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NAIDOC Week 2021

It's NAIDOC week 2021!

Launch of face-to-face fundraising (QLD)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has this week launched its face-to-face fundraising campaign.

Australia's motorcycling legend

The Big Sister self saucing chocolate pudding is considered a sacred relic in Australia's rich motorcycling community.

Wave of support gives uplift to Flying Doctor (QLD)

An outpouring of support from supporters right across Queensland is keeping the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) in the air during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New $20 note launched in Broken Hill

New $20 note is launched in Broken Hill by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Barlow family (featured on the new design of the note, from a 1948 photo of The Veldt Station in remote NSW)

The right place, the right time in Kowanyama (QLD)

“It is purely coincidental that our primary health care team was in Kowanyama that Friday. Normally we run daily clinics Mondays to Wednesdays, but the recent public holiday meant we rescheduled for Friday,”

RFDS Victoria at Variety Kids X-mas Party (VIC)

For the seventh consecutive year, RFDS Victoria sent a team to join in the fun at the annual Variety Kids’ Xmas Party. “It’s always a pleasure to be a part of this fantastic event which brings the joy of Christmas to kids in need,” said RFDS Victoria Education Manager, Tom Ryan.

When young lives hang in the balance (QLD)

For Bundaberg mum, Kelly-Anne, there were no warning signs that something was wrong.

Sonosite MicroMAXX Portable Ultrasound (WA)

Meet Maddison (QLD)

Maddison has flown with the Flying Doctor five times.

The gift of a smile (TAS)

Dad this is the first time I have seen you smile!

MARCH: New services making locals smile (SA/NT)

New RFDS Remote Oral Health Care Services open in Mutitjulu in Central Australia and Leigh Creek in South Australia.

A day in the life of an RFDS Flight Nurse (QLD)

I could be a midwife one day, a critical care nurse the next and working in primary health the day after.

FEBRUARY: Flying across a pandemic (SA/NT)

The RFDS was the first aeromedical organisation to manage a positive COVID-19 case on Australian soil.

My Dad could see what was coming long before it came! (TAS)

The idea was that Flynn would organise the doctors and the planes, but at that time there simply was no way that the vast majority of people in remote areas could talk with one another, let alone call up a doctor when the need arose. Enter Dad, to provide good radio communications in the Outback.

Senex gives one million reasons to celebrate (SA/NT)

Valued corporate partner Senex Energy has extended its support for the RFDS Central Operations to $1 million with a further three-year major sponsorship.

Badly injured and in the middle of nowhere (VIC)

Earlier this year, a 26-year-old woman named Skrollan was hiking with friends at Dolerite Gorge in the Kimberley. One second, she was having the time of her life, the next she was lying on rocks at the bottom of the gorge, in terrible pain and unable to move.

A day in the life of the Outback Mental Health Team (QLD)

90 Years of Development and Innovation (NSW/ACT)

The Reverend John Flynn set up the Royal Flying Doctor Service and commissioned inventor Alfred Traeger to develop a pedal radio

Courtney's Story (NSW/ACT)

“You don’t realise how remote it is out there until you need help. It was spectacular to watch the Flying Doctor in action.”

Message from President Ruth Sandow (NSW/ACT)

Ruth Sandow, RFDS SE President,

Tim's Story (NSW/ACT)

Tim hadn’t been feeling well for a few days when his daughter Teena took him to Cobar Hospital from their home on the Barrier Highway.

Men's health in the spotlight this June (NSW/ACT)

Prioritise your health this Men's Health Week.

Flying Doctor urges people not to become complacent in the fight against COVID-19 (NSW/ACT)

Flying Doctor urges people not become complacent in fight against COVID-19

Whyalla volunteers raise $23,000 for Flying Doctor (SA/NT)

A dedicated group of local volunteers has presented a $23,000 donation to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), representing their fundraising efforts with the support of the Whyalla community over the past year.