[Music begins – Peter Burgi standing with his wife Lorraine in their paddock in front of an open gate talking about his accident.]

Peter:  This was basically the last thing I remember is coming through this gate and heading over to the cows that were over by those trees.

[Scene moves to close up shot of Lorraine talking to Peter.]

Lorraine: You must have shut it?

[Scene moves back to wide shot of Peter and Lorraine talking and pointing up the hill.]

Peter: I shut it yeah.

Lorraine: You shut it.

Peter: I came through it yeah.

Lorraine: Yes, ok then. Because I was up there.

Peter: That’s right, yeah.

Lorraine: I was up and over the hill there.

[Scene changes to a shot of Peter sitting down in a chair outside with his property in the background behind him.]

Peter: I’m Peter Burgi. I’m 76 years old.

Text on screen: Peter Burgi Gruyere farmer

[Scene changes to Peter driving his tractor delivering a bale of hay into a field of cows]

Peter: Been a farmer all my life both in Wandin and in Gruyere.

[Scene change to a close up of cows eating hay.]

Peter: We’re farming Angus cows, crossing them with a Charolais bull.

[Scene change to a mid-shot of Peter shutting the gate on his property.]

Peter: And unfortunately a few of them came through the gate.

[Scene changes to a close-up of Peter seated outside.]

Peter: I went and got the quad bike and came through the gate into that paddock.

It tipped me off.

[Scene changes to Peter and Lorraine standing in their paddock.]

Lorraine: The motor stopped and the dust rose. It went like that, whirligig. I knew exactly what had happened but I didn’t know how bad it was going to be. And I came up the hill, my legs wouldn’t carry me, and I got up the hill and found the bike on top of him. It was everyone’s nightmare. So then I just started to call for help and the neighbours came. So we were really, really lucky.

[Scene changes to a close up of Peter and Lorraine looking at some photographs of Peter’s injury.]

Lorraine: Probably 24 hours I think afterwards.

Peter: It was not nice.

Lorraine: No.

Peter: I had nine broken ribs

[Scene change to close up of Peter sitting down outside.]

Peter: …two of them severe, a lacerated arm, acquired brain injury.

[Scene change to Lorraine talking to Peter in the paddock.]

Lorraine: When the helicopter came, you know it was just a light in the sky, it was unbelievable. It could have been a lot worse.

Peter: Yes

Lorraine: And we were really lucky.

[Scene change to a wide shot of Peter and Lorraine walking away holding hands.]

Peter: Five days in intensive care, in the Alfred.

[Scene change to an overhead shot of Peter driving the side-by-side vehicle on his property.]

Peter: Because of the Victorian Government safety rebate I was able to use that to buy a side-by-side.

[Scene change to close up of Peter sitting in a chair outside.]

Peter: I was pleasantly surprised how the side-by-side fitted into what I was doing.

[Scene change to a close front-on shot of Peter driving the side-by-side.]

Peter: It’s got seat belts on it, it’s got mesh doors on it, a roof over you and a nice comfortable seat.

[Scene change to Peter sitting in chair.]

Peter: You don’t have to throw your leg over the fuel tank to get on and off it and as you get older that’s a bonus too.

[Scene change to a side shot of Peter attending to a fence and gate on his property.]

Peter: There’s many days where I probably won’t see anyone.

[Scene change to Peter and Lorraine walking together in their paddock.]

Peter: If my wife hadn’t been there, it would have been probably an hour or two until they found me underneath the bike.

[Scene change to a dog running in a wide paddock with David walking behind.]

Peter: After the accident there’s things that have got to change.

[Scene change to David driving his tractor with the hay bale on the back.]

Peter: And that’s when I’ve employed a mechanic to come in and keep check on everything. You’ve got to be aware of your surrounds and keep check on everything.

[Scene change to Peter standing at his fence looking out to the left.]

Peter: You’ve got to be aware of your surrounds and what you’re doing. A lot of us probably don’t pay enough attention to that.

[Scene change to an aerial shot of David driving his side-by-side away.]

Peter: You may do it every day but no two rides are the same.

Text on screen: No two rides are the same