Three Ways

THREE WAYS



Known for its three
Cardinal Points of the whole
Compass of the Continent
The Junction of the north-south
Stuart Highway at a T-junct
At the western end of a Queensland
led east-going Barkly Highway,
Three Ways is also the place
Of the celebrated Memorial*
To the Reverend John Flynn
Who found the fourth way.

And all the ways between
In such wide open,
And all-encompassing
Good sense to meeting
Of real needs with wings.
On wings of wider passage
The Flying Doctor* was born
Sprung from Flynn’s own
Answering of a call of One
He stood true to as Three:
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.


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*1. Three Ways is just the public roadhouse that offers restaurant meals, take away food, refreshments and fuel. It has a landscaped caravan park with barbecues, a swimming pool, and air-conditioned motel units and cabins. But the only listed local point of interest in Three ways is the Flynn Memorial. Reverend John Flynn pioneered the Royal Australian Flying Doctors Service. The memorial originally sat at the exact meeting spot of the Barkly and Stuart Highways, but the point has now been moved 250 metres south.

*2. The Royal Australian Flying Doctors Service