Connect You Too News

Mystery Tours- Yamba, Iluka & Maclean

Connect You Too recently took our Iluka & Maclean clients on a Mystery Tour to the Glenreagh Bakery & Lunch at the Coramba Hotel, finishing the beautiful day off at the Big Banana for some sweet treats & Ice cream.

Our Yamba Clients also went on a Mystery Tour of their own to visit the Cardiff Alpacas at Harwood, with a stopover at the Ulmarra Hotel for a delicious lunch.

Colleen from Iluka- " Thankyou everyone for a great day on June 26th, the Mystery Tour was a success. Our driver Simon was great, he never gave us any clues as to where our destinations were, which everyone enjoyed getting to guess our next stop. I hope we have another Mystery Tour in the future.

Our special weekend outings are proving quite a hit!

Our most recent outing in July saw some of our lovely ladies and gents enjoying a relaxing morning tea at The Gables in Maclean. With tiaras and crowns adding a touch of royal flair, everyone enjoyed a pot of tea, freshly baked scones and plenty of smiles.

Now it’s time to look forward to our next weekend outing at the Saraton Theatre for Golden – An Afternoon of Amazing Entertainment.



Get ready for an afternoon of wonderful music, entertainment and good company. It’s sure to be another memorable outing!

Connect You Too, the Clarence Valley’s community transport and meal service welcomed customers, visitors and their family and friends to our offices at 134 Jubilee Street, Townsend on Wednesday 17th September for our ‘Around the World’ Safari open day expo.

The sun was shining, and our Safari day was a great success. Many travelled around our displays and collected passport stamps from The Men’s and Women’s Sheds, Services Australia, Clarence Valley Library, Clarence Valley Seniors Computer Club, CWA Maclean, Carers NSW, Lifestyle Comforts, Simplicity Funerals, whilst HART Services had a stand explaining their local home care packages and Advantage Pharmacy Maclean/Iluka gave away sample products and webster packs with treats.

Many enjoyed giveaways and entertainment from the Tempomentals, the Iluka Dance Group and some African drumming, while meeting our team, and delighting in our free morning tea treats and BBQ.

Visitors got to taste our selected locations of Australia; China; Africa and the Middle East, as well as meal samples from Clarence Meal’s suppliers – Gourmet Meals, Lite n’ Easy and Meals On Wheels Grafton, with many going home with their bellies full.

We would like to acknowledge the following local businesses for their support, discounts and donations towards our Safari open day: Maclean Hot Bread; The Fair Butcher; Locke’s Butcher; Iluka Quality Meats; Holiday Coast Meats; South Services Butcher; GDSC Butcher; Dolphin Office Choice; Sunshine Sugar; Maclean Landcare; BWS Maclean; The Argyle Hotel; Harvey Norman; Riverside Barber Shop; Australia Post Maclean; Maclean Medical; Ace Variety Discounts; Maclean Variety Meats; Grafton Hire; Stanfords Pharmacy; Heart of Space; Pure Hair Yamba; Maclean Newsagency; C'est La Vie Francaise; Maclean Flower Box; Maclean Hotel; Hooked on Seafood; Margot & Co; Ammo Hair & Beauty; Amie Rose Beauty; Bowens Yamba; McDonald’s Yamba; Penny’s Sweet Tooth; Ta’Chele Australis; NewsXpress Yamba; Flourish Educational Toys; Shoes @ Carney’s Arcade; K Hub Yamba; T’s Hair; The Greenhouse Collective; Nicole’s Hair & Co.; Blueberries Smoothie & Health Bar; Dune’s Café and Clovelly Fashions.

We had an overwhelming amount of raffle prizes donated. Connect You Too appreciates everyone’s support. We look forward to holding another great open day next year.

We had 92 colouring competition entries in five categories. The colourful artworks helped decorate our displays. Thank you to all the children and over 65 year olds that entered. Congratulations to the winning entrants – Cecelia B; Chloe Anderson; Lennox; Eden Micallef and Stewart Minnis.

If you need help with transport or meals, call Connect You Too at Townsend on 6645 3200 to see if you qualify for any subsidies or assistance.