Our Favourites: #64 Heat and dehydration has stopped Richard's heart 8 times...

Opal miner, Richard Hawkins, lives in one of the harshest environments on the planet - Andamooka in remote South Australia. Though he knows well the protocols to prevent deadly dehydration in the extreme desert heat, Richard has learnt some lessons in recent years. **** We hope you enjoyed this special episode, which we’ve shared from our incredible archive of 140 Flying Doctor yarns! It is lovely to have you along on the journey with us and we look forward to bringing you an exciting new Series 15 of the Flying Doctor Podcast this September! There has been some wonderful feedback from listeners about our podcast and the incredible people we have interviewed. Word of mouth is always the best promotion for a podcast – so if you enjoy this podcast, or a specific story, please share with family and friends. Reviews and ratings help our podcast to be found by others, so if you can take the time to do that it would be appreciated. You can also send feedback, questions or story ideas through to podcast@rfds.org.au . We'd also love you to become part of the Flying Doctor Podcast Facebook group , where passionate listeners and incredible outback communities come together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our Favourites: #64 Heat and dehydration has stopped Richard's heart 8 times... is an episode from The Flying Doctor by DM Podcasts.

This episode is 43:01 long.

This episode was published on Sep 10, 2025.

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