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Pictures from across the community during the current flood emergency. 

PICTURES | Floods across the Hawkesbury - July, 2022

Gorricks Lane, Freemans Reach - Monday morning (July 4). 

Residents filling sandbags at the sandbag station across from Hawkesbury Council Chambers  in Windsor. Picture: NSW SES - Hawkesbury Unit Facebook.

Balcony above Hanna Park, North Richmond - Monday morning (July 4). Picture: John Mullinger.

Terrace Rd, North Richmond - Sunday (July 3).

Hanna Park, North Richmond - Monday morning (July 4). 

North Richmond Bridge - Monday morning (July 4).

Images from Wilberforce, facing Windsor - Monday morning (July 4).

Lower Portland Ferry - Sunday (July 3). Picture: Hawkesbury City Council Facebook.

Wolseley Road, McGraths Hill - Sunday (July 3). Picture: Hawkesbury City Council Facebook.

Cupitts Lane, Richmond - Sunday (July 3). Picture: Hawkesbury City Council Facebook.

Francis Street Richmond - Sunday (July 3). Picture: Hawkesbury City Council Facebook.

Rifle Range Road, South Windsor - Monday morning (July 4). Picture: Hawkesbury City Council Facebook.

Pitt Town Road, Pitt Town - Monday morning (July 4). Picture: Hawkesbury City Council Facebook.

North Richmond Bridge - Monday morning (July 4). Picture: Hawkesbury City Council Facebook.

Windsor Bridge - Monday morning (July 4). Picture: Steve Head.

The Terrace, Windsor - Monday morning (July 4). Picture: Steve Head.

Windsor Bridge - Sunday night (July 3). Picture: Steve Head.

The stables at Hawkesbury Race Club. Picture: Hawkesbury Race Club Twitter.

Balcony along Terrace Rd, North Richmond - Monday morning (July 4). 

PolAir pilots looking down on the flood devastation around the Hawkesbury, on Sunday, July 3. Picture: PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command/Facebook

Looking down at the turf farms around Wilberforce and Freemans Reach, on Sunday, July 3. Picture: PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command/Facebook

Looking down at the turf farms around Wilberforce and Freemans Reach, on Sunday, July 3. Picture: PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command/Facebook. Picture: PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command/Facebook

A view of Hawkesbury Race Club, with the track at bottom right, on Sunday, July 3. Picture: PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command/Facebook

A view of North Richmond (top left), from the Richmond side of the river, on Sunday, July 3. Picture: PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command/Facebook

Windsor Bridge from the Wilberforce side of the Hawkesbury River, looking towards Windsor, on Sunday, July 3. Picture: PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command/Facebook

Windsor Bridge under water on Monday morning, July 4. Picture: Live Traffic NSW

Windsor Bridge on Sunday, July 3, before it went under water. Picture: PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command/Facebook

A mother and her six-week-old daughter are rescued from a home in Gronos Point after flood water isolated them. Picture: NSW SES Hawkesbury Unit/Facebook

HELPING HANDS: NSW SES Hawkesbury Unit volunteers move a Gronos Point mum and her six-week-old baby, Havana, over 400 millimetres of water to her waiting friends. Picture: NSW SES Hawkesbury Unit/Facebook