Frontier Services’ founder, Rev John Flynn once said that without women in the outback there would be no outback. Flynn knew women were civilisers, they sweetened life in a harsh environment, they were a kind word and gesture and carers and healers. He knew well, how tough the Australian Inland Mission nurses had it in …
Frontier Services Official Charity Partner of Sydney to London Rally
Frontier Services is proud to announce that it is the official Charity Partner for the Sydney to London Classic Marathon Rally. Around 40 cars will travel the first two legs of the event from Sydney to Perth, through some of the most remote and spectacular landscapes. Competitors from all over the world compete in this …
February Frontier News is Out Now
The latest edition of February Frontier News has hit the shelves this week. In this quarter’s edition we focus on ‘Family’. While 2014 is the United Nations International year of Family Farming, at Frontier Services, we believe that every year is the year of family farming. In the February Frontier News we look at family …
A New Year – A New School. Riley’s Off To Boarding School
Riley Candy is your typical country boy on a property somewhere in Queensland near Charters Towers. He lives with his parents and two siblings on an 86,000 hectare property, more than 110 kilometres from the nearest town. His mum, Yvette Candy, says that nearly half of that road is unsealed. And yet Riley is not …
A Birthday Snapshot with the Governor-General
She is as close to royalty as we can get: our very own Governor-General, Her Excellency the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO. Wherever she goes, much interest, both media and with communities, follows. On the 16th of December Quentin Bryce was visiting Mutijulu as a guest of Indigenous Elder, Ms Barbara Tjikatu AM. While there, …
Blessing on Your Works
Rev Jeffery Rronang Garrawurra, Chairman of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress, and his wife, Sally, stopped in at the Frontier Services’ stall at Yurora NCYA Festival to offer their blessings to all Frontier Services’ staff for the coming year. “Yes, we know Frontier Services well!” declared Rev Jeff. “God bless your works! One …
He’s a Fisher of Men
He’s a Fisher of Men Peter, one of the disciples was a fisherman. More than two thousand years later, another disciple in Christ, Rev Ron Watson is casting his line. Ron is a Patrol Minister up on the pointy end of Australia, Cape York. For weeks during the dry season he is out on patrol visiting …
On a Wing and a Prayer: Frontier Services’ Patrol Minister Flying in the Dark
Flying in the Dark Centralian Patrol Minister, Rev Colin Gordon does not spend all his time jumping out of planes, sometimes, he actually flies them! He was recently in Sydney to complete a night flying course which will benefit the people in his area of remote Australia greatly. The night flying course was held in …
Nissan Australia drives Outback Trial connection
Nissan Australia will again partner major national inland pastoral and healthcare provider Frontier Services and the 2014 Classic Outback Trial, connecting people in urban areas with those in need of assistance in remote parts of Australia. Nissan will provide a range of four-wheel drive vehicles for essential surveys, medical intervention and the operation of the Trial, …
Uralla – Small Community – Big Hearts
The Uniting Church congregation in the little town of Uralla, in the New South Wales Northern tablelands, is one of the great supporters of the work of Frontier Services and the support we give to people in remote Australia. Uralla once boasted a population of 12,000 at the height of the gold rush and then …