Yet these days it’s the passage of 18 years on the planet which reign supreme.

The serenity of mooing cattle and banjo picking at Newee Creek was broken last night as local lad Aaron ‘Beefsteak’ Jury celebrated his 18^th with family and friends.

The keen dirt bike rider had done his best all week to keep the milestone under the radar – only to be foiled by his mum Kim who wrote ‘18 today’ on the back of his tradie work shirt, which he never noticed until his workmates at Macksville commented.

Born in 2000 – the year Cathy Freeman in a green and gold spacesuit flashed to Olympic gold – Aaron’s party was treated to make your own wood fired pizzas cooked by head chef and dad, John.

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