text: Stranded residents of last week's devastating floods, who were unable to cross the water to attend an Anzac Day memorial service, were thrilled after a cornet player treated them to a rendition of the Last Post from the water's edge. Maitland local Karen Newton, a teacher and former professional musician, had just finished playing at the Kurri Kurri dawn service and was on her way to Gillieston Heights to deliver food to the victims of the floods. When she got to the water's edge at Testers Hollow, Ms Newton plucked her cornet from the car and began playing the bugle call once again, across the water to the isolated residents in a goosebump-inducing moment. Scroll down for video . Maitland local Karen Newton (pictured) performed an impromptu rendition of the Last Post to stranded residents of Gillieston Heights . As the sun rose over the water, Ms Newton could be seen facing five stranded residents, who had come out to pay their respects to the fallen Anzacs in their own unplanned service. Cassandra Winter, who filmed the video and posted it online, said that Ms Newton's act is what Anzac Day is all about. The video, which has over 5,000 views on Facebook, beautifully captures the dawn Anzac Day experience. 'After attending the dawn service at Kurri Kurri, I drove toward Testers Hollow, as I could see it was going to be a beautiful and rare sunrise,' Ms Winter told Daily Mail Australia. 'I decided to capture the sunrise in pictures. As we waited, Karen Newton arrived, (I'm guessing for the same reason) she saw it as a great opportunity to play the bugle over the waters edge. 'It was serene, with the bird life abundant, a peaceful, calm, unhurried moment with the sound of the Last Post drifting along the water to what seemed an endless lake.' Another Facebook user shared the video and commented that the floods would never dampen the community spirit of the people of Gillieston Heights. 'The flood couldn't stop Gillieston Heights paying our respects! Thank you to all who have made today's services happen out here! Lest we forget,' the user said. The residents were separated from the town by massive flood water and were holding their own unplanned service . The moment was all the more poignant and emotional as the residents of the isolated town remembered Gillieston Heights woman Anne Jarmain, who lost her life in the floods last week. The body of Ms Jarmain, 86, was found at 7pm on Wednesday - 10 hours after her car was swept away by raging flood water as she tried to cross Cessnock Road in the NSW Hunter Region. The elderly great-grandmother had just popped out for milk after two days without power and dwindling food supplies. Ms Jarmain was dragged into the waters when she tried to manoeuvre her silver hatchback around a stalled Falcon before 9am on Wednesday. Ms Newton faced the five residents who had come out to see the sun rising on Anzac Day and remembered flood victim Anne Jarmain . Around ten people immediately ran into the water, with four people stripping off and swimming frantically through the icy, fast-moving water. The state's worst storms in a decade  ripped through Sydney and surrounding areas last week with four deaths in the Hunter region. More bad weather is expected later this week, with up to 90mm of rain expected between Friday and Saturday. Cassandra Winter said the bugle music at dawn was a special moment due to all the devastation that the town had suffered in the last week. ‘After the week that had been, with the tragedy of a local woman's death, due to the floods, it was a fitting tribute for the local women, also to SES volunteers, emergency workers and civilians who had worked together tirelessly throughout the region,’ Ms Winter told Daily Mail Australia. Ms Jarmain, 86, lost her life when her car was washed away by flood water as she popped to the shops to get milk . Ms Winter said the town is 'slowly getting back to normal following the floods. 'The process has been lengthy, the people of Gillieston Heights at this time are still stranded along with a few other communities in the Hunter, the people are working together and life is slowly getting back to normal,' she said. She said she is surprised at the response the video has received online and revealed that it has brought many of her friends to tears. 'The amount of people commenting how it had brought them to tears, and wanting to share the video then made me realise people need to see this, she said. 'I'm thankful for the experience, it has captured the true nature of the Australian spirit.' Speaking to the Newcastle Herald, bugle player Ms Newton said she thought of the soldiers who died in Gallipoli and Ms Jarmain as she played the moving song. 'It was a very sobering and sombre experience,' she said . 'I've just been blown away [by the response].'
target: Stranded victims of the storm were unable to attend an Anzac Day service .
  Local Karen Newton played the Last Post at the Kurri Kurri memorial .
  She made the trip to Gillieston Heights to deliver food to the flood victims .
  While she was there, she struck up another rendition of the song .
  The goosebump-inducing moment was captured on film .