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Footplate Padre said letter hit the mark!

Footplate Padre said letter hit the mark!

Footplate Padre Mark Tronson who writes a column for the On-Track e-railway magazine said that Barry Blair the editor of Inside Rail E-News sent him a \'letter to the editor\' from his New England area and he was interested to read the writer\'s issue about passenger trains to and from Sydney. .

  • Samaritan's Purse sends off over 90 tons of aid to Japan

    Survivors in Sendai, one the hardest hit towns of Japan\'s deadly earthquake and tsunami, will soon receive desperately needed relief as over 90 tons of aid from Samaritan\'s Purse makes its way from an aircraft that landed in Yokoto Saturday.

  • Christians in disaster-hit Japan appeal for prayer

    Barnabas Fund partners from a Christian aid organisation in Japan are appealing for prayer as their stricken land struggles to cope with the three-fold disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.

  • Laguna Quays Respite illustrates value – Series No 5

    Way back in 1982 Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson who was then a young Baptist minister met the Austrian sporting icon Gernot Kunzelman at an international sports-mission conference held in Hong Kong who had a unique bent on athlete respite.

  • Laguna Quay helpers - Series No. 4

    Well-Being Australia in part, specialises in respite facilities for elite athletes from the Australian Institute of Sport where getting away from the concrete edifices of modern sport in rustic locations has proven to be a wonderful haven over eighteen years in both Moruya and Tweed Heads (opposite ends of the NSW coast line).

  • Laguna Quays Respite opportunity - Series No 3

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson and a team of supporters had been looking at the Midge Point – Laguna Quays Whitsundays area since 2002 to establish a community Manse ministry to support the local community.

  • Reaching out through Ashfield Carnival of Cultures

    Community services provider, CatholicCare, is encouraging local residents to visit their stand at the upcoming Ashfield Carnival of Cultures this Sunday 20 March at Ashfield Park.

  • Uniting Church launches Japan Quake and Tsunami Appeal

    The Uniting Church in Australia has launched an emergency appeal in response to the devastating impact of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

  • Red Cross website available for people to link to loved ones in Japan earthquake

    As the number of people missing following Japan\'s earthquake continues to grow, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish have been added to Japanese and English on the website pages set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together with its worldwide Red Cross and Red Crescent partners to assist people anxious for news about loved ones in the disaster area (www.familylinks.icrc.org).

  • Children in need to benefit from St Patrick's Day fundraiser

    Disadvantaged children and families will be the focus of a St Patrick's Day luncheon hosted by CatholicCare this Thursday 17 March at NSW Parliament House. More than 200 guests have confirmed their attendance in order to raise much needed funds to provide crucial services for children, young people and families in need.

  • Leprosy Mission appoints new National Director

    The Leprosy Mission England and Wales (TLMEW) has appointed Peter Walker as its new National Director. He will take up the position on 7 March 2011.

  • Midge Point (Laguna Quays) on the cusp - Series No 2

    Midge Point and Laguna Quays represent the start of the Whitsundays mainland some twenty five minutes south of Proserpine and a little further away from Airlie Beach. The Well-Being Australia board had approved a ministry proposal in 2002 for a development of a ministry when the time was right.