On a sunny day We went fishing off the beach as apparently the storm was bringing in lots of fish. At the beach we found Chook one of the hostel owners who loves to fish. He gave us an expert class in what to do and we all managed to catch a Brim. Jo and [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Fishing with Chook
Posted in Activities, Australia, Fishing, Yamba on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kellie’s Birthday
Posted in Australia, Yamba on Saturday, 23 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When we arrived back in Yamba we were greeted warmly and then instructed that we had to remain until the following Friday as it was Kellie’s (one of the hostel owners) birthday. We considered our options and decided it would be rude not to. Justin, Kellie’s husband, had planned to hire a boat for to [...]
The Floods: Being in a Natural Disaster Zone
Posted in Australia, Yamba on Friday, 22 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So apparently we brought the weather with us… Just a few days after we got back to Yamba it started to bucket down with rain. The news said that Brisbane and the Gold Coast (where we had just driven through) was getting hit hard and likely to get flash floods. They weren’t wrong and then [...]
Back in Yamba, But Just for Fun
Posted in Australia, Yamba on Saturday, 16 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The day after we bought the car, we checked out of the Brisbane hostel and got on the road to Yamba. We decided to take the risk of not booking a room as we wanted to surprise them. The surprise worked and everyone was ecstatic to see us. Luckily, they had room to put us [...]