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A Hawkesbury River flood relief concert — which will see the likes of Dragon, Eurogliders, Shannon Noll, Jason Singh and Thirsty Merc — has garnered the support of a local real estate agency.
McGrath Rouse Hill will be a major sponsor of the 6 June event, which will be hosted by Ian “Dicko” Dickson with local radio personality “The Duck”.
According to the agency’s acreage specialist, Greg Vincent, the fundraiser will be a great opportunity for the community to come together.
“It’s such a worthy cause to help those people who have been affected by this year’s destructive floods,” he said.
He said the Hawkesbury community has shown itself to be very resilient: “We’ve been impacted by bushfires, followed by a flood, then COVID hit, and to top it off, we had the once-in-a-generation flood in March.”
The agent added that the impact “has been very, very heavy”.
“Dinner by the River” will provide local residents “a time to catch up with friends and neighbours because we haven’t really been able to get together for a year-and-a-half”, according to concert promoter and local musician Dave Wilkins.
He, too, flagged the impact of bushfires, floods, COVID-19, and then the “once-in-50-year flood”.
“The community needs to have a moment to get together and celebrate its resilience,” Mr Wilkins said.
According to Mr Vincent, the concert is “the epitome of the Australian spirit”.
Since March, the SES, the RFS and volunteers have been involved with food, shelter, filling sandbags and moving livestock, with the flood’s aftermath meaning the clean-up is ongoing.
The agent acknowledges how “many rallied together to help, so now we have a chance to come together again”.
“But this time, it’s to have a bit of fun and raise much-needed funds to help those people impacted by the floods get back on their feet,” he said.
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