Connect and Thrive Therapeutic Services

09/12/2025

🔥 THE ULTIMATE NERF BATTLE🔥

Looking for an EPIC school holiday program that keeps kids off their devices and outdoors?

Our Nerf Wars Holiday Program, led by an ex-army serviceman, provides tactical, strategic and realistic battles that even the pro’s would envy.
What’s included:
✅ Tactical Nerf battles
✅ Teamwork and mate ship
✅ Survival Skills
✅ Banjos for lunch (like we got in the army) along with morning tea and afternoon tea
✅ Zombie apocalypse
✅ Urban assaults

Whether you are a seasoned pro or beginner, this is a day you don’t want to miss!

Dates: Thursday 18th or 19th December
8th, 9th, 15th, 16th January
Price: $190pp per day
Ages: 8-14

We will see you on the battlefield

06/12/2025

Celebrating the end of year with our awesome team. Missing a few members, but managed to get the majority for some Christmas celebrations 🎉🎄

29/11/2025

A lovely shout out from Animal Therapies

ATL Member Spotlight: is an approved Animal-Assisted Services Australia Professional Member, which includes being eligible to participate in the ATL Mental Health Outreach and Pathways Program.

Connect and Thrive Therapeutic Services, Rowena Bobardt QLD has a multi-disciplinary team available. Their motto is: Connect with ourselves and others. Grow in many aspects of our life. Thrive in a safe and supportive environment.

Find them in our ATL National Directory: https://animaltherapies.org.au/membership-account/profile/?pu=rowena



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17/11/2025

These two beautiful ponies are just seeking attention from people.

For those who don’t know, Ruby (left) is Henry’s mum. She’s looked after him since he was born and never left his side.

Such a loyal pony who absolutely loves new faces (and old ones).
It isn’t the property that makes Connect and Thrive special. It’s our caring team of animals and the people that make this place magical.
We welcome you to our home as part of our Connect and Thrive family.

05/11/2025

🧘 Box Breathing

This can be an incredibly useful tool to help regulate our emotions when we feel:

😱 Scared
😬 Anxious
😡 Angry
🥺 Sad
🫨 Frantic
😲 Shocked
🤯 Feeling scattered

Just stepping away from a situation to take some deep breaths can be incredibly helpful for many of us to cope with different emotions and challenges we face.

04/11/2025

Gotta love these beautiful goats! Our Connect and Thrive Mascots

29/10/2025

Our youth at risk program - Horse Whispering Youth Program week 3 is under way with some amazing insight ❤️🙌

29/10/2025

Painting rocks with a word that we carry within us that is an obstacle word. Something that you tell yourself. We then share this with our horse to see their reaction/response.
Horse Whispering Youth Program week 3

23/10/2025

Oakey has decided to help me finish the yard up 🐐

13/10/2025

We absolutely love our time with Specialcise. They come out each week with such a beautiful energy and we have so much fun together!

09/10/2025

🩵 Behaviour Support Capacity

We’re excited to let you know that we 🙌FINALLY have capacity for Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) for all local Gold Coast residents.

Our highly skilled PBS team have capacity with Samantha Lee and Jared Louw, bringing warmth, deep clinical expertise, and genuine connection to every person they work with. Their evidence-based, person-centred approach is focused on helping clients build independence and thrive - improving quality of life whilst reducing behaviours of concern.

✨ If you’re a support Coordinator or family looking for a PBS team that cares deeply and helps to build a clear roadmap to overcome areas of concern, we’d love to connect.

06/10/2025

While the farm has been closed over the last week , we’ve been busy working on the new office building, clearing the back paddock by the river and doing general property maintenance. So much time goes into maintaining and fixing up the farm so we can share this experience with others. Big shout out the man of many trades Joel!