Sam Bailey was no different.

On Tuesday night, at the Forbes Inn, Mr Bailey told over 300 local residents just how indestructible he thought he was all those years ago, that was of course, until he met his ‘mate’ quadriplegia.

He is fast becoming a household name, known as the ‘quadriplegic farmer who defied the odds’ and now, having married, travelled internationally and launched a book the feeling of invincibility is returning as Mr Bailey becomes one of the most well-renowned, motivational speakers to travel the country.

Having grown up on the family property near Croppa Creek, Mr Bailey was involved in a motor vehicle accident over 20 years ago, leaving him a C6/C7 quadriplegic.

Paralysed from the chest down with limited use of his arms and hands, medical experts prepared Mr Bailey for the worst, saying he may not be able to fulfil his dream of returning to the family farm.

But it doesn’t take long to realise there is a glint of determination in the eye of Mr Bailey who says his story is ‘pretty simple’.

“It is a gentle reminder that the life we live is pretty bloody good,” Mr Bailey said.

“I wasn’t going to let a spinal injury get in the way of what I wanted - I had a bit of bad luck, but I got on with it.”

The last two decades have seen Mr Bailey accomplish some amazing feats from learning to drive a car and ride a four-wheel-motorbike, creating a hoist to lift himself onto farm machinery, converting farm machinery so he could work to travelling overseas, snow skiing and gaining his wings when he learnt to fly an ultralight aircraft.

In 1999 he married his best mate and love of his life, former ABC Radio rural reporter Jenny Black, before featuring on ABC’s Australian Story a year later.

His book, which was published in 2006, ‘Head Over Heels’ has sold over 50,000 copies nationwide but the sky is the limit as Mr Bailey prepares to become the first quadriplegic in the world to fly a helicopter.