Wingham stalwart Noreida Fotheringham OAM has been accused of being too parochial more than once.
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In fact she warns me of her view that Wingham is the best place to live when we first sit down for our interview.
It's a sentiment she takes across the globe, never failing to tell people she meets on her travels where she's from.
Or not from (hint a nearby town which might as well be a "four letter word" and begins with a T).
It's the strong community spirit which makes Noreida such a loyal ambassador for her home town.
Despite a heritage which includes great grandparents who first settled in Tinonee, and the admission that she has Manning in the blood, it is Wingham which gets the full plug when Noreida travels anywhere.
"It's a small world," she laughs.
"You never leave Wingham, there's always somebody who knows something or someone."
Noreida first travelled overseas with her husband Bill in the 1990's on a 10 week tour of Europe. After Bill passed away 20 years ago, Noreida has travelled all over the world mostly through Rotary exchange programmes.
Of course as much as she loves to see new places, and talk to new people about Wingham, she loves coming back home.
From her hill top home with stunning valley views, Noreida can see two of her four children's homes and point in the direction of the other two.
It seems they haven't flown far from the nest either and with 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren to the line, Noreida is proud to have helped boost the local population.
She also thinks it says something about the town that all her children have chosen to stay.
Noreida was born in a private hospital in William Street and spent most of her early life in Farquhar Street when most of the area was still paddocks.
Her father worked at Moxie's store and their neighbour, George Gibson, would ride his horse to Marlee and Wherrol Flat to take grocery orders for the store, later delivering them in his horse-drawn cart.
Noreida readily admits the worse thing that ever happened to Wingham was when people started getting motor cars.
Because they drove them to Taree.
Noreida has lived on the 400-acre farm she and Bill devoted their working lives to for 64 years. Initially a dairy property, Noreida and Bill made the switch to beef cattle in the 1970s.
In 2006 she was awarded an OAM for her services to the community of Wingham, in particular her service to the Wingham Red Cross.
After decades of service volunteering for such organisations as the Red Cross, Rotary and the Cancer Council Noreida's opinion on the state of play in Wingham is an informed one.
"Community spirit is alive and well," she assures.
"It won't die. All you need is one person with enough drive and Wingham will always back it."
