[Mishmash] Flying Doctors Opening Credits

[David Brown]

I really have no idea but I can offer an educated guess.  The footage
immediately preceding is over Darwin.  The island is big or important enough
to support an air strip.  I therefore suggest it might be Groote Eylandt, a
bit to the north east of Darwin.  If I am correct this island’s raison
d’être is mining.  It would therefore need an air strip to bring miners in
and out.  But this is a guess and I could easily be wrong.

 

In truth, whilst I have seen those mikes on TV I have never been up close
and personal ;-)

 

It was nice to look at Reverend Flynn who was the founder.  Before moving to
Bruce which is named after the first sitting Australian Prime Minister to
lose his seat at a general election, I lived in Flynn which is named after
the Rev.  

 

In case you don’t know, John Howard was the second sitting PM to lose his
seat.  He was voted out of parliament almost exactly one year ago.  It made
my day J

 

Cheers

 

David

 

From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net [mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net]
On Behalf Of Fred Atkinson
Sent: Sunday, 7 December 2008 6:58 AM
To: Mishmash
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Flying Doctors Opening Credits

 

    Try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tz4dCLrdTA
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tz4dCLrdTA&feature=related>
&feature=related 

 

    David, what is that island one minute into the program?  

 

    Bill, be sure to see the cool microphone at the nine minute mark.  I'm
sure you'll recognize it.  

 

    Here's to The Flying Doctors!  

 

 

 

                                                                Fred 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: David Brown <mailto:djbrown at tpg.com.au>  

To: 'Mishmash' <mailto:mishmash at mishmash.net>  

Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 3:02 PM

Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Flying Doctors Opening Credits

 

Hi Fred,

 

One off means it was unique.  I could call the Mona Lisa a one off in that
there has never been another.  Friends was not a one off as there was a
bunch of seasons.

 

It is not running on free to air in Oz.  I don’t think it is running on pay
but only because I have not noticed it in the program or the ads.

 

Cheers

 

David

 

From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net [mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net]
On Behalf Of Fred Atkinson
Sent: Friday, 5 December 2008 8:26 PM
To: Mishmash
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Flying Doctors Opening Credits

 

David, 

 

    A one off is an Aussie term I haven't heard.  Enlighten me.  ;-)

 

    Is the series still running?  I'd like to know.  

 

    Stay in touch.  

    

    Regards, 

 

 

 

                                                                Fred 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: David Brown <mailto:djbrown at tpg.com.au>  

To: 'Mishmash' <mailto:mishmash at mishmash.net>  

Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:20 PM

Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Flying Doctors Opening Credits

 

Well Fred, it was a Crawford production.  This is what  I found:   

 

http://www.crawfords.com.au/libary/drama/flyingdocs.shtml

 

6 hour mini-series produced in 1984 (2 hours x 3)

Executive Producers: Hector Crawford, Ian Crawford & Terry Stapleton

Producers: Charles Tingwell & Graham Moore

Associate Producer: Mike Lake

Director: Pino Amenta

Writers: Terry Stapleton & Vince Moran

 

Filmed on location at Nulla Station in the far west of New South Wales,
Minyip in the wheatlands of north-west Victoria & Mundi Mundi Plains on the
South Australian border beyond Broken Hill

 

 

That suggests it was a one off.

 

Cheers

 

David

 

 

From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net [mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net]
On Behalf Of Fred Atkinson
Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2008 7:08 PM
To: Mishmash
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Flying Doctors Opening Credits

 

David, 

 

    I was told it went into a new season.  Are you sure about that?  

 

    I got a copy of the original Flying Doctors movie on Ebay some years
back.  Later, I got six of the television episodes.  It's never been shown
in The States.  But it has been shown in Europe and other parts of the
world, I'm told.  

 

    I think it's fantastic.  With all of the junk we have on our cable
channels here, I don't understand why they don't put The Flying Doctors on
one of them.  

 

    Regards, 

 

 

 

                                                                    Fred

----- Original Message ----- 

From: David Brown <mailto:djbrown at tpg.com.au>  

To: 'Mishmash' <mailto:mishmash at mishmash.net>  

Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:00 PM

Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Flying Doctors Opening Credits

 

It has been a long time since that was on J

 

From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net [mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net]
On Behalf Of Fred Atkinson
Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2008 11:32 AM
To: Mishmash
Subject: [Mishmash] Flying Doctors Opening Credits

 

    The Australians on our list will recognize this one: 

 

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfyxThcqF3I 

 

    Here's to the great Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service.  

 

    Regards, 

 

 

 

 

                                                                Fred 

 

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