A Visitor in Yamba

On our last weekend in Yamba we had a visitor come to stay for a few days - John's son Daniel drove up from Sydney. We don't really have room in the van for a third person, so he stayed in a cabin in the same caravan park. He's a keen golfer (and a good one too - handicap 2) so on Saturday we played in the daily comp at Maclean. None of us did very well, I think the narrow fairways didn't help, but once again the locals were extremely friendly and we had a lovely day. On Sunday John and Daniel played at Yamba, and once again failed to feature in the prize pool. We had a terrific weekend with Daniel, and it was lovely to see family again. We really appreciated him making the trip, 700km is quite a drive on your own.

Outside of Daniel's visit, the rest of our time in Yamba since our last posting has been fairly quiet. We've journeyed around the region playing golf at Grafton, Ballina and Iluka, and had another bushwalk in the Yuraygir National Park. In the photo here John is next to an Aboriginal fish trap. At high tide the pool would be underwater, then when the water receded any large fish would be trapped, allowing them to be speared easily. We also did the 2 history walks on offer here in town.

In most towns, the caravan park tends to be on the edge of town, and you can't get anywhere except by driving. The caravan park here is right in the middle of the action - walk out the front gate and you are in the main shopping/cafe strip, out the side gate and you are 1 block from the bowling club and 2 blocks from the golf course, and the river runs all the way along the back of the park. We've taken advantage of the proximity to lots of eateries to go out several times for dinner, we even found a pizza/pasta joint that does gluten free, so John has been able to take advantage of the entire range of cuisines on offer.