A MAN has died after crashing his motorbike into a bush.

The 27-year-old rider was killed by a deer after a short, two-mile ride in Victoria.

His body was found near a farm at the foot of the Mount Lyne Highway.

He was from St Kilda in south-west Victoria and had been studying engineering.

Police have appealed for anyone who may have seen the man to contact them.

A coroner has opened an inquest into the death.