Saturday, March 1, 2014

Yamba - to Brooms Head

This morning I visited the beach at Brooms Head, some 4o kilometres by road south of Yamba.
Below are some photos, but first, a location map. The Satellite view gives a better indication of the size of the village.
Brooms Head

First up, the view north.
Beyond the pine trees is the Yuragir National Park; Brooms Head actually sits within the bounds of the park.
This is apparently a very popular holiday spot for families, with two caravan parks and a host of holiday homes and cabins. There is, of course, a permanent population of maybe a hundred or so people here.


There is a small shop (a"snack shop") and a community hall which also doubles up for Sunday church services, but that's about all.
No doctor, no general store, no fuel, no pub or tavern. For those things you have to go to Maclean, some 24 kilometres away.

The triangular structure (above) supports a fresh-water shower head and a couple of taps, for washing salt and sand off one's self when ending a time at the beach.

The next two photos were taken from Brooms Head itself.
The first is the view north, with the beach hidden behind the projecting rocky headland.



This next photo is the view south from the same location, with Red Cliff (local name) being the headland seen in the distance.

A beautiful view down the coast, with the storm clouds building up over the land.

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