Wagga Wagga

We left our final campsite and headed into Wagga Wagga. On the drive in we spotted a plane up ahead doing some aerial spraying in a paddock next to the road. As we got closer Cody waved out the window at the pilot and gave him a ‘thumbs up’. As it turned out the pilot saw Cody and he had finished all the spraying of that paddock, so he turned the plane around and then flew low over the paddock alongside our car and waved at the boys before taking off to where ever he had to go. The boys thought it was awesome!

On our trip we have been talking with the Aidan and Cody about the importance of always being polite and friendly to people. We have been saying that a simple thing of smiling and saying hello to someone takes very little effort but has a big affect. Numerous times we have discussed the fascinating people we have meet and the cool places and things etc we have learned about all because we simply stopped and said hello to someone as we walked past. The boys have also been spoilt rotten with cakes and biscuits etc because they smiled and said hello to Grey Nomads we have camped near.  They have also learnt a lot about customer service and how some people shouldn’t be allowed to deal with people but also how you can get someone who seems to grumpy and uninterested at first to become very helpful by just being polite, happy and friendly to them.  

The reason I say all this is because as soon as the plane flew off into the sky Aidan’s comment was “Wow, all Cody did was wave and look what he did for us that was so awesome!!”

Beck, Patrick, Aidan, Cody and Joe by their pool in Wagga

In Wagga we stayed with great friends Ray and Deb and their three kids Patrick, Becky and Joe. Ray and Deb used to live in Orange and Aidan used to play with Patrick and Becky every week when he was very young, but it has been a very long time since we saw them all. We went and watch their kids play their weekend touch games and then cooled off and relaxed all afternoon and night back by their pool. After a hit of tennis and game of backyard cricket and a bit more swimming in the pool next morning we headed off to Canowindra.