According to Google Maps the trip from Bonalbo to Lismore Base Hospital is 101km and takes one hour and 27 minutes to complete.
Last month, Rosie McAlpine went into labour in Bonalbo and called paramedics to take her to hospital in Lismore.
That's a pretty stock standard approach when you live in regional areas.
However, the long distances between home and hospital can make for some pretty interesting road trips.
Bonalbo has a population of under 400 people so all the locals know one another and a birth is a pretty big deal.
The ambulance crew, with precious cargo onboard, only got about 40km into the trip and, as they rounded a corner at Mummulgum, out popped baby Nakoah into paramedic Abbey Bartley's arms.
For the Bonalbo-based paramedic that was the first baby she had delivered in just over year with the NSW Ambulance service.
"When we picked her up she was contracting every three minutes and this was her second baby," Ms Bartley explained.
"When we were probably halfway there, we contacted the Casino crew to give us a hand.
"We picked them up and one of the guys was in the back with me.
"The head had crowned and it literally shot out pretty quick."
Although she's never had any experience of delivering a baby, Ms Bartley said her training kicked in.
"In my second year at university there was a whole semester we did maternity training," she said.
"That was a long time ago, so along the way I was just going through things just to freshen things up."
Both mother, baby and paramedic made it through the ordeal in pretty good shape.
"Obviously we cleaned the baby up and popped it on mum's chest and that was what was needed," she said.
Obviously we cleaned the baby up and popped it on mum's chest and that was what was needed
- Abbey Bartley
"They were really good, we dried him up a little bit and he kind of woke up and was crying but the mum was really good, it was her second baby, so she knew more than me.
"Honestly, I didn't have to do a lot."
The crew took mum and Nakoah to hospital where they were admitted, and discharged the next day with a clean bill of health.
"It was really exciting to get there and to get a photo with the baby, I am just so glad it went well for them," she said.
As a reward, Rosie's brother in law, who is a blueberry farmer nearby, dropped three punnets of blueberries into the station as way of saying thank you.
Ms Bartley was previously stationed in Maitland and has been at Bonalbo for just over three months.
"It has been a really good experience," she said.
"Working in the country there is a whole different sort of work that you do."
Including delivering babies by the side of the road.
The NSW Ambulance service posted a nice picture of Abbie and baby Nakoah to its Facebook page where it has become a bit of a favourite.
The story was even picked up by the local ABC and broadcast across its network.
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