What do you get when you combine eight Southlanders, a 1980s-era tractor and almost 600 kilometres of state highway?
Well, a step closer to better health care in the south if all goes to plan.
A group from Thornbury Vintage Tractor Club will set off from Invercargill to complete the 1200 kilometre round trip to Christchurch in a tractor on Sunday.
Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown has more.