Community & Business
16 June, 2023
Chance to go to ‘Big Red Bash’
Locals who missed out on their chance to attend this year’s Birdsville Big Red Bash have been thrown a lifeline courtesy of the Royal Flying Doctors Service.
Locals who missed out on their chance to attend this year’s Birdsville Big Red Bash have been thrown a lifeline courtesy of the Royal Flying Doctors Service.
From Tuesday 4 July to Thursday 6 July, The Big Red Bash will host more than 10,000 festival-goers under the skies of Simpson Desert in a town affectionately named ‘Bashville’ and due to the location, it is officially the most remote festival in the world.
Australian legends including Icehouse, John Williamson, Hoodoo Gurus and Pete Murray, among many others will be playing at this year’s festival.
The Royal Flying Doctors Service is offering two people the chance to enter a competition and win a chance to attend the popular festival.
Hopeful winners must fill out a form a explain what they love about camping in the great outdoors. Along with VIP tickets to the festival, the lucky winners will be flown from their closest city to Birdsville where, once their boot-scooting good times are done for the day, they’ll be able to retreat to their own barefoot-luxury accommodation.
The prize also includes a scenic flight aboard one of the Flying Doctor’s Beechcraft King Airplanes, this is only the second time that an RFDS flight experience has been made to the public, outside of medical retrieval use – the first being this same competition last year.
RFDS Senior Base Pilot Nick Tully said it was a real thrill to be able to give back to the community who support the Flying Doctor across the year.
“We’ve been flying in Queensland for 95 years thanks in large part to the generous support of individuals who donate kindly, and the critical funds that are raised at events such as Big Red Bash,” he said.
“As an RFDS pilot, I know how important it is to support the health and wellbeing of people in some of Queensland’s most remote locations.”
Mr Tully said the prize was truly “the chance of a lifetime”.
“I’ve been involved as an RFDS pilot supporting the Big Red Bash for years and I can tell you from my own experience, everyone involved has an amazing time,” he said.
“However, most importantly, it’s rewarding to know that all the money raised goes towards providing essential support to people living in the bush.”
To enter the competition, head to www. flyingdoctor.org.au/qld/about/events/competition/ and share what you love about camping in the great outdoors.
