Yamba, South Australia Explained

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.

Fruit fly checkpoint

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: Yamba Railway Station . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0029523 . 9 May 2008 . 24 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Placename Details: Yamba (LOCB) . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser Report . SA0029515 . 7 November 2011 . 24 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Yamba . History of Agriculture in South Australia . . 24 February 2018.
  4. Web site: Swift action after outbreak of fruit fly in Mildura area. . 14 March 1957 . 24 February 2018 .