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Adrian Black

Push on to lure city dwellers to jobs, life in the bush

Alex Ho grew up in Brisbane but says he loves working on a farm in South Australia. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

When Alex Ho was weighing up his options in his final year of high school, he didn't expect he would soon be almost 2000km away driving tractors, playing Aussie rules and donning three blankets in a South Australian winter.

Mr Ho is one of many Australians enjoying a new life in the country and the Regional Australia Institute hopes stories such as his will convince city dwellers to take advantage of the 91,000 jobs available.

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