Tassie trio lend a hand in the Outback

Three Devonport retirees have travelled across Australia to lend a hand. In a three-berth caravan, Paul and Robyn Carey and Mrs Carey’s sister Desley Blanch ventured across the mainland and north to Outback Queensland to offer their help to families in the bush. “A lot …

remoteFOCUS

Frontier Services is a supporter of the remoteFocus initiative. One of the key organisations behind this movement for change is Desert Knowledge Australia whose goal is to create thriving desert knowledge economies and societies across Australia. remoteFOCUS began as an initiative by a group of …

Victorian Teacher Volunteers

Joan Allen is a grandmother with a kind heart and a keen sense of adventure. The 64-year-old drove 1600km to Outback Queensland to lend a hand on an isolated cattle station this month. “A lot of people do not understand why I do it…I just …

Isabelle lends a hand in the Outback

Central Queensland physiotherapist Isabelle Wilson knows what it means to be a long way from everywhere. The 24-year-old spent more than a month in Outback Queensland lending a hand to three remote families. She spent 10 days on one cattle station where the nearest shop …

Intrepid US soul lends a hand in the Outback

Californian speech pathologist Stephanie Perrett discovered the raw charm of the Outback, including a hungry pack of kite hawks, while lending a hand as a volunteer with Frontier Services program Outback Links. It was a lifelong dream to take our kids to another country to …