Alice Springs, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory The original ROST programs are based in Darwin and Alice Springs. Two further ROST programs have been opened in Palmerston and Old Timers Village and are targeted to provide support and respite for working carers. While the original ROST programs provide respite for those people living in the …

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Atherton, Queensland. The Student Group Home is located at Atherton and is managed by two Student Group Home parents and is known as Audley House. Atherton rests on the Great Dividing Range south-west of Cairns in Far North Queensland. The Student Group Home has a large play area, barbeque facilities and leafy surrounds. Students attending Atherton …

Meekatharra, Western Australia. The service commenced in 1996 and is managed by a full time Financial Advocate. The office is based in Meekatharra in the Murchison region and services the towns of Cue, Mt Magnet, Wiluna and Sandstone. This area is known for pastoral and gold mining activities. There is a large Indigenous population, many …

Marla, South Australia. The Marla Clinic is managed by two Remote Area Nurses on a rotating roster. Marla is some 3.5 hours north of Coober Pedy and is a service town on the Stuart Highway. The population at Mintabie, 37 kilometres from Marla, used to be significant with many men who settled between the wars …

Andamooka, South Australia. The Andamooka Community Support Service is co-located with the Andamooka Clinic and serves the community situated in the opal fields some 500-600kms from Adelaide. In 1995, an Aged Care Advisory Committee was formed by the nursing staff to survey the needs of the ageing popuation in Andamooka and indicated a need for …

  Andamooka, South Australia. The Andamooka Community Health Centre was opened in 1965 and is staffed by two Remote Area Nurses. It is situated in the opal fields some 500 to 600 kilometres from Adelaide in South Australia. The population is approximately 1000 people. Once a stable multi-cultural community made up mainly of opal miners, …

Dairy farmer Geoff Cochrane and his wife Cathie, a retired teacher, will go a long way to lighten the load for families in the outback. The grandparents from Pyree have travelled as far as 3000km out of their way to offer their time and skills as volunteers with the Frontier Services program Outback Links that …

Mental health training has taken place in a remote north Queensland community where people are still grappling with the impact of Cyclone Yasi and the month-long ban on live exports. Frontier Services coordinated the two-day workshop “Mental Health First Aid” in Greenvale, 200km from Charters Towers from 14-15 September. Participants included Greenvale community members, service …