Coffs Harbour Big Banana
Coffs Harbour marina
Oz Experience will stop in Coffs Harbour briefly to pick up or drop off travellers who wish to stay here longer.
Normally there will be time for a photo opportunity at the 'Big Banana', perhaps your first introduction to Australia's Big Things!
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The town was originally named 'Korff's Harbour' by John Korff in 1847. It was renamed Coffs Harbour when the town site was reserved in 1861.
Timber cutting remained the most important industry well into the 1900's, flourishing after the completion of the Jetty in 1892.
Gold mining, fruit growing, dairying, and sugar cane farming also became popular, although many of these earlier ventures failed. Fijian Bananas were introduced by Herman Reick in 1881 and the banana growing industry took off in the early 1900's as the population swelled during the construction of the railway and the harbour breakwall. Banana growing gained further momentum in the 1920's as the plantations to the north were wiped out by disease.
With the arrival of the railway in 1915 and the completion of the link through to Sydney in 1923, the tourism industry in Coffs Harbour developed rapidly. Today Coffs is one of the most popular destinations on the New South Wales north coast.
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Airlie Beach - gateway for Whitsunday Sailing trips
Magnetic Island - get here from Townsville
Mission Beach - go Skydiving and Whitewater Rafting from here
Bruce Pass - Sydney to Cairns
Cobber Pass - Cairns to Sydney
Surf Pass - Sydney to Byron Bay
Whipper Snapper Pass - Sydney to Darwin
Dazza Pass - Sydney to Cairns + Big Rock
