NSW floods: HSC student taken home via helicopter as towns face weeks of isolation

The unwritten rule' of community solidarity means people cut off by floodwaters are banding together

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After completing his HSC exams in emergency accommodation in Forbes, the only way Sean Darcy could get home to Bedgerabong was via helicopter.

Darcy and his family are among 150 people isolated in the town of Bedgerabong, about 30km west of Forbes, due to flooding along the Lachlan River.