Royal Flying Doctor Service and Land Rover Australia See the Outback Together

May 27, 2010 - PRLog -- Sydney, May 18th 2010

Land Rover Australia is proud to announce our sponsorship of the 2010 Flying Doctor Outback Trek (http://www.outbackcartrek.com.au/), an event which has seen over $16 million donated to the "Doctor" in the Treks 20 years of operation. Land Rover has donated the use of a new Discovery 4 2.7 TDV6 (http://www.landrover.com/au/en/lr/discovery-4/) for the duration of the event, which, this June, will travel from Hay in South Western New South Wales, to the home of the RFDS, Broken Hill, onwards to Maree and the Birdsville Track, to Birdsville, Windorah, Barcaldine, Ravenswood and Hamilton Island.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service saw the Land Rover Discovery as the perfect fit for this partnership, as the trek will be encountering all forms of terrain and require a 4x4 vehicle that will withstand all the elements. This makes the Discovery 4 2.7 TDV6 the perfect vehicle for an all-terrain Outback adventure.

In 2010, the RFDS operates out of 21 bases across Australia, treats some 275,000 patients a year, or 750 each day. It performs 100 aerial evacuations and attends 38 healthcare clinics per day. In doing this it lands its 53 aircraft a total of 200 times every day.

In addition to the emergency retrieval service, inter-hospital transfers and air ambulance agreements with NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, the RFDS attends remote health clinics, a Rural Womens GP service, mental health programs, 24 hour phone GP consultation and Australias only flying dental service- across 80 per cent of the country, and, this service is free to the user.

Chris Lidis, Operations Director, Land Rover Australia comments "We are very pleased to be associated with The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia which does such great work for the Australian rural community. The Land Rover Discovery 4 is the perfect vehicle for the trek - nothing can match Discovery's outstanding breadth of capability, luxury and refinement"

For further information please contact:

Tim Krieger
Marketing and Public Affairs Manager
Land Rover Australia
Phone: +61 2 9020 1505
Email: tkrieger@jaguarlandrover.com
Website: www.landrover.com.au
Website: www.outbackcartrek.com.au

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About Land Rover Australia:

http://www.landrover.com/au/en/lr/discovery-4/

Land Rover manufactures 4x4s that represent true 'breadth of capability' across the entire model range and are perfect for the rugged Australian Outback. The Discovery 2.7 TDV6 helps Land Rover to define the world's 4WD vehicle sectors with a highly refined, contemporary on-road presence.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) is one of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the world. Using the latest in aviation, medical and communications technology, it delivers extensive primary health care and 24-hour emergency service to those who live, work and travel throughout Australia.