Six teenagers from the Pacific Islands visited Boorowa earlier this week as part of an annual Rotary exchange program designed to showcase the Australian way of life.
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The teenagers were from Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.
The exchange program, organised through the Parramatta Rotary Club in Sydney, has been travelling through Boorowa for the past three to four years but this was the first time the town was included as a stop on the intinerary.
It followed a redistribution of the itinerary which saw the exchange students travel down to Canberra from Sydney and up to the Blue Mountains before heading back to Sydney instead of travelling further west as in previous years and was designed to give each group a country hospitality experience.
Organiser Jack Elliott apprached Boorowa Rotary President Stephen Meere to make the visit possible.
As part of their visit to Boorowa, the group visited the property of Jayne Apps at Rugby and there was also a barbecue on Monday night where the exchange students each performed their own national anthems.
The group also had time during their visit to have a kick around of the footy, which had been donated by the Boorowa Goldies Rugby Union Club.
