Rory van der Linden grew up on South Australia's Kangaroo Island where he developed a love of the outdoors and, with a doctor and nurse for parents, a desire to pursue rural medicine.
He is among a group of regionally trained medical graduates helping to combat a shortage of rural doctors in Australia
"I was fortunate my parents were pretty keen and adventurous, and we did a lot of travelling throughout rural Australia, particularly up to the Northern Territory and Arnhem Land," Dr van der Linden said.
