The twins took a seaplane flight for their fourth birthdays, a milestone it seemed they were unlikely to reach when they were born.

The twins were born in Moruya District Hospital on August 20, 2012, despite being due on October 28 that year.

Both babies and their mother Amy were critical, and had to flown to the Sydney Royal Women’s Hospital by the Neo-Natal-Emergency Team.

Prezlee, who was in the more dire condition of the twins, was flown aboard a fixed-wing aircraft alongside Amy, who was hemorraghing from a retained placenta which was stuck to her uterus.

Charlee was flown in an helicopter.

“They both like to tell people the story of how they went on a plane and a helicopter when they were little,” Amy said.

The twins spent four weeks in hospital in Sydney, and Prezlee had to have blood transfusions.

He now suffers from epilepsy due to a brain bleed on his temporal lobe.

“They weighed 1.2kg at birth, and went down to 940 grams,” Amy said.

Amy recovered and was released, and with husband Cameron, remained at twins’ side. It was then the Moruya community spirit shone through.

The community helped us so much by raising money, because we had nowhere to stay in Sydney, and hotels were costing us $1000 a week,” she said.

“(Husband and father) Cameron had to take time off work.”

Then it was four weeks in Canberra Hospital, where they were taken via road ambulance, and then another week in Moruya Hospital.

“We flew to Moruya from Canberra because we couldn’t put them in car seats and the Clyde Mountain would have caused too much discomfort,” Amy said.

On Saturday, they went flying aboard a South Coast seaplane with their dad and 11-year-old sister Carla.

“They loved it; they had a ball,” Amy said.

“They weren’t scared at all.

“The trouble is, every time we go to the markets now, they will think they are going on a flight, so we might have done a bad turn.”