The August 2016 issue of Frontier News looks at the two recent Outback Links trips – to Lightning Ridge and Longreach. It also speaks to the theme of mobility.
Farewell to Rev Fred Vanclay, former Tennant Barkly Patrol Padre
Fred Vanclay was patrol padre in the Tennant Barkly Patrol during the late 80s and early 90s.
May Frontier News is now online
In this issue we look at the many partnerships we rely on to keep doing our work in remote Australia. Partnerships like husband and wife, corporate, community and others are explored. And we mustn’t forget our partnership with you! Register for your free copy or read the pdf here.
George Whisker: From an email to an awards ceremony
It started with an email: “Volunteers wanted to help outback farmers” which George Whisker, National Roads and Motorists’ Association (NRMA) Patrol Team Leader responded to. After volunteering with Outback Links in Lightning Ridge for a week of hard work in high temperatures and meeting farmers who were thrilled with his work, George was hooked. Last …
Return to Lighting Ridge
Outback Links volunteers return to the “Ridge” – April 2016 Outback Links is in preparation for a return to Lightning Ridge in April 2016 leading a group of 30 skilled volunteers to help farmers in the drought affected area. “Things are still tough for farmers in Lightning Ridge. They are in their fourth year of …
February Frontier News out now
When reading the February Frontier News, many of the east coast readership might think it redundant, with frequent showers around Sydney and coastal NSW. News reports of rivers beginning to run again in the drought-stricken inland is a relief, “surely they are fine now”. But it’s a long road to recovery after drought, so in …
Music on the Hillside
On Sunday the 1st of November, at a lovely little church tucked away in the quiet, bush clad hills of Mount Crosby, in southern Queensland, a capacity crowd of more than one hundred and fifty people gathered for Music on the Hillside, a benefit concert for the Frontier Services Cunnamulla Patrol. Compèred by the much-loved …
So long KFS, a good and faithful servant
Today marks the end of an era – “KFS”, the plane that has served the Centralian Patrol well for many years is being decommissioned from service with Frontier Services. Rev Colin Gordon, the Centralian Patrol Minister and pilot, reflects on KFS’s final day: November 18th 2015 will not be one of the happiest days I …
Geoff Cochrane: The ties that bind us
When Outback Links volunteer Geoff Cochrane arrived at Mary Birchley’s place, it was an emotional first time meeting between children whose fathers had shared life and death experiences in a long ago war. In their wide brimmed hats and khaki uniforms the two “Diggers” from the 2/9th Battalion picked their way down the precipitous path that clung …
Outback Links tradies restore farms and hope at Lightning Ridge
While many of us were priming ourselves for rest and recreation over the October long weekend, volunteer tradies in Frontier Services’ Outback Links program were travelling back home after a hot and dusty week fixing farms and equipment in the remote northwest of NSW. For five days mechanics, plumbers, electricians, painters and a host of …