So guess where we went after camping in Minnie Water?! Yamba of course! In our rush to leave for Minnie Water, we left our trusty Lonely Planet book behind and so had to call into Yamba to pick it up. Unfortunately Dori (the car) wanted to stay longer and decided to spring a radiator leak [...]
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Back in Yamba (Take Four)
Posted in Activities, Australia, Surfing, Wildlife, Yamba on Monday, 8 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Joy of Being Back in Yamba
Posted in Australia, Yamba on Friday, 5 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Being back in Yamba has been great. It has felt like we are truly back in Australia. We have stuck it out through the floods and cyclone and have been able to see beautiful Yamba in the sunshine again. During our time back here we have enjoyed walking around the pools, going to Angourie back [...]
Surf Lesson and Andy Irons
Posted in Activities, Australia, Surfing, Yamba on Friday, 5 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As my surfing days on the east coast of Oz are limited (apparently something called the Great Barrier Reef gets in the way as you go north) I decided to take a surfing lesson to improve a little quicker. The guy who took me out is a relative of the Henwoods and is an ex-pro [...]
The Big Game: State of Origin (Part 1)
Posted in Activities, Australia, Watching Sports, Yamba on Thursday, 4 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once a year there is a huge rugby league competition between the states of New South Wales and Queensland. New South Wales (the Cockroaches) wear blue and Queensland (the Cane Toads) were maroon. There is a big rivalry between the two states. Queensland had one for the past three years and had an experienced team [...]
Let’s Get Drunk, Let’s Get Party!
Posted in Australia, Yamba on Tuesday, 2 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When we returned to Yamba we were very pleased to see the one of our friends from the last time we were here was still here. Jan had been away for a bit and then come back just like us. His girlfriend Anke had gone back to Germany and he was not leaving soon but [...]
