YAMBA - Dreamtime legend depicting the mighty Clarence River Estuary
From R.L. Dawson's early ‘Recollections and Records of the Clarence Aborigines’ – 1935, it is believed that the most likely derivation is an Aboriginal word yumbah meaning a rough edible shellfish the size of a man's hand that clings to rocks and is similar to an oyster.
Present Yamba Lighthouse built in 1955 Cumquats ready for marmalade preparations –
fiddly in the making!
Lizards on the rocks at Yamba
The bottom one with a spiky crown is an Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)
Sandon River area
Whistling Kite! (Haliastur sphenurus) way up high, on top of a Norfolk Pine
Barista Beez’s coffee – mmmmm
Beez’s fishing boat ‘Snug’ ready to take us out on Yamba waters for the day!
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