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Graphic: One of the many family's helped by the Royal Flying Doctor Service's South Eastern section

Our South Eastern Section provides life-saving emergency evacuations and comprehensive primary healthcare services across New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, southwest Queensland, eastern and northern South Australia.

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Broken Hill RFDS Base

THE CLIVE BISHOP MEDICAL CENTRE
Telephone: 08 8080 3780
Facsimile: 08 8088 1531

Address

Hangar 2, Broken Hill Airport
Broken Hill NSW 2880

Telephone

08 8080 3777

Broken Hill Base is steeped in Australian history, and very much part of the community it serves. As well as health services, we have educational opportunities, a medical centre, a museum and shop. Operations began at the RFDS Broken Hill Base in May 1936. It was here, over sixty years ago, during the Queen's 1954 visit that we received the “Royal" prefix.

From Broken Hill we provide 24 hour emergency retrievals, covering a land mass of approximately 640,000 km². We operate a network of primary health clinics where patients can access community health nurses, dentists, mental health and allied health professionals. Our team offer training for medical and health science students in partnership with the University of Sydney, Department of Rural Health.

The Clive Bishop Medical Centre is located on the base, and offers non-emergency treatment in the areas of family medicine — including immunisations and children's health checks plus men's and women's health — as well as management plans for chronic illness, wound care, skin checks and minor surgical procedures.

Ballera Oil and Gas Process Plant

RFDS Contact information:

c/o RFDS PO Box 463 BROKEN HILL NSW 2880
Telephone: 07 4655 6107
Fax: 07 4655 6483

Since 1986, the RFDS has been under contract to Santos Ltd to provide health services to their employees in the Oil and Gas Fields at Moomba, South Australia, and since 2004, we extended our services to Ballera on the Queensland border. We now offer emergency and primary healthcare to almost 1,200 Santos employees as well as to residents in the surrounding areas.




Bankstown RFDS Base

Address

Hangar 276, Airport Ave
Bankstown Airport NSW 2200

Telephone

02 9791 1199

Bankstown RFDS Base

The RFDS base at Bankstown began operations in July 1994.

Bankstown Base is the home of the Rural Aerial Health Service (RAHS) which the RFDS operates on behalf of NSW Health. While administration and coordination of RAHS flights takes place at the Dubbo Base, the majority of flights are made from Bankstown.

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Dubbo RFDS Base

Address

9R Coorena Road (Judy Jakins Drive), Dubbo Regional Airport
Dubbo NSW 2830

Telephone

02 6841 2555

Fax

02 6882 4555

Dubbo RFDS Base

Dubbo Base, established in 1999, offers a range health services as well as being a top tourism attraction in the area.

Dubbo is home to The Outback Oral Health and Treatment (TOOTH) program, serving the remote communities of Collarenebri, Bourke, Lightning Ridge and Goodooga.

Dubbo conducts inter-hospital transfers, the coordination of flights for the Rural Aerial Health Service (RAHS), as well as emergency retrievals.

Essendon RFDS Base

Address

Cnr. Nomad Rd & Bristol St
Essendon VIC 3041

Telephone

03 9299 5350

Essendon RFDS Base

The Essendon Base began operations in September 1998 as part of a contract with Air Ambulance Victoria to provide pilots, aircraft and engineering services. When that contract ended in 2011 the RFDS Southeast Section established a Non-Emergency Patient Transfer Service (NEPTS) for the people of Victoria.


Mascot RFDS Base

Address

Corner Ross Smith Avenue & Eleventh Street
Sydney Airport, NSW 2020

Telephone

02 8374 2400

Mascot RFDS Base

Mascot Base, established in 2003, supports the provision of air ambulance services across NSW under contract with the Ambulance Service of NSW. This means that RFDS pilots, flying our aircraft, deliver the service with Ambulance NSW medical staff on board.

Moomba Oil and Gas Process Plant

Contact between 7am - 5pm, 08 8678 4414

After Hours: 08 8678 4000, Fax: 08 8678 4460 moomba.nurse@rfdsse.org.au

Since 1986, the RFDS has been under contract to Santos Ltd to provide health services to their employees in the Oil and Gas Fields at Moomba, South Australia.

In 2004, we extended our services to Ballera on the Queensland border. We now offer emergency and primary healthcare to almost 1,200 Santos employees as well as to residents in the surrounding areas.

Bruce Langford Visitor Centre

Opening Hours

Open 7 days, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday and public holidays 10am-3pm.

Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day,  Australia Day and ANZAC Day half day from 12pm-5pm/3pm.

Adults $12.50

Students aged 13 +: $10.00

Family: $32.00 (i.e. 2 Adults and 2 children under 12)

Child: $6.00 (i.e. aged 5-12)

Group Bookings of 10 or more $10.00 per person.

Address

RFDS, Bruce Langford Visitor Centre
Airport Road, Broken Hill, NSW, 2880.

Telephone

08 8080 3714

Email

tourbookings@rfdsse.org.au

The Bruce Langford Visitor Centre - Broken Hill

The Bruce Langford Visitor Centre combines a museum, theatre and shop, with interactive displays showing the history of the Service, as well as tributes to the doctors, pilots and flight nurses who work for us and the many community groups and benefactors who support us.

So visit us now and...

  • Tour a working RFDS Base
  • Enjoy a talk by our tour guide
  • View the aircraft in the hangar
  • Watch a unique film in our new 44 seat theatre
  • Shop for special souvenirs
  • Explore the new Mantle of Safety Museum

Today, Flynn's dream is a vibrant reality. The Broken Hill Base is unique because it is one of the only working RFDS bases, located at an airport, open to the public daily. Visitors can tour the Base and explore the Mantle of Safety Museum which showcases over 80 years of remarkable outback history.

All proceeds from admissions and merchandise sales go towards the purchase of new aircraft and vital medical equipment. The Royal Flying Doctor Service is a charitable organisation. We rely on the generosity of the community to continue our life-saving work.

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Dubbo Visitor Education Centre

The Visitor Education Centre is currently closed for renovation and relocation. We will reopen a new Visitor Experience on July 1, 2019.

Address

RFDS Dubbo Hangar, 9R Cooreena Road
Dubbo NSW 2830

Telephone

02 6841 2555

Email

dubboenquiries@rfdsse.org.au

Dubbo Visitor Education Centre

Opened in July 2011, the Education Centre at the Royal Flying Doctor Service Dubbo Base is a "must see" attraction.

  • See the live saving work this Australian icon does for people who live, work and travel in remote Australia
  • Hear how Reverend John Flynn visualised a "mantle of safety" over remote Australia more than 80 years ago
  • Learn about the development and operations of the Dubbo Base and see RFDS history and memorabilia
  • See real life medical footage of RFDS doctors, nurses and pilots doing their job
  • Buy a Flying Doctor souvenir from the shop and help keep the Flying Doctor in the air