IN April of this year eight-year-old Brodie Legge met Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac as he was covering the Burrumbottock Hay runners’ departure from Darlington Point.
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On Tuesday the firm friends were reunited as the Sunrise weather team completed a live cross from the nearby town of Leeton.
Brodie featured heavily in the weather cross, sharing his talkative nature and interesting insights with a national audience before getting to wave from a high point of Leeton’s Roxy Theatre with the weatherman as the cross came to a close.
“It has been a pretty fun morning,” he said.
“It has been a while since I have gotten to see Sam and it’s great to be back on TV with him.”
In a testament to the bond between young Brodie and the Sunrise weather team.
They have kept in close contact with him since he first gave them a tour of Griffith in April and they have quickly become important figures in his life.
“He hasn’t forgotten about me and he and (producer) Sean are still my friends,” Brodie said.
“I think it would be amazing to be on TV one day for working but mostly when I am older I just want to be like Sam Mac.
“He is the greatest.”
The pair have not seen one another since they took on the red carpet together at the TV Week Logies in May.
The night was a dream come true for the young Brodie who got to kiss long-time love Delta Goodrem.
Brodie’s mother Michelle said the Sunrise team had been incredible to her son and was so grateful for that initial meeting.
“They are just wonderful people,” she said.
“They see us as a part of their Sunrise family.
“They are always talking to us and and they like to know what Brodie has been up to.”
This week, Hay Run organiser Brendan Farrell said the group of truckies was planning another run that would be the biggest one yet.
Media attention at the last run in January saw several outlets descend on Darlington Point to cover the 1500-kilometre charity drive.
Senator-elect Pauline Hanson joined the run and helped raise the profile of drought-stricken farmers.