Many locals have offered their homes and other accommodation to those impacted by the wedding bus tragedy who have travelled to the Hunter, while others delivered cakes and biscuits to drop-in centres that are offering counselling and support.
With the road now reopened, police have established a reduced speed zone and safe pedestrian access with a steady stream of visitors making a pilgrimage to lay flowers at the Greta crash site.
Thirteen people remain in a stable condition in hospitals across the Hunter Valley and Sydney.
The community of Singleton was hit the hardest by Sunday night's crash which killed 10 mostly young people who were travelling home after a wedding, seven of them local to the area.
Singleton Mayor Sue Moore said being a large country town, many in the community had connections to victims of the crash, particularly through local sports clubs.
"It's something we've never seen," Ms Moore said on Wednesday.
"People just want time to work through it and be with their close networks.
"As they're more prepared to think about functions or memorial services we'll move when they're ready to move."
Premier Chris Minns visited the grieving rural town on Wednesday to lay a wreath and announce a $100,000 donation to a fund for survivors, victims and their immediate families.
The fund will be co-managed by the NSW government and Rotary, with proceeds expected to help cover funeral costs and provide support for two young children whose parents were killed in the crash.
"We've seen this community come together in unprecedented ways to lean on one another in a very difficult set of circumstances, Mr Minns said.
"People have offered their own homes, their own accommodations, their hotels, their Airbnb to anyone who is visiting this community, to be with loved ones or to deal with the grief of losing somebody in their family."
Reverend Greg Barker from the Catholic diocese of Maitland and Newcastle said a pall of sadness hung over the township.
"The stiff upper lip we used to have, particularly for men, doesn't work in our healing. The reality of the human condition is that we need help," he said.
A junior doctor, a husband and wife and a mother and daughter were among those who died in the crash while returning from the wedding at the Wandin Estate Winery in Lovedale.
Many of the victims were connected to the Singleton Roosters AFL club.
Among them were Nadene McBride, who coached the Singleton Roosterettes, her 22-year-old daughter Kyah who played in the team as well as Kyah's boyfriend, Kane Symons.
Also killed were Singleton husband and wife Andrew and Lynan Scott who both played for Singleton Roosters teams and leave behind two young children.
Tori Cowburn, who also died, was captain of The Roosterettes and worked for mining company, Thiess.
Darcy Bulman, a 30-year-old investigator for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission from Melbourne was killed while her partner is believed to be injured.
Rebecca Mullen, a junior doctor and Singleton local working at Calvary Mater Newcastle hospital, was one of the younger victims.
Others who died were Zach Bray who was working as a mining engineer in the Hunter region and engineer Angus Craig who had worked with mining company BHP in Queensland.
The bus driver, Brett Button, 58, faced Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday charged with 10 counts of deadly dangerous driving.
Anyone wanting to support the families and injured with a donation are encouraged to visit www.rawcs.org.au.
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