YAMBA
the small town issue
YAMBA
the small town issue
Lucy Hackett
Yamba The Small Town Issue is a lifestyle book combining fashion, food and tourism. Creating a familiar and joyful narrative, this storyline portrays the sense of connection & place experienced by locals as they share inside knowledge on the sleepy seaside town. The editorial explores the town’s natural beauties, tight-knit community and businesses, combining a range of places to eat and activities to enjoy. ‘The Small Town Issue’ showcases the community alongside vibrant pastels and high saturated fashion, allowing the town’s true character and electric undercurrent to shine through. The Yamba issue will invite the audience to explore the carefree atmosphere and spectacular scenes the town flaunts on its shores, creating a destination that visitors will long to return to, time and time again.
Summi Summi is a local label created in Yamba by Ashleigh Vallis. Blending contemporary designs with coastal vibes Ashleigh creates collections of staple basics, designed to wear from beach to bar. Known for their vibrant colourways and bold prints Summi’s has evolved its seasonless signature pieces to branch out from the small town into the wardrobes of women around Australia and the world. Summi Summi’s Resort 2023 collection is scattered throughout the magazine, with select pieces displayed to complement the town’s natural vibrance & energy.
Karrikin
Inspired by karrikins, the family of proteins that bind soil and come to renew life in the aftermath of smoke and bushfire. Activated karrikins are washed through the soil by rainfall, causing many Australian plant species to germinate en masse.
Owned by couple Zac Roberts and Clare Bourke, Karrikin celebrates Australian native cuisine by highlighting the region’s seasonal produced, local catches and foraged delicacies. Their seasonal and ever evolving 4-course set menu is accompanied by a bright, balanced cocktail selection and a cooling sea breeze, ensuring your senses come to life and those tastebuds will dance the night away.
Taste of Summer
Spooky beach - Angourie
Yamba
lighthouse
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Convent Beach
Belindas Store Homewares
Belindas Store
Belinda’s Store is not only a gem to stumble upon in your carefree wandering of the town, but has become something of a hotspot for holidaymakers who value effortless style in the realm of womenswear, homewares and accessories. The eclectic boutique gives an enticing air of luxury, seaside decadence and guilty pleasure, yet greets you with such considered and stylish pieces that you’ll only ever walk away with a worthwhile investment, Owner Belinda Sanders’ excitement is contagious as she unpacks stylish new treasures collected for her eager customers. The store is renowned in the local community since its opening in 2006, and has now become a part of Yamba that you’ll rush back for.
Pippi Beach
Beachwood cafe
A favourite corner for Yamba locals to linger, is outside the bustling Beachwood Cafe. This tiny Turkish gem nestled into the edible garden nature strip, celebrates freshness and local seaside produce with a Turkish twist.
After growing up in Ankara, Turkey, owner Sevtap Yuce now plays an integral role in the Yamba food scene after more than 20 years of bringing her simple yet heartfelt flavours to the village locals. Sevtap’s innate desire to feed people and celebrate the bright earthy flavours of her roots has seen Beachwood flourish and her reputation grow.
Author of three cookbooks, make sure you purchase a signed copy in store to ensure you can make your favourite dishes when you return home.
the peach farm
Green Point Angourie
MainBeach
Pool
fresh from the sea
The Pacific Hotel
Boutique Accommodation Yamba
Elevated stays that ooze luxury. Each property is branded with a unique flair. From school holidays to honeymoons, there’s a stay to fit everyone’s needs with Bay.
farmers markets Wednesday
Ashby Sourdough
MainBeach
The Kiosk - Main beach
Yamba Bay Oysters
Yamba
Nippers
YAMBA SLSC
As steady as the tide goes in and out, Geoff ‘sleepy’ Sanders has watched over the surf at Yamba SLSC for 60 years. He looks along and reminisces on his time at the club, as his grandchildren dance about the shores of main beach. Yet another generation of eager Nippers.
He recounts memories of the 60’s, with members piling onto the bus year round from Grafton for a day of sea and sun on the coast. A parting beverage - or three - at the Pacific Hotel always preceded
a rowdy ride home with stories and songs shared along the way. From organised fundraisers and community events, to the club bunkhouse and family summer activities, the SLSC is a story of multigenerational connection.
The sense of place and community values that has grown from the far north coast’s first regional club, is clearly such an integral pillar in this tight-knit community, and its legacy has set the scene since 1908 for a collaborative and flourishing region.
acknowledgements
A heartfelt thank you to the following people
Lucy Hackett - Photography, Styling, Artworks & Creative direction
Ashleigh Vallis - Owner of Summi Summi Belinda Sanders - Owner of Belindas Store Zac Roberts & Clare Bourke - Owners of Karrikin Sevtap Yuce - Owner of Beachwood Cafe Bec Maxwell - Owner of The Peach Farm Alex & Beau Wright - Owner of Bay Property
Ellidy Pullin - Model Bronte Oloughlin - Model Chloe Walters - Model Darby, Harry & Eli Fahey - Models Katrina, Fletcher & Pippa Don - Models
Geoff Sanders - Yamba SLSC Representative Judy & Ruby Hackett - Assistants
Lucy Hackett
