Yamba NSW 2464
(Pop 7 000)
Yamba is a North Coast holiday town at the mouth of the Clarence River 677 km n-e of Sydney. Original inhabitants were the Yiegara Aborigines with early European settlement coming in the form of cedar cutters and squatters. Today tourism, sugar cane (Harwood Sugar Mill (1874) is the industry's oldest mill), fishing, boat building and retirees constitute the town's thriving economy. Yamba Markets (4th Sun each month) River St Oval. Tel (02) 6646 1555. Family Fishing Festival (Oct).
Accommodation:
Yamba has about a dozen motels, 2 hotels, holiday apartments, 4 cottages/cabins and 3 caravan parks. 
Visitor Information Centre: Ferry Park, Pacific Hwy, Maclean. Tel (02) 6645 4121.
Airports:Grafton Airport (GFN) off Pacific Hwy, Glenugie (63 km s-w) or Ballina/Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), Ballina Tel (02) 6686 8385. (97 km north).
Hospital:Maclean District Hospital, 21 Union St. (19 km west). Tel (02) 6640 0111.

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