen your intimacy with the Lord and build your faith as you see God answering your prayers and changing lives around you.
“Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God” - Luke 6:12
Interns are personally mentored towards maturity in their relationship with the Lord and are encouraged to develop a strong, consistent prayer life and personal devotional habits that will change their hearts and affect many lives around them back home after the internship.
Again and again in the Bible we see that Jesus set himself apart and spent extended time with God in prayer. If Jesus really needed this, how much more do we?
Life at Attunga
Living at Attunga is like living in a national park, surrounded by tens of thousands of acres of national park with lots of native animals and birds all around.
There are over 10kms of hiking trails on our property and much more in the adjacent Guula Ngurra National Park (Koala Country). It's a short 20 minute walk through the national park to the summit of Mt Penang, the highest point in our area with spectacular sunrise views. The camp also has lots of recreational facilities which our interns are welcome to use.
There are two swimming pools, a heated outdoor hot tub, cosy coffee shop with a great selection of books to read plus a Powerfan, flying fox (zipline), archery, sports courts for basketball, volleyball, tetherball and football, archery canoes and stand up paddle boards. Our meeting room & fireside lounge is equipped with great music equipment, yamaha keyboard, roland electric drum kit and a selection of guitars that the interns are welcome to use.
Life Skills
Learning to be a blessing to others through practical service is a core foundation of our internship program.
Interns will have some training in safe food handling and storage, assist in preparing camp and intern/staff meals. There is cooking experience and shared responsibilities for preparing meals for camps, while also participating in kitchen cleanup tasks. Additionally, there is training around commercial cleaning for our camp accomodation cabins, bathrooms, and common areas, as well as maintaining the pools and spa.
Life skills build relationships of trust and demonstrate God’s love for campers and guests through practical service
Gym
We also have a well equipped new gym and workout facility with high quality commercial equipment and a large stretching area. It's a great opportunity to get fit and stay healthy during your internship, building those habits as well.
Most asked questions...
How many interns?
We typically only take 4-8 interns each semester and we carefully pray about each applicant before making a placement offer. Keeping the number of interns small allows us to mentor and disciple more thoroughly and to feed into the life of each intern more personally.
Where do we live?
Interns all live on site in comfortable staff housing, typically with two or more interns sharing each room. Separate accommodation is provided for male and female interns.
Is food included?
Food is a signature item at Attunga. Everything is prepared fresh from scratch with generous portions and lots of healthy choices. When camps are in, the Interns eat with the campers and staff in the main dining room. There are always lots of leftovers after camps too. When no camps are in, breakfast and lunch are typically self serve. Dinner is cooked by our cook for interns and staff with the interns helping as needed. We eat dinner together every night around a big communal meal table with interns, staff and any guests that may be visiting.
" Internship cost is just $45 per day all-inclusive"
Prices are in Australian dollars and include all meals, accommodation, entry to the National Park, Jervis Bay Getaway, transport including transfers from and to Sydney International airport, utilities, tuition and course materials. Total cost for the internship is $1,400 + GST (This includes Jervis Bay Getaway).
Deposit
- If you are offered a spot in our Mini-Internship, we require a $300 deposit to secure your place.
Plus, you need to budget for:
- Airfare to/from Sydney International Airport (if you live elsewhere in Australia or overseas)
- Some spending money for personal items, souvenirs, etc
Sponsorship
Some limited sponsorship funds may be available to assist those families with severe financial difficulties, after fundraising is done through their local church and family members.
Candidates who believe they really need to be here as an Intern may apply as a faith step, regardless of their financial situation or the affordability of fees. In that case, please indicate on the application form that you are yet to raise funds and may not be able to immediately accept a position if one is offered.
Heart Transformation
If you're considering applying for an Attunga internship please start by praying seriously and consistently about it (and invite your parents and a church leader to pray along with you).
" Pray, pray and pray some more" 
In may ways it will be one of the hardest things you'll do in your life but if you give it everything, it will be that time you look back on as the most formative and significant in shaping who you are (not just what you end up doing) in the years ahead. It's always easy to put on a mask and a smile but often not so easy to open up and deal with things that are needed. When you're ready our mentors will journey with you and the sensitive stuff will be handled with dignity and respect.
It's taking a step to say "God, everything for you....teach me...mould me...break me a little if you need to, but don't leave me the same as when I started"
For some of you that's mostly about your past, dealing once and for all with brokenness that's a result of your decisions or someone else's that have affected you, often in ways you may not fully understand but you know something's not right. For others it's about going deeper with God, getting past any lukewarmness and apathy and holding nothing back. For others it's about practical skills, training and an amazing adventure making deep, new friendships with others from all over the world who will stay in your life (and you in theirs) no matter what.
