A Victorian farmer has dealt with a fractured neck in a truly Aussie fashion, jumping on his bike and riding back home while holding his head up by his hair.

The 73-year-old farmer was leaning over the front of his bike checking the ground for grasshoppers when he hit a ditch, cracking his head on the ground.

West Gippsland cattle farmer Jim confirmed the story to 3AW.

“I cracked my head on the ground but I don’t think I was knocked out,” he said.

“I got to my feet, I knew there was something seriously wrong.

“My head wouldn’t stay up. The pain, it hurt so much, so I just held it up by my hair.”

Jim said he jumped back on his bike and rode the 500-metres to his house to call for an ambulance.

He was then taken to hospital where doctors confirmed he had fractured the top two vertebrae closest to his skull, C1 and C2.

Jim is slowly recovering, wearing a “halo” with four bolts in his skull.