October 2, 2025 • 14 mins
This week, we’re heading out to the red dust and wide skies of the Spencer gulf and Flinders Ranges, where Season 3 of RFDS was filmed. The hit drama's inspired by the real-life heroes of the Royal Flying Doctors Service.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
iHeart Essay.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Out here, you can see just about every star. If
you screamed, he'd be pretty sure no one would here.
You'd be surprised. Pulses dropping.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
How far is the nearest neurosergain six hundred k away?
If we going to net Knights and Sirens of a.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Tarmac, they'll be on a strip in less than an hour.
So you're having this baby up here?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
I'm not ready. I'm giving adrenaline. Mam, what's happening.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
We're coming down through a dust on.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
I'm Jackie Liomb with iHeart Essay. This week we're heading
out to the red dust and wide skies of the
Spencer Gulf and Flinders Rangers, where production got underway for
season three of Our FDS, the hit drama inspired by
the real life heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
With returning cast members like Stephen Pico, Emma Harvey and
(01:08):
Justine Clark, this season picks up one year after the
events of season two, with powerful news stories and emotional
fallout from life changing decisions. Before we hear from one
of the show's stars, I caught up with Essay Minister
for Arts Andrew Michaels to chat about how this season
is not only telling compelling stories but also injecting millions
into the local economy and creating hundreds of jobs across
(01:31):
the region.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Season three was filmed right here in South Australia, which
we're really proud of. It did fantastic for our regional
communities with the economic injection, but also you know jobs
and keeping people busy in regions like Portagusta around corn
and Flint Strangers.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Yeah, absolutely so. In the past it was done in
Broken Hill, if I'm not mistaken. So why the switch
or how did we score it? I suppose getting it
to be in Audugusta a.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Little bit of good opportunity. Broken Hill wasn't able to
take it for season three and some work fail doing
in their RFDS Airport base and that meant it was
open for up for grabs and we put our hand
up at SAFC and we managed to get it here,
which is fantastic. We've got South Australian producer and Lisa Scott,
so there's really strong South Astralian connections anyway, and being
(02:22):
able to get it here is fantastic.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
A lot of the action is going on in the Flinders.
You know, we've got Corn as one of the base
sort of locations as well. So what sort of landscape
are we going to see? What sort of people are
going to be involved? Are there real stories being told?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Certainly, lots of beautiful outback Flinders Rangers scenery that you'll
see throughout. They use the RFDS based support Augusta, you'll
be seeing that and obviously some was filmed at in
Adelaide at the Greenslide Studios SAFC. So some fantastic scenery.
The actors are the ones we know and love. Emma
Hamilton's even Peco with some incredible actors back again and
(03:05):
we'll see some pretty emotional storylines.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
As far as it all goes with, you know, economic
delivery for our state as you mentioned before, so two
thirds of expenditure on a typical screen production is going
to our providers and our suppliers and you know all
of that. So that's all local money in the pocket.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Absolutely. So SAFC has been able to quantify now at
ten million dollar injection into our economy by bringing the
series here, which is fantastic. We had four hundred and
fifty jobs across cast and crew and extras involved, so
it's really important for our screen sector to have these
sorts of productions here, particularly in our in regional South Australia.
(03:46):
When they're out there filming, obviously they're going to buy
their dinners at the local pub and local restaurants and
supporting local accommodation providers as well. So it's really great
bank for Buck to have filming here in South Australia,
particularly in our regions.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
As far as viewership goes for the show, I mean,
it's been very, very successful, So we'll have another opportunity
here for the country. For the world with streaming and
whatnot now to see South Australia.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Absolutely, I mean it puts us on the national map,
but obviously when it streamed and goes global, these sorts
of things put us on the international map as well.
It's great for our reputation. Our screen sector is doing
great things here in South Australia in the last few years.
We're just about to launch our program for the Adelade
Film Festival this week and that's gone great guns we've annualized.
(04:37):
That's so screen gaming here in South Australia is doing
great things.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I've spoken to a few directors of movies and all
sorts of things Kitty Green for example, Warwick Thornton, and
everyone just loves essay filming here. We've got a very
good screen program. We've got a really good access of
course to our CBD as well, even from regional areas. Yeah,
what can you say on that sort of thing and
how much people love flocking here because we've had a
(05:01):
lot recently.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Yeah, we certainly have. When I go out to the sets,
which I'm very grateful I get to go out to
the sets and talk to people, they're just very complimentary
about our crew and the organization around filming here in
South Australia, whether it be here in Adelaide, in the
city or whether it's out in the regions. It's just
(05:23):
a fun, professional kind of organization that gets involved workers
that get involved, so they love it more.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Coming up after the break, I Heart Essays, I Heart Essays,
welcome back. We've just heard how our FDS Season three
is doing more than telling powerful stories, it's also giving
a major boost to regional South Australia, injecting ten million
dollars into the local economy and creating hundreds of jobs.
(05:52):
Up next, though, we're diving into the heart of the
show with one of its stars. I had a chance
to speak to the actor behind the character, Chaiam Harvey,
to talk about returning for season three. Well, it's changed
for her character and what fans can expect does the
drama unfolds season three?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
We have got a lot happening this season. We start
off episode one with a big bus crash that kind
of leads to a what becomes a mass casualty event
that all of our RFDS favorites end up helping out at.
Apart from that, there's a concussed pilot where one of
our nurses has to land a plane. We've got a
bunch of love, We've got one major live triangle, and
(06:31):
then a few other little dalli answers happening. But if
you've watched any of our previous seasons, you know our
show is kind of action packed, and so that's what
you can expect again from season three.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Right, And so how was it filming in Porto Gusta
or using the RFDS base in Portagusta as opposed to
in Broken Hill where you've done the last couple of seasons.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
It was great. It was nice being some time in
Porta Gusta, and we're also filmed in Corn a little bit.
It was different at the first two seasons were in
Broken Hill, as you said, and so we got a
little bit of city life this time because we were
staying in Adelaide and shooting in the studios there, which
was great because we shoot a lot of stuff on
our plane, like whenever we're in the plane, we're using
(07:12):
a big plane set. It was nice to have that
at the bases in Adelaide, but then also going out
to Port Augusta and Corn. It was beautiful to get
out of the city and kind of see those parts
of South Australia if you hadn't before, like I certainly hadn't,
and stopping on the way sometimes to look at like
there's that beautiful like pink like salt, yeah, fling, yes,
(07:35):
lock eels. We went there and yeah, I loved it.
I didn't realize kind of how beautiful South Australia is.
We got to go to a winery one weekend. Loved
the beaches in Adelaide too, hadn't seen them before Port
wa Langa. I was like, what this Adelaide has been
hiding this the whole time. So yeah, I loved it.
I loved getting to see South Australia a little bit.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Yeah, And what do you think about the show and
revealing that sort of outback life in essay? You know,
what do you think audiences might not have expected?
Speaker 3 (08:04):
You know, wherever you go regional in Australia meet the
best people and that's who are kind of our guest
is as we call them in the show, like the
characters who play the property owners and the you know,
the farmers. They are kind of the core of our show.
Even though we have our we have our doctors in
our nurses, it's about the people that we're helping and
(08:27):
those relationships. And I think that South Australia is gonna
hopefully love the people they meet. And because we cast
all locally as well, so we've got some beautiful tout
Australian actors in the show this season.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
M wonderful, all right, it sounds juicy. So as far
as the stories go, you say, it's all about the
people you help in all of that. Of course, that's
the whole point of the RFDS, you know, going out
to these remote areas and helping people. Was there any
challenges in portraying some of those stories? Were they are
they based on real stories?
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Yeah, almost every I think every scenario in our show
is based on something that happened to a real RDS
doctor or nurse, like a real story ian. Our writer creator,
he's done like so much research into this. That's how
it gets all his ideas for storylines is like through
talking to real I have to guess as a nurse.
(09:17):
It so even though sometimes they seem far fetched, you
might think like that would never happen as just TV drama,
it's always it's always based on something that actually happened.
It's really fun to bring to life.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Absolutely. I happened to meet someone at a party actually
a little while back now, and she's a location scout
and she wasn't able to talk to me on the record,
but she spoke to me a lot about how she
kind of goes around and tries to make things as
accurate as possible. And the Devenport community just outside of Portagusta,
with the Aboriginal community there, she mentioned that is somewhere
(09:50):
that is you know, they want to make that very
accurate and all of those sorts of things. Did you
have anything to do with any stories in that regard?
Speaker 3 (09:58):
I don't think Chaia got to go to that location.
I think that might have been Wayne's storyline. The team
behind RFDS do really does their due diligence in making
sure that everything's really accurate, and especially if where if
we've got indigenous storylines, then we make sure that we're
bringing them truthfully to the screen.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
How did the local community react to the production? Have
you heard anything from people from Portogusta.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
We did go to the pub. I think I could
watch the Grand Final there or something. Yeah, actually we
did take a bit of a group's photo. I think
everyone there was so lovely and I'm really glad to
have us in town as well. Yeah, it's really welcoming.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I find the same. Actually, small towns
they tend to be up for a chat. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
So the Royal Flying Doctor said has played such a
vital role in real life. So did you have the
chance to actually meet RFDS personnel during the filming? Did
you Obviously you say that you know it's based on
real stories and all that, but did you follow someone
around for a while or yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
We don't get time to follow the cod That would
be so fun actually to follow, like to go on
the planes and go to real scenarios and trust us
and then I think that would be too heavy. Actually,
they're pretty strict weight requirements on the planes. But we
do have real RFDS doctors who help us train for
I guess the scenes, the like medical scenes, who take
(11:16):
us through rehearsal. So they're there for us to ask
all out, to answer all our questions about when you
first arrive at this scene, what's the first thing you
would do, who takes charge, where would I sit? What
am I passing them? And they essentially take us through
all that stuff. So they are invaluable to our show.
They're also involved in the writing, Like from really early
(11:37):
on in the writing process, he and our our writer creator,
he is heavily involved with them because essentially his to
write everything that you know, these doctor characters say, and
he's not a doctor, so he's got to get it
from the source. Yeah, so they're involved kind of all
the way through.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Was there a particular scene or episode that was especially
powerful or emotional for you to shoot?
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Tia does get into a little bit of try at work,
and that's kind of a fun episode for me. I
don't want to give too much away, but it's towards
the end of the season. Also the first episode, the
bus crash was a big scene for us, a big
kind of production where we were shooting nights and we
were out in we were out somewhere ne Portogast, big
(12:19):
night shoots, lots of extras, lots of lights and heavy content.
I guess like we were dealing with a mass casualty event.
Those are the kind of long days but fun days
that where you really get to get into the meeting
stuff and you're out in the dirt.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
I love that stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Yeah, yeah, definitely. Well that sounds like it's going to
be an awesome first episode for sure. So as far
as the whole season goes, though, what message do you
hope viewers take away from watching RFDS.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I just hope our show can be a good kind
of gateway to see what, you know, what these people do,
and how hard they work and how good they are
at their jobs. I mean, we obviously add in a
lot of roman and friendships and a bit of drama
to add to it, but the heart of the show is, like,
as I said, the people that we're helping and the
doctors and nurses that work in regional Australia that you know,
(13:12):
those parts of our communities couldn't exist without them because
you're you know, if you foot get thrown by a
tractor or whatever on your eight hours from a hospital,
you need them. You need them to keep Australia going.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
So life savers really. Yeah, So you're hoping basically that
maybe this can raise the awareness. Of course there's two
other seasons already, but you know, particularly for ssay viewers,
I guess this might you know, spark something in them
to be like, oh, RFDS, you know they're pretty great.
Let's give some donations.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Absolutely, and I'll see some local essay actors on screen
as well, and yeah, buy some merch from the RFDS store,
but yeah, and support your local rfts.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
That's it for this week. Don't forget you can hear
iHeart Essay and the iHeart app or wherever you get
your podcasts. I'm Jackie Limb. Join us again next week
for more of the stories you want to hear. I
Heard Essay the Voice of South Australia. I Heart Essayed
iHeart Essay.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Out here, you can see just about every star. If
you screamed, he'd be pretty sure no one would here.
You'd be surprised. Pulses dropping.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
How far is the nearest neurosergain six hundred k away?
If we going to net Knights and Sirens of a.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Tarmac, they'll be on a strip in less than an hour.
So you're having this baby up here?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
I'm not ready. I'm giving adrenaline. Mam, what's happening.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
We're coming down through a dust on.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
I'm Jackie Liomb with iHeart Essay. This week we're heading
out to the red dust and wide skies of the
Spencer Gulf and Flinders Rangers, where production got underway for
season three of Our FDS, the hit drama inspired by
the real life heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
With returning cast members like Stephen Pico, Emma Harvey and
(01:08):
Justine Clark, this season picks up one year after the
events of season two, with powerful news stories and emotional
fallout from life changing decisions. Before we hear from one
of the show's stars, I caught up with Essay Minister
for Arts Andrew Michaels to chat about how this season
is not only telling compelling stories but also injecting millions
into the local economy and creating hundreds of jobs across
(01:31):
the region.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Season three was filmed right here in South Australia, which
we're really proud of. It did fantastic for our regional
communities with the economic injection, but also you know jobs
and keeping people busy in regions like Portagusta around corn
and Flint Strangers.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Yeah, absolutely so. In the past it was done in
Broken Hill, if I'm not mistaken. So why the switch
or how did we score it? I suppose getting it
to be in Audugusta a.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Little bit of good opportunity. Broken Hill wasn't able to
take it for season three and some work fail doing
in their RFDS Airport base and that meant it was
open for up for grabs and we put our hand
up at SAFC and we managed to get it here,
which is fantastic. We've got South Australian producer and Lisa Scott,
so there's really strong South Astralian connections anyway, and being
(02:22):
able to get it here is fantastic.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
A lot of the action is going on in the Flinders.
You know, we've got Corn as one of the base
sort of locations as well. So what sort of landscape
are we going to see? What sort of people are
going to be involved? Are there real stories being told?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Certainly, lots of beautiful outback Flinders Rangers scenery that you'll
see throughout. They use the RFDS based support Augusta, you'll
be seeing that and obviously some was filmed at in
Adelaide at the Greenslide Studios SAFC. So some fantastic scenery.
The actors are the ones we know and love. Emma
Hamilton's even Peco with some incredible actors back again and
(03:05):
we'll see some pretty emotional storylines.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
As far as it all goes with, you know, economic
delivery for our state as you mentioned before, so two
thirds of expenditure on a typical screen production is going
to our providers and our suppliers and you know all
of that. So that's all local money in the pocket.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Absolutely. So SAFC has been able to quantify now at
ten million dollar injection into our economy by bringing the
series here, which is fantastic. We had four hundred and
fifty jobs across cast and crew and extras involved, so
it's really important for our screen sector to have these
sorts of productions here, particularly in our in regional South Australia.
(03:46):
When they're out there filming, obviously they're going to buy
their dinners at the local pub and local restaurants and
supporting local accommodation providers as well. So it's really great
bank for Buck to have filming here in South Australia,
particularly in our regions.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
As far as viewership goes for the show, I mean,
it's been very, very successful, So we'll have another opportunity
here for the country. For the world with streaming and
whatnot now to see South Australia.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Absolutely, I mean it puts us on the national map,
but obviously when it streamed and goes global, these sorts
of things put us on the international map as well.
It's great for our reputation. Our screen sector is doing
great things here in South Australia in the last few years.
We're just about to launch our program for the Adelade
Film Festival this week and that's gone great guns we've annualized.
(04:37):
That's so screen gaming here in South Australia is doing
great things.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I've spoken to a few directors of movies and all
sorts of things Kitty Green for example, Warwick Thornton, and
everyone just loves essay filming here. We've got a very
good screen program. We've got a really good access of
course to our CBD as well, even from regional areas. Yeah,
what can you say on that sort of thing and
how much people love flocking here because we've had a
(05:01):
lot recently.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Yeah, we certainly have. When I go out to the sets,
which I'm very grateful I get to go out to
the sets and talk to people, they're just very complimentary
about our crew and the organization around filming here in
South Australia, whether it be here in Adelaide, in the
city or whether it's out in the regions. It's just
(05:23):
a fun, professional kind of organization that gets involved workers
that get involved, so they love it more.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Coming up after the break, I Heart Essays, I Heart Essays,
welcome back. We've just heard how our FDS Season three
is doing more than telling powerful stories, it's also giving
a major boost to regional South Australia, injecting ten million
dollars into the local economy and creating hundreds of jobs.
(05:52):
Up next, though, we're diving into the heart of the
show with one of its stars. I had a chance
to speak to the actor behind the character, Chaiam Harvey,
to talk about returning for season three. Well, it's changed
for her character and what fans can expect does the
drama unfolds season three?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
We have got a lot happening this season. We start
off episode one with a big bus crash that kind
of leads to a what becomes a mass casualty event
that all of our RFDS favorites end up helping out at.
Apart from that, there's a concussed pilot where one of
our nurses has to land a plane. We've got a
bunch of love, We've got one major live triangle, and
(06:31):
then a few other little dalli answers happening. But if
you've watched any of our previous seasons, you know our
show is kind of action packed, and so that's what
you can expect again from season three.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Right, And so how was it filming in Porto Gusta
or using the RFDS base in Portagusta as opposed to
in Broken Hill where you've done the last couple of seasons.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
It was great. It was nice being some time in
Porta Gusta, and we're also filmed in Corn a little bit.
It was different at the first two seasons were in
Broken Hill, as you said, and so we got a
little bit of city life this time because we were
staying in Adelaide and shooting in the studios there, which
was great because we shoot a lot of stuff on
our plane, like whenever we're in the plane, we're using
(07:12):
a big plane set. It was nice to have that
at the bases in Adelaide, but then also going out
to Port Augusta and Corn. It was beautiful to get
out of the city and kind of see those parts
of South Australia if you hadn't before, like I certainly hadn't,
and stopping on the way sometimes to look at like
there's that beautiful like pink like salt, yeah, fling, yes,
(07:35):
lock eels. We went there and yeah, I loved it.
I didn't realize kind of how beautiful South Australia is.
We got to go to a winery one weekend. Loved
the beaches in Adelaide too, hadn't seen them before Port
wa Langa. I was like, what this Adelaide has been
hiding this the whole time. So yeah, I loved it.
I loved getting to see South Australia a little bit.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Yeah, And what do you think about the show and
revealing that sort of outback life in essay? You know,
what do you think audiences might not have expected?
Speaker 3 (08:04):
You know, wherever you go regional in Australia meet the
best people and that's who are kind of our guest
is as we call them in the show, like the
characters who play the property owners and the you know,
the farmers. They are kind of the core of our show.
Even though we have our we have our doctors in
our nurses, it's about the people that we're helping and
(08:27):
those relationships. And I think that South Australia is gonna
hopefully love the people they meet. And because we cast
all locally as well, so we've got some beautiful tout
Australian actors in the show this season.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
M wonderful, all right, it sounds juicy. So as far
as the stories go, you say, it's all about the
people you help in all of that. Of course, that's
the whole point of the RFDS, you know, going out
to these remote areas and helping people. Was there any
challenges in portraying some of those stories? Were they are
they based on real stories?
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Yeah, almost every I think every scenario in our show
is based on something that happened to a real RDS
doctor or nurse, like a real story ian. Our writer creator,
he's done like so much research into this. That's how
it gets all his ideas for storylines is like through
talking to real I have to guess as a nurse.
(09:17):
It so even though sometimes they seem far fetched, you
might think like that would never happen as just TV drama,
it's always it's always based on something that actually happened.
It's really fun to bring to life.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Absolutely. I happened to meet someone at a party actually
a little while back now, and she's a location scout
and she wasn't able to talk to me on the record,
but she spoke to me a lot about how she
kind of goes around and tries to make things as
accurate as possible. And the Devenport community just outside of Portagusta,
with the Aboriginal community there, she mentioned that is somewhere
(09:50):
that is you know, they want to make that very
accurate and all of those sorts of things. Did you
have anything to do with any stories in that regard?
Speaker 3 (09:58):
I don't think Chaia got to go to that location.
I think that might have been Wayne's storyline. The team
behind RFDS do really does their due diligence in making
sure that everything's really accurate, and especially if where if
we've got indigenous storylines, then we make sure that we're
bringing them truthfully to the screen.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
How did the local community react to the production? Have
you heard anything from people from Portogusta.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
We did go to the pub. I think I could
watch the Grand Final there or something. Yeah, actually we
did take a bit of a group's photo. I think
everyone there was so lovely and I'm really glad to
have us in town as well. Yeah, it's really welcoming.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I find the same. Actually, small towns
they tend to be up for a chat. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
So the Royal Flying Doctor said has played such a
vital role in real life. So did you have the
chance to actually meet RFDS personnel during the filming? Did
you Obviously you say that you know it's based on
real stories and all that, but did you follow someone
around for a while or yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
We don't get time to follow the cod That would
be so fun actually to follow, like to go on
the planes and go to real scenarios and trust us
and then I think that would be too heavy. Actually,
they're pretty strict weight requirements on the planes. But we
do have real RFDS doctors who help us train for
I guess the scenes, the like medical scenes, who take
(11:16):
us through rehearsal. So they're there for us to ask
all out, to answer all our questions about when you
first arrive at this scene, what's the first thing you
would do, who takes charge, where would I sit? What
am I passing them? And they essentially take us through
all that stuff. So they are invaluable to our show.
They're also involved in the writing, Like from really early
(11:37):
on in the writing process, he and our our writer creator,
he is heavily involved with them because essentially his to
write everything that you know, these doctor characters say, and
he's not a doctor, so he's got to get it
from the source. Yeah, so they're involved kind of all
the way through.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Was there a particular scene or episode that was especially
powerful or emotional for you to shoot?
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Tia does get into a little bit of try at work,
and that's kind of a fun episode for me. I
don't want to give too much away, but it's towards
the end of the season. Also the first episode, the
bus crash was a big scene for us, a big
kind of production where we were shooting nights and we
were out in we were out somewhere ne Portogast, big
(12:19):
night shoots, lots of extras, lots of lights and heavy content.
I guess like we were dealing with a mass casualty event.
Those are the kind of long days but fun days
that where you really get to get into the meeting
stuff and you're out in the dirt.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
I love that stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Yeah, yeah, definitely. Well that sounds like it's going to
be an awesome first episode for sure. So as far
as the whole season goes, though, what message do you
hope viewers take away from watching RFDS.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I just hope our show can be a good kind
of gateway to see what, you know, what these people do,
and how hard they work and how good they are
at their jobs. I mean, we obviously add in a
lot of roman and friendships and a bit of drama
to add to it, but the heart of the show is, like,
as I said, the people that we're helping and the
doctors and nurses that work in regional Australia that you know,
(13:12):
those parts of our communities couldn't exist without them because
you're you know, if you foot get thrown by a
tractor or whatever on your eight hours from a hospital,
you need them. You need them to keep Australia going.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
So life savers really. Yeah, So you're hoping basically that
maybe this can raise the awareness. Of course there's two
other seasons already, but you know, particularly for ssay viewers,
I guess this might you know, spark something in them
to be like, oh, RFDS, you know they're pretty great.
Let's give some donations.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Absolutely, and I'll see some local essay actors on screen
as well, and yeah, buy some merch from the RFDS store,
but yeah, and support your local rfts.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
That's it for this week. Don't forget you can hear
iHeart Essay and the iHeart app or wherever you get
your podcasts. I'm Jackie Limb. Join us again next week
for more of the stories you want to hear. I
Heard Essay the Voice of South Australia. I Heart Essayed
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