That's because, as he puts it, he's 'spent ten years in lockdown' as a result of a motorcycle injury that left him quadriplegic and confined to a wheelchair.

60-year-old Michael sustained the injury in 2005 and has spent many of the years since living in Wellington, with his only travel being a weekly trip to the cinema in Dubbo, or being transported to various appointments.

That's all changed in the last two years, however, with Michael given 'a whole new lease on life' thanks to the NDIS' Social Futures program.

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"It's phenomenal by comparison, you can't go through the same thing day in and day out," Mr Beh said.

"Even after I got a car, I still didn't have a driver and it would cut into my personal care hours to use my carer for that, but now I can just about anywhere and everywhere, whenever I want."

Michael's travel isn't the only thing that's being renewed, over the last two years he's seen firsthand how the landscape has begun to recover from the drought, travelling up and down the Central West as he pursues his passion; photography.

"I'd always been into it a bit, it was always a hobby of sorts, not with the NDIS on board I can do a fair bot of photography throughout the local area," Mr Beh said.

"With the extra time out and about, it changed it from amateur photography to the point where I can spend four or five hours a week travelling the local area."

"With their help, it's gone from a hobby into something that I think will actually become something."

That 'something' is taking the form of a spot of fundraising work, with Mr Beh contributing photos of local landmarks, sculptures and landscapes to the Banjo Patterson museum in Yeoval, where custodian Alf Cantrell is eager to turn them into postcards.

"I was donating things to the museum from my collection for display and then I saw they had one or two postcards, I had a talk with Alf Cantrell and I made up a pin-up board for the tourists to view," Mr Beh said.

"I had a chat with him about making up post cards to help raise money for the museum itself and we're going to split the profits between us, so it should be really good."

While Mr Beh has travelled as far all the way across the Central West region during his photographic expeditions, one of the most satisfying trips has been across the border.

"I got to go to Queensland and see my kids again, which is great for me, I've got ten grandkids up there and there were three of them I'd never had the chance to see before," Mr Beh said.

"It's just a phenomenal change in life."

While there are still considerable roadblocks, for one finding carers in the region equipped to assist him has been very difficult, the new liberation has been astonishing for Mr Beh.

"It's just being able to get out there and spend my time looking around, finding things rather than being rushed or tear off to an appointment, which was my only travel I used to do," Mr Beh said.