Events

Staff at Frontier Services are beginning the preparations for the celebrations to mark the Centenary. There are a number of exciting events and activities taking place! There are also a number of ways that everyone can get involved! Watch this space for more information! Be the first to find out what’s happening, by staying up …

Diversity and fellowship at Patrol Ministers Conference

Travelling from remote locations across Australia, the 22 Frontier Services Patrol Ministers met in Alice Springs for their biannual conference in September. It was a rare opportunity for the patrol ministers to come together to share and reflect on their ministry in remote Australia and participate in ongoing training. With half of the ministers travelling …

Patrol ministers gather from across remote Australia

Twenty two patrol ministers who provide practical and spiritual support in remote locations across Australia are meeting in Alice Springs this week. The Frontier Services Patrol Ministers Conference, which begins Thursday, September 29, will be an important opportunity for the ministers to come together in one place. They will travel from all corners of the country including …

Grandfather provides a helping hand

Busselton grandfather Philip Atherton has used his skills and spare time to make a difference for a farming family in the mid West. Mr Atherton is a volunteer with the Frontier Services program Outback Links that provides support for families in rural and remote Australia. Earlier this year, he spent six weeks on a farm …

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Staff training benefits Outback Links During October Outback Links staff are attending Volunteering Queensland training in natural disaster community resilliance. We hope to share relevant details with Outback Links volunteers in due course.

Ex-Dairy Farmers put their spare hands to good use

Alstonville grandparents Gwen and Ron Hellyar travelled more than 1500km to help out a family in Outback Queensland. They travelled to a sheep and cattle station, northwest of Longreach, to provide an extra set of hands for a remote family. It was their second experience as Outback Links volunteers. “We look on it as going …

Ruth gets a buzz from helping out in the bush

The retired teacher from Bellevue Heights in Adelaide travelled six hours to lend a hand to a family on a sheep and cattle station in the Flinders Rangers. “I had a wow of a time,” said Mrs Simpson. The 65-year-old was there to provide an extra pair of hands at a station north of Wilpena …