Tom Quigley and Richie Purseglove, who both own farms near Trangie, said it’s a “can’t miss” event, and the floods provided all the more reason for the town to come together.

“The last few months have presented a number of challenges,” Mr Quigley said.

“We had our biggest crop in twenty years, then lost a lot in downgrading and shelling,” he said.

Mr Quigley admitted he was “one of the lucky ones”, living 60 kilometres out of town and mainly suffering rain damage, as opposed to river damage, but said it still wasn’t easy.

“Some of the folks who live on the river have had it much worse than us,” he said.

“Luckily we’d already harvested all of our canola and only lost 20 per cent of our crop.”

Like Mr Quigley, Richie Purseglove said things could have been a lot worse.

“I got my stuff off, but 80 per cent of my parents’ farm in Wahroonga was covered by water,” he said.

“We’re just waiting to see if there’s a market for crops that’ve been under water.”

Local Red Cross volunteer Phyllis Carthy shared Mr Purseglove’s optimistic outlook and said the town has come together in the last few months to help flood-ridden farmers.

“Trangie is a support centre, it’s the people out on the farms that are affected,” she said.

“It’s a double whammy - first ten years of drought then floods.

Ms Carthy said social events like the Trangie Races are important to restore community spirit.

“People work very hard for this town,” she said.

“You can tell everyone’s doing their best.”