The Flying Doctor

The Big Dry heat.  Remote township in the Cape. In the dead of night, with rain bringing relief, people take to the streets – starkers – and run. Nigel Gould explains how he started this strange tradition…

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Remote mine site. Work boots on gravel. Deep conversation as Andrew steps backward and the earth suddenly opens up and he disappears…

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Seasoned flight nurse Susan Markwell. Remote Indigenous communities. Pregnant patient, mid-flight, has the overwhelming feeling to push…

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Remote Northern Territory. Swirling red dust. Laughing kids on motorbikes – then the unthinkable happens.

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Driving a tractor with a boat as a canopy, towing a trailer with a plane on top and containing a car, motorbike and bicycle - the Travelling Jackaroo is on an adventure.

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Vast Qld cattle station. A plane and motorbike move the cattle as they have done for years. Suddenly a regular manoeuvre goes wrong and Stephen watches as his father’s plane hits power lines and plunges to the ground.

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Young medical student. RFDS flights to isolated communities. Harry has long been passionate about medicine but his placement with the RFDS changed his perspective on rural health entirely.

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Routine mustering. Remote cattle station. A chopper falls from the sky -- smashing into the ground and there is no walking away. Rob & Sarah begin a journey back to a new and different life.

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Vast landscapes. Parish of 160,000 square kilometres. The Flying Padre would fly or drive to provide ministerial services to the remote stations, communities and townships – a mission of an entirely different kind.

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The Nindigully Races. Dust, noise and cheers. Trent’s passion for off-road racing goes terribly wrong and there is a rush to save his arm and his livelihood.

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