A sleepy seaside hamlet in northern NSW has been named Best Town in Australia by a panel of tourism and travel experts.
Yamba, a township of 5600 people whose sole industry is fishing and best known as the town closest to Angourie, one of Australia’s most famous surf breaks, beat some of Australia’s tourism “hot spots” to top the list of the best 100 towns.
According to the survey conducted by Australian Traveller magazine, Port Douglas, Broome, Byron Bay, Port Fairy and Margaret River were among the towns pipped by Yamba.
Australian Traveller editor Greg Barton said Yamba’s selection as top town, along with the second choice of Esperance, in southern Western Australia, was surprising.
Read the full story on the Sydney Morning Herald Yamba named best town in Australia
