Hugo gets happy birthday honks

Apr 15, 2020

It wasn't the 11th birthday Shepparton boy Hugo Harding had planned, but it was one he will always remember.

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Mum Bree wanted to make her son's birthday in isolation as special as she could, so she decided to place a sign out the front of their house asking locals to honk their horns to wish Hugo a happy birthday.

“We have had 15 people honk so far,” Hugo said.

“People have been dinging their bike bells and someone walking past shouted ‘happy birthday!'.

“It's made me pretty happy."

Hugo's day was topped off with an electric scooter, takeaway lunch and his classmates singing Happy Birthday via online meeting app Zoom.

Strangers on the News Facebook page also sent their best wishes to Hugo.

Kyleigh Mackenzie said: ``Happy birthday mate. Definitely a birthday you will remember.'' I love this. It was my daughter's 8th birthday on the 21/3. I wish we had of thought to do the same.