Chris and Bill Fairbrother retire after 110 foster kids and 18 years of prison chaplaincy

These days you will find octogenarians Christine and Bill Fairbrother volunteering at their local church op shop or relaxing on their Yungaburra verandah, watching Ulysses butterflies land in their garden.

But these unassuming retirees have lived extraordinary lives.

For many years they lived and worked in remote Cape York communities, and in 1974 the couple responded to an advertisement in a newspaper calling for foster carers for hearing-impaired children.

Over the next 33 years…