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The Clarence Valley – a chapter in the story of your life.
![Country music star Brooke McClymont set to celebrate Grafton’s Jacaranda Season](https://b3382640.smushcdn.com/3382640/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/133A7633-830x470.jpg?lossy=1&strip=0&webp=1)
Country music star Brooke McClymont set to celebrate Grafton’s Jacaranda Season
Music, memories and Brooke McClymont’s love of Grafton’s Jacaranda Season Brooke McClymont knows how to tell a story. As a talented singer, songwriter and guitarist, she’s a mainstay on stages across Australia with The McClymonts and her husband Adam Eckersley.
![Lights, camera, bloom: Grafton Jacaranda Season set to light up NSW](https://b3382640.smushcdn.com/3382640/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/i-Ndn5f9N-X3-830x470.jpg?lossy=1&strip=0&webp=1)
LIGHTS, CAMERA, BLOOM: Grafton Jacaranda Season Set to Light Up NSW
What to see and do during Grafton’s Jacaranda Season As I stroll under the magnificent purple canopy, the Jacaranda blossoms sway above me on the warm Spring breeze. The dainty blossoms fall all around like an enchanting snowfall. Delighted children
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A BENDY BRIDGE EXCLUSIVE!
Excerpts from … THE SECRET DIARY OF THE GRAFTON BRIDGE … on the occasion of her 90th Birthday! 1932. After a decade of planning and construction, I’m finally finished. I’m a marvel of engineering! Look … I’ve got two levels!
![Fishing Australia in the Clarence Valley](https://b3382640.smushcdn.com/3382640/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Sunset-Fishing-Australia-830x470.jpg?lossy=1&strip=0&webp=1)
Fishing Australia Visits the Clarence Valley
When one of the most popular TV hosts approaches you and asks if it’s ok to film a fishing episode in your beautiful backyard, you know you’ve hit the jackpot. We’ve always said the fishing around here is something else,
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THE GREAT MIGRATION
For this month’s blog post, we are extremely excited to have Sir David Attenborough* as guest narrator, as he describes one of Australia’s most impressive seasonal migrations. *May or may not be fact. (For maximum effect, please read out loud
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CLARENCE VALLEY, THE GREAT INDOORS!
It can’t be denied. As far as the weather goes, 2022 has been outrageously ordinary. In a ‘normal’ year here in the Clarence Valley, autumn leading into winter is just gorgeous. More often than not, the ocean and the waterways