Australian Flying Doctor - Alice Springs, Australia - There's a Book About It on Waymarking.com

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia provides emergency and primary health care services for those living in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia. It is a not-for-profit organisation which provides health care to people who cannot access a hospital or general practice due to the vast distances of the Outback.

In Alice Springs, the Flying Doctor operates an award-winning Visitor Centre and Café which in 2008/09 attracted more than 63,000 visitors from all over the world. The Visitor Centre – the most significant RFDS tourist attraction in Australia – makes an important financial contribution to the Flying Doctor capital raising program, whilst also helping increase awareness and understanding of the RFDS around the globe.

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The book: The Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories by Bill Marsh, April 10, 2018

From Amazon: "For the first time, Bill Marsh's terrific collection of outback yarns centred on the Royal Flying Doctor Service are available in one bumper volume.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is a unique icon of Australian culture. Since its beginnings with the Reverend John Flynn in 1928, the RFDS has helped build our nation. the Flying Doctors, and the remote stations and communities that they serve, have become enduring symbols of what it means to be Australian.

The Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories is a fascinating, moving and often hilarious collection of true stories about the life in the Australian Outback. Hear of those whose very lives depend on the Royal Flying Doctor Service, like the man suffering from extreme burns who rode his motorbike eighteen kilometres back across his property to get help while opening and closing every gate along the way because you 'always leave gates as you find them'. Out here, stoicism and a sense of humour go hand in hand, as in the case of the stockman with a compound leg fracture who, when asked by the Flying Doctor if it hurt, replied, 'Oh, it itches a bit.'

Through fog, lightning, thunder, flooding rains and dust storms, the Flying Doctor braves the elements to get to the remote outback landing strips where they're needed ­... and the tales they live to tell will have you shaking your head in amazement." (visit link)

ISBN Number: 9780733332142 Author(s): Bill Marsh

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