Angourie, New South Wales
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Angourie is a small coastal village in the Clarence Valley Council of New South Wales
, Australia
. It is south of Yamba, New South Wales
.
In 2006, Angourie had a population of 170 people (excluding visitors). The median age of the population was 47.
Towns that surround Angourie are Yamba
and Wooloweyah
.
A local attraction of note is the Blue and Green Pools, freshwater pools created when the old quarries hit underground springs. The story goes that the miners working on the quarries went home one night and came back the next morning to find the quarries filled with water. The pools are less than 20 metres from the ocean, and the two bodies of water are separated by mounds of quarried rock and earth.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
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. It is south of Yamba, New South Wales
Yamba, New South Wales
Yamba is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia at the mouth of the Clarence River. The first European to visit the area was Matthew Flinders, who stopped by in Yamba Bay for six days in July 1799....
.
Towns that surround Angourie are Yamba
Yamba
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and Wooloweyah
Wooloweyah
Wooloweyah is a small village located on the Northern Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately five kilometres south of Yamba and approximately two kilometres west of Angourie. At the 2006 census, Wooloweyah had a population of 436....
.
A local attraction of note is the Blue and Green Pools, freshwater pools created when the old quarries hit underground springs. The story goes that the miners working on the quarries went home one night and came back the next morning to find the quarries filled with water. The pools are less than 20 metres from the ocean, and the two bodies of water are separated by mounds of quarried rock and earth.