How it started for Bobbie: an Outback Links veteran At 85, Bobbie is one of our most active volunteers and an Outback Links veteran. When her second husband passed away, she decided to take up driving lessons in a 4WD. This was one day after her 69th birthday. And since then, there has been no …
Frontier Services Bush Chaplain, Julia Lennon, is on a mission to create healing waters in Australia’s driest town. Seven hundred kilometres south of Alice Springs, Oodnadatta sits in the hot, dry heart of the Australian outback. Here, temperatures regularly rise past the mid thirties and rain is rarely seen. Drinking water is provided by regular …
You have been part of our ministry to people living in the Outback, supporting our Flying Bush Chaplain in the Carpentaria-McKay Remote Area. Thank you! We are hoping to raise $80,000 for the much needed maintenance and AVGAS (aviation fuel) required to fly his plane. Please consider a donation now to give the encouragement and …
30th March 2022 After the recent Budget 2022, Frontier Services Responds. Frontier Services’ National Director, Jannine Jackson welcomes measures set forward in the 2022-2023 budget to support Australians living in rural and remote areas, particularly regarding ongoing commitments to improve mental health care, disaster relief and improvements to infrastructure. The provision of over $245 million to …
A tough stretch of time It’s been four years since Rhonda’s quad bike last started. Over those four years, she and husband Tony have pushed through a difficult drought, devastating mouse plague and the isolation and financial pressures of the pandemic. Their situation had already been difficult. “We’ve got a mine just over the …
In the midst of the chaos and confusion that has characterised the past few years, perhaps there is no other word more synonymous with the times than ‘unprecedented’. The 2019–20 bushfires were first in a series of catastrophes to arrive at our door: widespread floods that unceremoniously replaced the long-standing drought; cyclones that swept away ...
After another dreadful disaster season in Australia, I barely know how to start this letter to you. Word from our Bush Chaplains about the destruction caused by floods and bushfires this summer has torn my heart. Areas in Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia have been hit hard. It would be bad enough on its ...
As if Aussies were not going through enough hardships and challenges already, COVID-19 struck again, just as ruthlessly as last time. The impact was felt deep across all walks of life, with the hospitality sector and small businesses hit hardest. Farmers across the country were already crying out for help, reeling under the effects of ...
We recently welcomed our newest Bush Chaplain, Rev. Deacon Peter Harvey in the East Gippsland Remote Area of Victoria. Having worked across rural and remote corners of the country over many years, Peter feels most at home when he is traversing through the rugged terrain of remote Australia to connect with people in the region. ...
Growing up in country towns made Joy all too familiar with the facilities she was missing out on that people in cities and large towns could take for granted. Now 85 and settled in Adelaide, Joy says she’s still keenly aware of the challenges faced daily by people who live in rural and remote Australia. ...
