Reverend Dona Spencer recently arrived in Roma in regional Queensland to start her new chaplaincy. We caught up with her before she left to talk about the journey ahead. What made you decide to become a Bush Chaplain? Rev Dona: It wasn’t one single moment. It was a series of events that led me to …

Outback Links volunteers are ordinary people who make an extraordinary difference. They’re humble, hardworking, bighearted people like Ron and Gwen, who drive around the vast expanse of Western Australia, helping people living on the land. Ron urges everyone to volunteer with Frontier Services. “You don’t need to be an expert. We started by looking on …

Every day, I meet the most incredible people in my job here at Frontier Services. And every day, I am humbled by the courageous spirit of the people we help, and the people who help them – kind and generous people like you. I think of Scott and Jenny, who you’ll meet in this issue …

We spoke to a group of Bush Chaplains recently, and they all told stories that had one thing in common:  Farmers and families in the outback are feeling abandoned. They feel their country has forgotten them. Pastor Joe Eka, our Bush Chaplain in Kennedy in Far North Queensland, told me about a community who feel …