Type: | town |
Yamba | |
State: | sa |
Postcode: | 5340 |
Elevation: | 27 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Dist1: | 17 |
Dir1: | southeast |
Location1: | Renmark |
Stategov: | Chaffey |
Fedgov: | Barker |
Coordinates: | -34.36°N 140.86°W |
Near-N: | Wonuarra |
Near-E: | Murray-Sunset (Victoria) |
Near-S: | Taldra |
Near-W: | Pike River |
Footnotes: | [2] |
Yamba is a locality in the eastern Riverland of South Australia. It is the last place in South Australia on the Sturt Highway before crossing into Victoria. It is the site of a permanent fruit fly inspection checkpoint, and a large advertisement in the shape of an arc of a vehicle tyre spanning the road.
Yamba was previously served by a station on the Barmera railway line.
On the westward journey, Yamba is the first place in South Australia on the Sturt Highway, and is usually a mandatory stop at the fruit fly biosecurity checkpoint as fruit is not permitted to be carried into South Australia to preserve the state's fruit-fly-free status. The checkpoint has operated since 1957,[3] when it was quickly established in response to a fruit fly outbreak at Mildura.[4] The primary threat on this route is Queensland fruit fly.