Rural folk drink more than city folk in Australia

Some of the Bettini Beef crew doing Dry July.(Supplied: Bettini Beef) DRY JULY. One of the largest pastoral station crews in the Pilbara has signed up to a Dry July campaign to challenge the drinking culture in the bush. Station manager Mark Bettini says people need to find other ways to relax at the end of the day. The Department of Health has found rural residents drink more than city folk.