The Flying Doctor

It's any grandparent's worst nightmare. To find your grandchild lying unconscious and unresponsive whilst in your care. But for Registered Nurse, Judy Treloar, the added logistics of trying to get her young grandson to a hospital, from the family's remote Qld property, also involved an unexpected helicopter ride across flood waters. Judy quickly realised she needed to stop 'thinking like a grandmother' and to start 'thinking like a nurse instead.' 

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Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us. You can find more information about RAM (Remote Australians Matter) at Remote Australians Matter and if you'd like to know more about the ICPA, you can visit ICPA | Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association

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Despite plenty of setbacks and heartbreak along the way, Julia Peterson always knew she wanted to be a mum. So, when her son Taylor decided to arrive into the world 'sooner than planned', Julia and her husband Ryan faced the challenge of a premature baby with the same incredible strength and courage they are still drawing on today. Because since Taylor’s birth, Julia has also faced not one, not two, but THREE cancer battles. Experiencing such a challenging cancer journey has now inspired this courageous mum to give back to others, one 'pocket heart' at a time... 

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There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends.

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Paige is a young mum, living on a remote station in the centre of Queensland. With two young sons, her hubby, a governess to help care for the kids and a few other couples also working on the property, Paige is a long way from her family network, and a long way from town and city services. When Paige started to have an unquenchable thirst she did not realise the severity of her health situation.

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Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us.

There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends.

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There are some strong and resilient women across rural and remote Australia, and Carol Godfrey is a wonderful example.

Living and managing a large pastoral property in South West Queensland, Carol has seen it all.  One day in 2011, when she had to move 500 cattle to a neighbours property, the cattle were released (by another person) too early and headed in the wrong direction, resulting in Carol rushing to get her helicopter into the air. In her haste, she made a critical error and she was lucky to live. 

Her accident has changed her perspective on life. Carol's mindset and mantra is that you can do anything that you put your mind to. And she is living proof!

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Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us.

There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends.

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After packing up their city home in Perth to go on a sailing adventure, single dad James Brougham and his young daughters, Halle and Isla, have spent the past two years exploring, remote schooling & fishing along the stunning WA coastline, aboard their yacht ‘Salty Jocks’.

In this inspiring episode, James explains why he decided to push his two daughters in a wheelbarrow some 500km, to raise money for the RFDS’s Oceans to Outback annual fundraiser.

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Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us.

There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends. You can find out more about the RFDS annual Oceans to Outback fundraiser at Royal Flying Doctor Service : Home (oceanstooutback.org.au)

You can also follow the Brougham family’s adventures (and check out James’s amazing drone footage & photos) at 

Salty Jocks Adventure Co.

SaltyJocks Adventure Co. - YouTube

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When Emma Turner first discovered her seven-year-old son, Fred, had Type 1 diabetes, they were literally living in the middle of nowhere. The outback Queensland town of Blackhall even boasts a memorial to Australia's famous 'black stump'!

But after Fred's symptoms suddenly became life threatening, Emma found herself sitting next to the pilot in the cockpit of an RFDS plane, with her gravely ill son on board. 

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Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us.

There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends.

Reviews and ratings help our podcast to be found by others, so if you can take the time to do that it would be appreciated.  You can also send feedback, questions or comments through to [email protected]. 

Please join the conversation at our Facebook Group called the Flying Doctor Podcast Community 

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When transport company owners, Ella Reindler and her husband Dave, set out on ‘one last trucking trip’ from Perth to the remote Kimberley, they knew it would likely be their last road trip together as a couple, before their new baby arrived. But nobody expected that, at just 35 weeks pregnant, Ella’s waters would break in the middle of nowhere and hundreds of kilometres away from any medical care. 

What followed was an anxious overnight long haul to the nearest hospital, with a very pregnant Ella behind the wheel.

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Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us.

There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends.

Reviews and ratings help our podcast to be found by others, so if you can take the time to do that it would be appreciated.  You can also send feedback, questions or comments through to [email protected]. 

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The story of Gayle and Mac Shann has been featured twice on ABC's Australian Story and it has even been voted as Australia's favourite story. After Gayle's life-changing accident on a remote cattle station in Queensland, they have had to adapt to a new life, despite one arm being amputated and the other being paralysed. 

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Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us.

There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends.

Reviews and ratings help our podcast to be found by others, so if you can take the time to do that it would be appreciated.  You can also send feedback, questions or comments through to [email protected]. 

Please join the conversation at our Facebook Group called the Flying Doctor Podcast Community 

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Barry was travelling with some work colleagues on his way back to Mount Isa from a remote mine site when the driver lost control of the ute, it flipped and Barry was left hanging from his seat belt.  When he released his belt he fell directly on his head, instantly felt pain and saw stars. He knew it was bad.

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Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us.

There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends.

Reviews and ratings help our podcast to be found by others, so if you can take the time to do that it would be appreciated.  You can also send feedback, questions or comments through to [email protected]. 

Please join the conversation at our Facebook Group called the Flying Doctor Podcast Community 

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Danielle and Boyd Keenan live with their two young daughters, August (Augie), 11, and Willa, 9, in Broken Hills, NSW. It is a community they adore and the home where extended family are, but when Augie was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in October 2019, the remote city they love  was a long way away from diabetes treatment.

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Thanks so much for listening to the Flying Doctor Podcast. It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us.

There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners and those we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends.

Reviews and ratings help our podcast to be found by others, so if you can take the time to do that it would be appreciated.  You can also send feedback, questions or comments through to [email protected]. 

Please join the conversation at our Facebook Group called the Flying Doctor Podcast Community 

And if you haven’t already done so – catch up on our extensive back-series as there are some ripper yarns, incredibly brave and strong people, and many-a-story that are so typically Aussie in terms of resilience, innovation in times of crisis, and of course humour.

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