The bush therapist

By Chris Johnston
Updated April 5 2014 - 3:08am, first published April 4 2014 - 11:59pm
Mental health worker Michael Oates talks with Hayden Parkyn near Robinvale on the Murray River. Photo: Eddie Jim
Mental health worker Michael Oates talks with Hayden Parkyn near Robinvale on the Murray River. Photo: Eddie Jim

A young man sits under a jacaranda in the remotest corner of Victoria. He's at a concrete picnic table. This is in Weman near Robinvale, on the Murray River. The tree and the table are outside a roadhouse selling fried food and fish hooks, one of the few buildings around.

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