When artist Rosa Fedele embarked on her first tree change to the NSW countryside just before COVID, she was nervous she’d find herself in a bit of a backwater with a much older demographic.

But when she launched into her second tree change recently, this time to regional Victoria, she had no such fears.

“COVID changed everything,” she says. “There was an extraordinary exodus of young people, families and businesses from the cities and a great deal more infrastructure spending in the regions.

“And while the pandemic was hellish for many people, it really changed the regions for the better. They’re now much more developed, and the demographic change is amazing.

“The regions are absolutely buzzing and are so much more cosmopolitan, with young people, restaurants and bars. Now you can have

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