Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour is a town on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, approximately two thirds of the way from Sydney to Brisbane.

Coffs Harbour is a 530 km drive north of Sydney and 350 km south of Brisbane on the Pacific Highway. As always on the Pacific Highway, take care. The road quality varies dramatically, and the only way to deal with holiday traffic is patience. The new licence requirements for teenagers to drive 120 hours at 80km/h before getting their licence, has made every second car on the way from Sydney to Coffs over summer a learner driver with the family car.

Buses Busways Sawtell Coaches and Ryans bus service run regular services around the city to make up a local transit network. Buses also run to Nambucca Bellingen and surrounding areas.

The high season in Coffs Harbour is the summer school holidays, from late December until the end of January each year. Some accommodation on the spot is likely to be available even at those times.

In addition to the usual hostel/motel/hotel accommodation, Coffs has a large number of motel-like facilities that call themselves 'holiday apartments'. These are typically large motel like flats with 2 or 3 bedrooms and some cooking facilities. They are designed to be booked on a week-to-week basis but are often available for shorter bookings.