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Yamba Motel Sells Online

Not so long ago people were very scared of booking holidays online, or purchasing anything really in fear of being taken to the cleaners by another dodgy money making scam. However, with our busy lifestyles, purchasing goods online is considered as good, if not better then going into a store. In a previos life I [...]

Local Kids Play Their Part In Tourism Campaign

The Northern Rivers Tourism Association is launching a new campaign which focuses on the Legends of the Pacific Coast and have included some local kids in the campaigns. The year long campaign is a joint effort with the Hunter, Mid-North Coast and Central Coast Tourism organisations and will focus on promoting the Pacific Coast touring [...]

Australia’s First Surfing Photo Taken In Yamba

Oseric Notley, a former Maclean professional photographer has been possibly credited with taking a photo of the first person to surf in Australia. The photo of the man, Tommy Walker, was taken at Yamba’s Main Beach in 1912. Tommy Walker was a member of the Manly Seagulls Surf club and Yamba’s Life Saving Brigade when [...]

Fun Run or Fun Walk Time

If you need something to exhaust (hopefully) the kids during the school holidays or even a new challange for yourself? Why not take part in the Brooms Head Westpac Helicopter Fun Run on Sunday July 11th. The event starts from Brooms Head Bowls Club at 10 am with 5 and 10km events available. You can [...]

20 Year Temperature Low

The 30th of June 2010 has gone down in the record books for producing the coldest morning in June in the last 20 years. Locals were looking for jumpers, surfers even dusted off the weties and some houses were even firing up the old fire place! Just before the sun spread its warmth on the [...]

Yamba Golf Club Pro Am 2010

The Yamba Golf Club is schedule to host the annual Yamba Golf Club Pro Am in September this year. The event has grown year on year from the original two day amateur event to be included on the PGA Pro Am circuit with of course the addition of professional golfers looking to refine their skills [...]

Libby Trickett Stops In On Yamba

Libby Trickett, Australia’s golden girl of the pool stopped unannounced on the Clarence River Masters Swim Club’s Aussi Masters meet on Saturday (12th June, 2010). During her flying visit Libby took the time to chat with athletes that would be grateful if they were half as quick in the water as the Olympic gold medallist. [...]

Whale Watching In Yamba

Yamba is not a well known whale watching destinations unlike other places along the East Coast. But the whale watching opportunities are just as good if not better then any other you can find. With or without a pair of binoculars you could site on top of Yamba’s Lighthouse Hill, Breakwall, Lovers Point or Angourie [...]

Yamba History Being Published

Yamba was originally known as the Clarence River Heads, but was officially renamed one hundred and twenty five years ago in the Government Gazette on March 20th, 1885. John McNamara, together with the Port of Yamba Historical Society, has prepared a limited edition book titled, “From Clarence River Heads to Yamba” to chronicle the people [...]

Heavy downpours of rain throughout yesterday, June 2nd, 2010, have led to a warning of flash flooding from the Bureau of Meteorology for the area. There is a deep trough lying off the North Coast that will intensify into a low-pressure system, dumping more heavy rain over the next 48 hours according to Forecasters from [...]

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