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Gawler volunteers raise $16,000 for Flying Doctor
A dedicated group of local volunteers has raised $16,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), representing their fundraising efforts with the support of the community over the past year.
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'Rocket' Rod signs off after 34 years
09 Nov 2015From meeting the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, Pilot Rod McRedmond has had a fair few adventures in between during his 34 years with the RFDS. After 18,600 flying hours Rod has decided to hang up his wings.
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Flying Doctor unites outback community
09 Nov 2015Five-year-old cousins Deborah and Hamish Bayley have finished School of the Air for the day while the mustering has been paused for a day so everyone can catch up on odd jobs around the homestead.
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54 shocks keep Gene alive in the air
24 Aug 2015Watch the remarkable Nine News Adelaide story of the survival of heart patient Gene Hildebrand and his dramatic RFDS flight from Alice Springs to Adelaide for emergency heart surgery on 6 July 2015.
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Outback Odyssey delivers $123,000
20 Aug 2015A gruelling eight-day trek from Alice Springs to Darwin via Queensland has raked in a record $123,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. This year, 68 competitors drove 27 pre-1985 vehicles in the 23rd edition of the OZ Outback Odyssey in style.
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Teamwork in a heartbeat saves Darryl
17 Aug 2015An acute sense of self-awareness, a rapid response by work mates and a 700 kilometre flight from the outback combined to save the life of Darryl "Fuzz" Hucks.
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No ordinary bush Dental Clinic
17 Aug 2015It's no ordinary visit to the dentist when the clinic comes to you in an outback pub dining room on the Birdsville Track. For bush folk, the pub clinic is the difference between getting your teeth seen to now or having to take days off work to drive hundreds of kilometres to see a dentist in town.
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Snakebite sends Alishia on night flight
07 Aug 2015It didn't take long for 12-year-old Whyalla schoolgirl Alishia Thomas to get back into the saddle after suffering a terrifying snake bite while competing at a rodeo in South Australia's mid-north.
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