Yamba Golf Club

Yamba Golf Club occupies one of the more enviable settings in coastal New South Wales, sitting at the mouth of the Clarence River where it meets the Pacific Ocean. Yamba itself is a small fishing town that has quietly built a reputation as one of the most liveable spots on the NSW north coast — unhurried, genuinely beautiful, and a long way from the manicured excess of Sydney's resort corridors.

The layout winds through a landscape shaped by coastal heathland, with the kind of natural undulation and salt-tinged air that reminds you golf was always meant to be played outdoors in real weather. North coast NSW courses tend to reward local knowledge, and Yamba is no exception — the Clarence River winds through the broader environment, and sea breezes off the Pacific can shift a mid-iron by a club or more depending on the time of day.

For visiting golfers, this is the kind of stop that earns its place on a road trip up the Pacific Highway — an honest, character-filled club course where the surroundings do as much work as the design.