Playground Weekender 2012 Cancelled Due to Flood Warnings
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Flood Watch for the Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers, which would put the festival at risk.
Playground Weekender 2012 has been cancelled. The sixth iteration of the festival, which has become a cult favourite of Sydneysiders, was due to get underway on Friday and run for four days at the Del Rio Riverside Resort on the Hawkesbury River. The Bureau of Meteorology, however, has issued a Flood Watch for the Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers, which would put the festival at risk.
The Music Network first sparked rumours that the event was cancelled, quoting a representative of the Hawkesbury Council as saying that it has been cancelled as far as they're concerned.
Festival promoters were working with the NSW State Emergency Services to make a decision. An SES warning says that "there is a greater than 70% chance of flooding developing in the Upper Nepean River with minor flooding and the Nepean and Hawkesbury River valleys from this Wednesday onwards with minor to moderate flooding possibly resulting in closure of the Richmond and Windsor bridges during Thursday and Friday".
Playground Weekender then officially cancelled via the Festival's Facebook page "due to adverse weather conditions", adding that they were "trying to urgently seek a replacement venue for some of the planned festivities to take place".
[Via The Music Network]
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