Three and a half hours drive south of Brisbane and 7 hours north of Sydney is Yamba, situated in the Clarence Valley Northern Rivers Region of Northern New South Wales. This small sleepy fishing town spot has been high on my must visit one day places for a long time.
Port of Yamba pilot vessel.
Some local pelicans on the look out for any fisherman's scraps.
An abundance of birds everywhere we looked.
One of the many reasons we picked this well know area was it would be my 99th different parkrun location and Caroline's 125th different one.
The parkrun symbol, A tree and the small letter r. Always makes me feel good, a free weekly timed event, I have been running and volunteering at them for years.
The parkrun course was right along the Yamba Bay and our accommodation was the blue dot. (Google maps screenshot).
It was just motel unit block but they had done really well doing it up so it had a resort feeling
A good use of old surf boards made into wall art around the swimming pool.
Tennis anyone?
Fire pit area.
As the weather has been a bit unpredictable recently we decided on some mid rang accommodation with some extra space and a nice court yard.
Basic enough one bedroom, a lounge/kitchenette but very functional and enough space to spread our stuff out.
Would happily recommend "The Carmel Yamba"
The water pressure in the shower was fantastic. Got to love a nice hot shower after a long run.
Day 1 on our Yamba weekend done. Stay tuned for day 2.