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New South Wales - Australia

Mororo, New South Wales

Mororo is a small area in the Clarence Valley of New South Wales in Australia. Mororo is dominated by a sugar cane farm and does not have a large area of suburbia. The population of Mororo is about 3.

Located at -29.3333, 153.25 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales

Yamba, New South Wales

Yamba is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia at the mouth of the Clarence River. The first European to visit the area was Matthew Flinders, who stopped by in Yamba Bay for six days in July 1799. The town economy is strongly based on fishing and tourism, but has a diverse range of influences, due to the 'Sea Change' phenomena and the large amount of baby boomers who are starting to retire to the warmer climates.

Located at -29.4333, 153.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales, Ports and harbours of New South Wales, Australian Aboriginal placenames, Northern Rivers, Fishing communities in Australia

Grafton bus crash

The Grafton bus crash killed 21 people and injured 22 on the Pacific Highway on the North Coast of New South Wales near Grafton. At some time between 3:50 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. on Friday, 20 October 1989 a southbound semi-trailer truck carrying a load of tinned fruit juice veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided with a passenger bus travelling the other way. The bus was carrying forty-five passengers.

Located at -29.5684, 153.087 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Bus accidents in Australia, History of New South Wales, 1989 in Australia, 1989 road accidents, Bus transport in New South Wales, Road accidents in Australia, Grafton, New South Wales

Iluka, New South Wales

Iluka is a small village at the mouth of the Clarence River in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated directly across the river from the resort town of Yamba. At the 2006 census, Iluka had a population of 1,739 people. The town's name is derived from an aboriginal word meaning 'near the sea'. It has long beaches on the ocean side of the river. It is reached by turning off the Pacific Highway approximately 20 kilometres north of Maclean.

Located at -29.4, 153.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Woodford Island

Woodford Island is an inland island in the Far-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is formed by the Clarence River where it splits into the South Arm and North Arm at the small village of Brushgrove then reforms at the town of Maclean. The island covers 37 square kilometres.

Located at -29.5167, 153.133 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Islands of New South Wales

Angourie, New South Wales

Angourie is a small coastal village in the Clarence Valley Council of New South Wales, Australia. It is south of Yamba, New South Wales. In 2006, Angourie had a population of 170 people (excluding visitors). The median age of the population was 47. Towns that surround Angourie are Yamba and Wooloweyah. A local attraction of note is the Blue and Green Pools, freshwater pools created when the old quarries hit underground springs.

Located at -29.482, 153.36 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Harwood Mill

The Harwood Sugar Mill (also known as Sunshine Sugar Mill) is located on Harwood Island on the Clarence River in the Northern Rivers region in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It began operations in 1874, and is the oldest mill still operating in Australia. Harwood Mill is one of the three sugar mills in NSW with the other mills located at Condong on the Tweed River and Broadwater on the Richmond River.

Located at -29.425, 153.248 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in New South Wales, Economy of New South Wales, Industrial archaeological sites, Industrial buildings in Australia, Sugar companies

Maclean, New South Wales

Maclean is a town in Clarence Valley local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Clarence River and near the Pacific Highway. At the 2006 census, Maclean had a population of 3,245 people. Its industries are tourism, sugar cane production, farming and river-prawn trawling.

Located at -29.45, 153.2 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales, Northern Rivers

Lawrence, New South Wales

Lawrence is a small town 13 km from Maclean, New South Wales, Australia. It is accessed by the Lawrence car ferry from Woodford Island or by travelling 30 kilometres north from Grafton. At the 2006 census, Lawrence had a population of 390 people. Lawrence has a number of sporting facilities including, a cricket field and soccer fields, a nine hole golf course and tennis courts.

Located at -29.4967, 153.106 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales, Northern Rivers

Goodwood Island

Goodwood Island is an island situated between the main channel of the Clarence River and the river's north Arm near Iluka and Woombah, New South Wales Australia. It has a large wharf at the Port of Yamba where ocean traders collect cargo to take to New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.

Located at -29.378, 153.308 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Islands of New South Wales

Woombah, New South Wales

Woombah is a small bushland village in Clarence Valley, New South Wales, Australia. This hamlet is located to the south of the World Heritage Listed Bundjalung National Park, near the port of Yamba. It is home to a pottery gallery and one of the world's southernmost coffee plantations. The first Europeans settled in Woombah in 1830, establishing a timber industry. There is a significant aboriginal site at Woombah, one of five in the Yamba area.

Located at -29.3653, 153.285 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Northern Rivers

Wooloweyah, New South Wales

Wooloweyah is a small village on the northern coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately five kilometres south of Yamba and approximately two kilometres west of Angourie. At the 2006 census, Wooloweyah had a population of 436. Wooloweyah is named for the lake that the village backs onto. The word 'Wooloweyah' translates roughly to 'big cedar trees' in the regional Aboriginal dialect.

Located at -29.4833, 153.3 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales, Northern Rivers

Brushgrove, New South Wales

Brushgrove is a small state suburb/village on the north coast of New South Wales, it is located at the point of the Clarence river where it splits up into to arms named the North and South arm. Located out about 1 km north of Cowper and about 7 km southwest of Lawrence. Brusgrove has a cricket pitch, sports field, pub, and park. Brushgrove has a population of around 150.

Located at -29.5653, 153.085 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Lawrence Ferry

The Lawrence Ferry(actual name is Bluff Point Ferry, Lawrence) is a cable ferry across the Clarence River in New South Wales, Australia. The ferry operates between the town of Lawrence and Woodford Island, and forms part of the route east from Lawrence to the coast. It is the busiest vehicular ferry in New South Wales. The ferry is operated by a private sector operator under contract to New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services.

Located at -29.4944, 153.115 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Ferries of Australia

Gulmarrad, New South Wales

Gulmarrad is a suburb of the town of Maclean, New, South, Wales in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is classified as Maclean's Suburbia. It is part of the Clarence Valley local government area. In the 2012 census its population is listed as 1644. Gulmarrad has a local church on The Selection (In Causley Farm Estate).

Located at -29.487, 153.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales

Harwood Bridge

The Harwood Bridge is a steel truss bridge which carries the Pacific Highway in New South Wales, Australia over the Clarence River . It crosses the main channel of the Clarence River, about 10 km upstream from the river mouth, and 46 km by road from Grafton. It is located 6 km from the town of Maclean at the village of Harwood.

Located at -29.4299, 153.241 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Bridges in New South Wales, Vertical lift bridges, Bridges completed in 1966, Truss bridges, Steel bridges, Road bridges in Australia

Sea foam

Sea foam, ocean foam, beach foam, or spume is a type of foam created by the agitation of seawater, particularly when it contains higher concentrations of dissolved organic matter derived from sources such as the offshore breakdown of algal blooms. These compounds can act as surfactants or foaming agents.

Located at -29.4333, 153.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Foams, Aquatic ecology, Chemical oceanography, Liquid water, Physical Oceanography

Iluka Nature Reserve

Iluka Nature Reserve is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007. It is one of the last remaining littoral rainforests in the Southern Hemisphere. It contains many different plant species ranging from coastal dune species to tropical rainforest species. The Iluka rainforest has a vast range of native animal species ranging from wallabies and kangaroos to wombats and echidnas.

Located at -29.4039, 153.362 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Nature reserves in New South Wales, Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Forests of New South Wales

Clarence River Light

Clarence River Light, also known as Yamba Light or Clarence Head Light, is an active lighthouse located on Pilot Hill, a hill in Wooli Park, Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, south of the entrance of Clarence River. The current lighthouse was built in 1955, replacing a previous lighthouse built in 1880. {{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}} It serves as the rear range light for two different ranges. {{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}}

Located at -29.4337, 153.362 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Lighthouses completed in 1955, Lighthouses in New South Wales, Lighthouses completed in 1866

Angourie Point

Angourie Point is a surf break in the small township of Yamba on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Angourie Point is an exposed point break that has consistent surf, winds are from the southwest, and surf offshore winds are from the southwest. Groundswells and wind swells are good and the best swell direction is from the east northeast.

Located at -29.4779, 153.365 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Surfing locations in New South Wales

HMAS Waree

HMAS Waree (W128) was a tug boat operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. She later operated as a tug boat for the Waratah Tug and Salvage Company before being requistioned by the RAN. She sank on 17 October 1946.

Located at -29.4231, 153.364 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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1939 ships, Ships built in New South Wales, Tugboats of the Royal Australian Navy, Shipwrecks of the Richmond-Tweed Region, Maritime incidents in 1946, Iron and steel steamships of Australia