Yamba is a well known tourist spot but Iluka seems to be off the tourist maps. Locals love this area for its beaches, its World Heritage rainforest, fishing and camping, and it is quiet.
We spent three days here at a friends cottage and loved every
minute of it.The first morning we were so excited to get our new infatable Kayaks on the waterways and fully expected to catch our dinner. After all this is a fishing village, isn’t it! No luck, so we had to make a trip to the grocery store. Mike is in the grey kayak and my brother Clinton, has the yellow one.
The next morning we went to Woody Head Camping ground which is in the Bundjalung National Park, about 6km north of Iluka. Woody Head is also a popular picnic, fishing and swimming area for day trippers as well a lovely camping ground. There is a boat ramp, a sheltered lagoon and wonderful rock pools. While the tide was out we found several moray eels, many live kauri shells, great coloured crabs, sea cucumbers and nudibranks. My two neices, Madison and Elouise are great at spotting all these creatures in the rock pools so we had a wonderful couple of hours there seeing so many things.
While driving into Iluka you are greated with the sign below. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any emus but I love the fact that they are in the area.
A ferry runs from the Iluka Boatshed and Mairna to Yamba several times a day. The Makuti Cafe is at the Boatshed and we popped in for a coffee. It has a great sounding menu and certainly a beautiful spot on the water to spend some time enjoying somebody elses’ cooking.
Our stay at Iluka was relaxing and we could easily spend a few more days there exploring more of the water ways, bush walks and beaches. You can take your four wheel drive on many of the beaches and the area is very push bike friendly.
see “Our Camping spots” for details on Woody Head Camping Reserve.
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