A cast of rock legends has banded together to support the Hawkesbury River community devastated by the historic March floods.

Local acreage specialist, McGrath Rouse Hill’s Greg Vincent, has thrown his support behind the rock concert fundraiser becoming a major sponsor. Ian “Dicko” Dickson will host the June 6 event with help from Hawkesbury local radio personality, The Duck.

Greg Vincent said the fundraiser, dubbed Dinner by the River, is 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.

“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,” said Mr Vincent. “The impact has been very, very heavy.”

In a spirit of generosity, a team of dedicated rockers including Dragon, Eurogliders, Shannon Noll, Jason Singh, Thirsty Merc and Mark Gable of the Choirboys will entertain concert goers at Governor Phillip Park from midday ‘til after dark.

Concert promoter and local musician Dave Wilkins is looking forward to the day.

“After 16 months of bushfires, floods, Covid and then a once-in-50-year flood, the community needs to have a moment to get together and celebrate its resilience,” he said.

“This event is also 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,” he added.

Mr Vincent sees the concert as an example of Australian spirit and in particular, the tightknit Hawkesbury community of which he’s been part for 50 years. “We’re on the fringe of the city but we have country values,” he said. “We rally together in tough times. It’s the epitome of the Australian spirit.”

The community has had help from the SES, the RFS and many volunteers who have helped with food, shelter, filling sandbags and moving livestock. The clean-up is ongoing.

“So many rallied together to help so now we have a chance to come together again,” said Mr Vincent. “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.”

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