Yamba

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Our Greyhound bus on Friday left Coffs Harbour around 6am, which meant getting up much earlier to take a cab down to the bus stop. Very early day. But the bus ride was short, and we were in Yamba before we knew it.

Yamba was a really nice little town. The YHA hostel there seemed really new, which was awesome! And it was located right on the main street, rather than out of town like some other towns we had visited. The other thing was that it was pretty quiet too. You feel a little bad when a nice place isn’t getting very much business, but on the flipside it’s awfully nice when everything is super clean because it’s not very busy. Lol

When we checked in that morning, we went back to bed and napped the rest of the morning away. Lol We then checked out the strip for a place to grab some lunch. Weird thing I’ve noticed about traveling, every country seems to have its own size of soft drink can. Canada is 355ml, England was much smaller, and Australia is 375ml. Weird how that happens… Anyways, that afternoon we chilled out in the common room and watched Bondi Rescue, the one about Bondi Beach back in Sydney. Great show! A grim note though, the episode we watched actually had a drowning victim who wasn’t able to be rescued in time. It was extremely sad, and the reality about being careful when swimming in the ocean definitely sets in. That afternoon we checked out the local scenery and beaches, and took a nice stroll around the town.

Saturday we tried taking my mother’s advice, which was to try the local library for internet usage. Yamba was a good time to try it, since the library was just a couple of minutes away, and did in fact have free internet usage! Later that afternoon, Hillary and I thought we’d take in a movie and enjoy the small town atmosphere. We finally got to see Frost/Nixon, which we both thought was a great film! We enjoyed another nice little walk and started to pack up to continue our journey north, which would lead us to Byron Bay next.

Kevin (and Hillary)

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Photos

Bus Stop
At the bus stop before sunrise. Is that allowed?

Bus Ride
Construction always gets up bright and early. lol

Hostel
The hostel in Yamba was almost like a hotel! There was even a pool up by the common room!

Hostel - 2
Other side by the pool.

Hostel - 3
Back into the common room.

Hostel - 4
The room was open to some nice views.

Lunch
We ate in an old fashioned candy shop. Guess what? There's not really any ketchup in Australia! The prefered condiment is Tomato Sauce! they taste the same, but at least McDonalds carries traditional Ketchup.

Beach St
Wherever we are, Hillary's got to check out the beach.

Views
Plenty of hills in Yamba.

Beach
It was actually pretty tricky trying to figure out how to get down to the beach. lol

Beach - 2
Huge and empty. It was like our own beach!

Beach - 3
I could get used to this beach thing.

Beach - 4
I then went for a swim, and made sure to stick close to the shore.

Views - 2
More hills.

Views - 3
Now from the top.

Pool
Australia seems to have a few of these sea water pools right by the ocean.

Seagulls
Guess we weren't the only ones enjoying the view.

Sunset
A nice sunset to wrap up our last day in Yamba.