YAMBUK
Yambuk is not much more than a
geographic point. The tiny town is just out of Port Fairy when heading
west to Portland.
The township
was established in the 1850s and the Post Office opening 1 March 1859.
At the 2006
census, the town and surrounding area had a population of 540.
Yambuk is the
site of Pacific Hydro’s Yambuk Wind Farm and the adjacent Codrington
Wind Farm.
To the west of
Yambuk is the locality of Codrington which is notable for the wind
farm and for being the only township in Australia to be named after a
bushranger. In 1850 Codrington Revingstone held up the Portland to
Port Fairy mail coach three times and the area became known as "Codrington's
Forest". In the 1870s a township was surveyed on the projected road to
Portland close to the coast and named, unwittingly, as Codrington. A
road was later built inland and the township never established.
Yambuk is
locally known for the Yambuk Slide, a large slide near the lake.
Yambuk has two
stately churches,
one of which is an unnamed Catholic Church. 
The Yambuk Hotel
is an historic and heritage listed classic old pub.  
The Yambuk War
Memorial is located on the fringe of the Memorial Gardens.
The interesting aspect of this overgrown Memorial is that a time
capsule (to be opened in 2048) is buried beneath the stone.
Be sure to take
the time to check out the pub and the memorial.
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