Dr Hunt arrived in Walwa as a young 'hippy doctor' 25 years ago and has since become a mainstay of the local community. He is team doctor for the football club and has more than 1800 patients on his books from the surrounding district. The Australian Story film crew had barely arrived in Walwa when Dr Hunt received an emergency call about a horrific road accident ten kilometres out of town. Dr Hunt arrived at the scene to find a motorcyclist dead on the side of the road, after his machine had collided head-on with a utility. As Dr Hunt treated the shocked driver of the utility, it was a graphic illustration of the dilemma that will face the community if all its medical services are gone. But the story also follows the efforts of residents as they rally together to lobby the Victorian and Federal governments for funding to maintain their hospital.
—Australian Story