Bruce on Patrol in Katherine

This week Rev Bruce Slater traded in his city life for a job that will take him across some of the country’s most iconic outback terrain. Bruce is the new Frontier Services Katherine Patrol Minister. The Katherine Patrol area covers a large swathe of the Top End of the Northern Territory. Bruce …

Connecting women with confidence

Twenty-four participants shimmied their stress away at a workshop last month in Greenvale, North Queensland which included a host of self-confidence building activities such as belly dancing and meditation. Presented by two Queensland women Phillipa Harris and Dr Diane Rodgers and coordinated by the Frontier …

A new friend in the Murchison

This week Rev Mitch Fialkowski will begin work as the Frontier Services Murchison Patrol Minister, providing practical support and pastoral care to people across 500,000 square kilometres of the mid-west of Western Australia. Based out of Meekatharra, Mr Fialkowski will spend much of his time …

Lynette Boland; Castle Hill, NSW

My love for people of the Outback began as a child when I learned about Rev John Flynn & his ‘mantle of safety’ vision. I was fascinated to learn of the Flying Doctor and contact via the pedal wirless. The names of the stations on the …

Frontier Services Pumpkin Patrol

This song, the Frontier Services Pumpkin Patrol, shares a little bit about what our Patrol Ministers do every day to support people in remote places. Adam Cousens, the son of Cunnamulla Patrol Minister Dennis Cousens, wrote the song especially for the Centenary year and the …