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Your Chance For A Life Changing Experience In The Outback

Friday, 08 June 2012 00:58

Locals with some time on their hands, and prepared to put their skills to use in the great Australian outback are being urged to volunteer for a scheme to assist struggling Australian farmers and graziers.

Frontier Services is any agency of the Uniting Church and sends volunteers all over the outback, helping farmers who are struggling to recover from floods and family misfortune.

Nowra's Max and Tina Valakos travelled to Western Australia's Gascoyne region to help the Burt family re-build their half million acre property after hundreds of kilometres of precious fences were flattened by floods.

Mrs Zalakos says what started out as a two week placement was enjoyed so much it turned into a two month visit, and gave them a new appreciation of life in the outback.

You can find out more about volunteering in the " back of beyond " at HERE

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