A medical student is encouraging his peers to consider moving to north-west Victoria through an immersion program that places metropolitan students in the regions.
It is not so much a medical placement, but a program to familiarise city people with country life, whether it be kicking the footy or having a coffee at a cafe by the Murray River.
Monash University student Lachlan Carrol grew up in Swan Hill and wants to help solve the long-standing challenges in staffing country practices.