Rural legends have taken to the Canowindra showground for a huge effort for little people.
The Canowindra Tractorthon hosted a 24-hour endurance ride, raising life-saving funds for charitable organisation Little Wings.
Four tractors completed 1728 laps of the Canowindra Showground from 2pm Saturday, travelling 1382km for the cause.
Malcolm Porter, Central West Tractor Trek president, said they've been running these events since 2019 and they remain passionate about the cause.
Little Wings provides free air and ground transport for seriously ill children in regional and remote NSW, the ACT and Queensland making sure they can access life saving medical treatment that simply isn't available in their hometowns.
They fly in and out of the Central West every day of the week.
"My motivation is just to help some little sick child out in the central west and hopefully they can live a better life," Mal said.
About 60 people were on the ground on the weekend to support the effort, including Louis Nixon who knows first hand the difference it makes to be able to take the Little Wings plane to Sydney rather than travel hours by car.
Louis has been back and forth between Orange and Westmead for 18 months now for specialist treatment but on the weekend he had an altogether different adventure.
Louis got to wave the flag to start the tractors off, then get into a tractor himself for a lap.
On behalf of all the kids flying with Little Wings, he said thank you to the tractor trekkers.
For Little Wings CEO Clare Pearson, giving Louis that opportunity is one part of the reason both Little Wings and events like the Tractor Trek are so important.
"Just seeing him smile and be part of something bigger and really connect with his community was just magic for all of us," she said.
"You know, (for) Little Wings, the best thing that we can do is see people go on to thrive and no longer need our service - that's the ultimate. But in the moments in between it's nice to be part of a little bit of joy along the way."
So much was achieved on the weekend.
"Part of the magic of Little Wings is we're a 90 per cent volunteer-led organisation: that's 100 per cent of our pilots and 100 per cent of our drivers keeping us in the air and on the road literally every single day of the year," Clare said.
The Tractor Trek literally fuels those flights and those transfers from the airport to medical appointments, but it also continues to raise awareness of Little Wings so families who need the service know about it.
"That's families that need to access health care that otherwise can't or will struggle to do over long periods of time," Clare said.
"And it's Little Wings that are able to pick them up and make sure they can access that care."
Federal MP Andrew Gee joined in the effort on a red vintage Massey Ferguson, adding a lap to the hundreds completed from 2pm Saturday to 2pm Sunday.
"We live on the western side of the Great Dividing Range - we call it the Sandstone Curtain," he said.
"And that great divide is not just a physical barrier, it's a barrier and a divide in so many different ways, and that includes access to health services.
"That's why I think country people have really embraced Little Wings as a charity, because we see the wonderful work that Little Wings does saving lives, making lives better for our community members."
That's certainly true for Louis's family.
Carmen Nixon said knowing they had Little Wings to get them to specialist treatment and Ronald McDonald House to stay at made all the difference.
"I'm Just so grateful for everything they're all doing to help my family and all the other families," she said on the weekend.
To support Little Wings, go online to www.littlewings.org.au/ways-to-donate/