Median rents rose by 4.5 per cent in the Loddon Mallee in the December 2020 quarter.

"I can wander down the beach with people," he said. "This is fantastic."

There is still debate over where most Australian snakes call home but a researcher claims to know where more different sorts of snakes live than anywhere else.

A national awareness campaign has been launched to encourage city-dwellers to make the tree change.

The push against the PEP 11 gas rig plans near Newcastle.

Value adding to agriculture through food and fibre manufacturing, along with funding infrastructure and tax cuts would encourage tree changers.

Once an agricultural hub, Dungog is now also a hot destination for those seeking more space - especially in the face of COVID restrictions - but that can mean not just change but new pressures for this historic Hunter town.

Spearheaded by the City of Greater Shepparton, the bid proposed events to be held in Bendigo, Geelong, Ballarat, Warrnambool, Nagambie, Wodonga, Yarrawonga and Traralgon.

Australian capital cities have seen the biggest loss of people into the regions on record.

Bold tax reforms are needed to lure more businesses to the bush and capitalise on the boom in working-from-home tree-changers many regional areas are experiencing.