It takes a wide range of people with a variety of skills, time, enthusiasm and generosity to sustain Frontier Services’ network of care for people across remote Australia. The community at Adare Uniting Church in Victor Harbor, South Australia, is full of people just like that who give their time and support to Frontier Services …

The latest edition of Frontier News looks at the challenge of sustainability in remote Australia and how Frontier Services assists those most affected by changes in the environment. This story from the November edition of Frontier News tells us why a sustainable future lies at the heart of remote Australia.  If you’re going to be a cow, you …

When it comes to the health of remote communities, the team at the Frontier Services Savannah Regional Health Service knows it takes a whole lot of people working together to make a lasting difference. The award winning team from Savannah Regional Health Service (L-R) Paula Ransom, Jodie Melvin and Anna Burley.It was exactly this approach …

Members of the Uniting Church in Australia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia came together to celebrate their shared history of support for people in remote areas at a joint Centenary service in Canberra on October 21. More than 100 people attended the service jointly hosted by the Wesley Uniting Church and St Andrews Presbyterian …

Think you have to be young and agile to compete in the Olympics? Well not at Frontier Services Terrace Gardens in Darwin. The residents at the aged care service recently challenged the residents of two other services, Tracy Aged Care and the Juninga Centre, to an Olympic-style competition. Activities Officers Karen Thomas and Karen Tims …

MEMORIES OF ANDAMOOKA OUTPOST HOSPITAL Submitted by Margaret Burrows and Milly Howden At this time when the church is celebrating the centenary of Frontier Services and its predecessor the Australian Inland Mission, we were asked to write about some of our experiences at the AIM Outpost Hospital at Andamooka Opal Fields which we started in 1965. The opal …

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 will spend much of his time travelling the region to …

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 Services Dalrymple Rural Family Support Service, the workshop was created …

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 travelling in his four-wheel-drive to visit station families, mine workers, …