Judy & Brian Tour Oz

  Yamba NSW August 27th 2023 "Flew" down the Pacific Highway to Yamba. Not sure if the big huge ridge over the Clarence River was open last year, but it certainly is now and completes the 'superhighway'. Yamba is about 15k away on the coast and as we drove in we are both wondering if it's the same place we had come to before. Given that it's been eleven years, some change is expected and of course our memories aren't as sharp as they may have been. There's plenty of change around, new buildings, new housing estates and the like.  We arrived at the Blue Dolphin van park and were even more bemused. We must have stayed here but it just didn't look right. They have lots and lots of cabins and new amenities and a new office. And three pools and a swim-up bar. I went back to my archives and found a photo from 2012, we were defiantly here! The site has gone and been replaced by a cabin, but it was satisfying to know we hadn't made it up regarding our ...

After 4 weeks of lounging about the lovely town of Tweed Heads / Coolangatta, it was time to move on. And on we moved, this time down the Princes Highway past Ballina (yeah, it's finally been bypassed), back onto the goat track past the river towns and just before reaching Grafton, turn to the east and into Yamba. Billed as The Top Town in NSW, it's easy to see why, it's just a delight. Small and unspoiled, it runs along the Lower Clarence River for a short way and up onto the headland. The place is neat, tidy, spotless. There are walking tracks and rivers and beaches and a coffee shop on every corner and a few in between. Its a bit up market, but in a really nice way. Judy's head was turned by all the boutique dress and shoe shops but behaved herself - for now. Did the mini-grand tour of the beaches and sights, it's not that big a place, before returning to the park and taking a stroll along the river boardwalk. I went a bit snap-happy. Check these photos and y...