nice place to visit.would never want to live there...it has a few problems.
nice place to visit.would never want to live there...it has a few problems.
You mean this Pub Finga???????????? Thats the surf club roof in the bottom of the photo. We stayed on the bottom right balcony of the pub as you look at the photo. top spot and view
I just might have to give it a go
Iluka and Evens Head are a bit boring hehe
couldn't imagine getting legless at the top pub though at those prices but a mid week counter lunch with that view is always on the cards
cheers Murf
Don't forget Mike, you'all need a licence to fish over the border...
Apart from that. yep agree, great place. And biggest bream caught off rocks there.....
LP.
.
.
.
.
Kingfisher Painting Solutions:- Domestic and Commercial.
For further information, contact details, quotes or advice - Click Here
Yeah. Sure has. One been I worked on the big substation there.Originally Posted by PinHead
Yep, that be the one.
Hasn't changed a bit (I think??)
Great spot to have a cold, refreshing ale after a day at the beach or in the river looking out over the Pacific.
Ooh, getting a hang-over just thinking about the place....
I was around 20 years of age back then. Young, dumb and full of .... as the saying goes.
I intend on living for-ever....so far so good
yeah great pub over looking the beach , got stuck in there during a thunder storm when i first went across the border dam storm
cheers jimmy
Its a top part of the world and that pub makes it better along with the quality fishing. The best bit though is the lack of maroon number plates and traffic jams haha.
Yamba going back again this year, great part of the world
and finga just wants evans all to himself
Tangles KFC
The Yamba tavern is a good spot to go for a feed (day or night) and its great for kids as there are hundreds of bream hanging around under the tavern's jetty.
Re: The ferry across the river to Iluka & back. I reckon its worth the $13 bucks as its an interesting trip across and when you get there you can walk about 80m to the nearby club (bowlo or RSL..?) and they have fantastic seafood baskets there.
And if you're in the Yamba vicinity make sure you drive to Angourie to check out the pools. Some good cliffs & ledges to jump off there (into the water!?)
Angourie back beach is great too. It has a remote/desert island feeling to it and I've seen guys spinning tailor off the headland there. It can often be protected when other places are chopped out with wind.
"...a voice in my head keeps telling me to go fishing..."
SHUSSSH.
Did you have to say the A word.
Rod
.
My dictionary defines green as ‘unripe, immature, undeveloped'. Perfect description.
Most political parties are seen as interested in what the voters think, the Greens are seen as thinking the community should be interested in what they think.
Used to do the drive many years back down to the A place and surf there..uncrowded and some great surf at tmes.
Quite a few scantily clad sunbathers at the A place too...! Not that I noticed though, as I was too busy fishing.
And, I forgot to mention the pippies - so easy to get from the wet sand.
And the abundance of cabbage/lettuce (whatever its called) on the rocks - and oysters too - at the southern end of the back beach ...a potentially 'hot' luderick spot; but wear your cleats!
Now I've got myself going ...I shouldn't've mentioned the A spot in the first place
"...a voice in my head keeps telling me to go fishing..."
Now Mike, I've noticed that nobody (me included) has actually answered your original question, which is "Yamba - When did they invent it?", so I did a bit of research.
In 1876 the place was known as "Clarence River Heads" with a population of 35, which was only 69 years before I was born.
The port's first pilot was Francis Freeburn who took up duties in 1854, which was only 91 years before I was born.
Hence the name "Freeburn Island".
There was also an engineer there called Moriarty who did a bit of work around the place with the training walls I think, hence the name "Moriarty's Wharf" on the Iluka side.
"Yamba Town" was officially gazetted in 1885, which was only 60 years before I was born.
Therefore I suppose that Yamba was invented in 1885.
So there you go Mike. You should write all this down and keep it in your wallet just in case you're on a game show or whatever and this very question arises. Then you'd have the answers. It goes without saying that I expect to be fully compensated in no small measure for the effort I've put in on this matter.
For me, I'm fascinated by all the history of the place and I'm dying to visit the Yamba museum to learn as much as I can about the place.
For example,
how were the breakwater walls built?
how were the training walls in the river built?
how did they place all the granite rocks along the river banks?
how long did it take?
Some things are obvious like the quarrying operations under the light house at Yamba and also the quarrying operations up at the Bluff at Iluka under the lookout, but I'd love to know actually how they did it. There is evidence of railway lines here and there which suggests lines were built as the walls were extended.
And so on and so on.
Anyway, that's me done.
TOL
Well ya ask a question.............................
As for due compensation TOL, how about i arrange a personal breakfast with the Breaka Girls, photos autographs etc etc? Would that suit your compensation wishes?
bbwwwaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahah..... just tugging ya leg John..............thanks for the detailed answer to my initial question. I will buy you a coffee payment for the answer.
Mike
For Christ's sake its probably too late not to tell people about it. To good a place to disturb. Bruiser 2
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
