Corfes Road, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
At the headwaters of the Urumbilum River, this park offers many spectacular waterfalls in a remote and rugged setting. Pockets of old growth forest are found on the plateau, while rainforest protects the steeper slopes.
A walk to Tuckers Nob, in the south of the park, is rewarded with magnificent views over a deep, rainforest basin, the Great Escarpment and the coast. Backpacking camping is pos ...
Six different beaches mark the coastal perimeter of Coffs Harbour, offering sandy bottomed point-breaks that can handle big swells along with beach breaks to suit everyone from grommets to superstars. There are easy rides for learn-to-surfers too around the various protected coves and harbours.
The half-century of surfing tradition in Coffs is evidenced by the three strong board-riders clubs ba ...
Coffs Coast Regional Park, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Coffs Coast Regional Park was created in October 2003. This park has 26 kilometres of coastal dune systems, rainforests, heathlands, headlands, coastal lakes and parklands, villages and resorts, with the Solitary Islands Marine Park north of Coffs Harbour.
The developing Solitary Islands Coastal Walk explores a string of beaches, estuaries and headlands and takes in scenery including the Solita ...
via Sawtell Road, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Famous for year-round sunny weather, Coffs Coast State Park is perfect for a relaxing summer holiday or warm winter retreat. Coffs Coast State Park boasts beautiful beaches, foreshores, estuaries and wetlands which are perfect for surfing, swimming, diving, fishing and boating.
Coffs Harbour is on the Pacific Highway, the major coastal link between Sydney in the south and Brisbane in the north. ...
Rigby House, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
The Gallery has a very flexible exhibiting space of 200 square metres and presents a diverse programme of historical and contemporary exhibitions designed for the enjoyment and education of the community of Coffs Harbour and outlying regions.
Group visits, visits by schools, TAFE and other organisations are encouraged and the Gallery and staff can be made available outside usual opening hours. ...
Diggers Beach Road, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Diggers Beach is well renowned for its waves by the local surfers. It is patrolled for the summer school holidays and is a popular location for both locals and visitors alike. If you've always wanted to learn tosurf, the whole family can learn to stand up on a bound, guided by expert surf school instructors. Diggers Beach Reserve offers a playground, electric barbeques, picnic shelters, two viewin ...
65 Orlando Street, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
The Pet Porpoise Pool in Coffs Harbour is a unique marine park where you can play with dolphins and be kissed by one of the friendly seals for free! This nationally award-winning park is open every day of the year and it has Marine Magic Presentations every day. Please visit the park's website for times of the presentations as they vary seasonally.
The Pet Porpoise Pool offers a once in a lif ...
Fiddaman Road, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Emerald Beach, approximately 20 mins north of Coffs Harbour, boasts a range of facilities including, children's playground, electric barbeques, picnics shelters, toilets, beach showers, a boat ramp and it is close to the shops. The beach is patrolled on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays until 26 January in the following year. ...
Jordan Esplanade, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Jetty Beach is a protected beach which is popular with both locals and tourists alike. Where the green meets the gold you will find the Jetty Foreshores Park. The park has showers, toilets, barbecues, popular picnic shelter areas, pathways for roller blades and bicycles and children's playgrounds. The Foreshores area consists of the Jetty restaurant strip, Marina, Yacht Club, the Deep Sea Fishing ...
Marine Drive, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve provides a up-close glimpse of the life cycle of one of Australia's most interesting migratory birds. Wedge-tailed shearwaters, commonly known as muttonbirds, are one of the eight shearwater species found in New South Wales and this is the most significant muttonbird site in the state.
The island, known as Gidayn Mirrlarl, is also significant to the Gumbaynggir ...
Bay Drive - Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Visitors to Coffs Harbour can enjoy marine life from the Solitary Islands Marine Park Reserve without leaving dry land.
The National Marine Science Centre Aquarium features 12 exhibition tanks, and is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays.
The centre is a joint partnership between Southern Cross University and the University of New England. ...
Hardacre Street, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
The North Coast Regional Botanic Garden is renowned for its natural bushland as well as exotic species. Wheelchair accessible paths and board walks lead to garden sections featuring rare and endangered species, naturally occurring mangroves, rainforest, native flora and exotic plantings.
Glasshouses contain rare displays of bromeliads, orchids, cacti and tropical species. The sensory garden adj ...
Bruxner Park Road, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Orara East State Forest is located within a short drive of Coffs Harbour, and encompasses Bruxner Park Flora Reserve and Sealy Lookout. The forest and reserve are uniquely beautiful, with a wide variety of interesting flora and fauna. Sealy Lookout is the perfect spot to stop and take in the 180 degree views of the Coffs coastline, including the area known as Solitary Islands Marine Park. There ar ...
Pacific Highway at Repton, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Pine Creek State Forest is located outside Coffs Harbour and is a great example of today's ecologically sustainable forest management practices.
Pine Creek State Forest is a forest with long management history with beachside flora reserve, a rest area on the highway, a forest drive, a lookout and numerous two wheel drive roads.
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via Bruxner Park Road, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Sealy Lookout lies within Bruxner Park Flora Reserve, Orara East State Forest. The lookout offers the visitor an amazing 180 degree view over the Coffs Harbour coastline. Access is good, with sealed road for the majority of the drive. Picnic tables and toilets are available at the site. The new Viewing Platform will be available to the public by end 2011 and will consist of a (free) walkwa ...
Sherwood Nature Reserve, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
Landscapes in the Sherwood Nature Reserve range from rugged sandstone escarpments and coastal ridges with dry open forests and heaths, to sub tropical rainforest gullies.
Picnic or barbecue in picturesque Woolgoolga Creek picnic area and take an easy three kilometre return walk to the waterfall through the rainforest along the creek. ...
Marine Parks Office, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
The Solitary Islands Marine Park is the largest marine protected area in New South Wales. It covers a total area of 100,000 hectares and extends along 75km of coast from Coffs Harbour north to the Sanden River mouth.
The park is home to a huge diversity of marine life, with a tropical, temperate and sub tropical species of fish, coral and algae being the main attraction for divers. Signage indi ...
Wedding Bells State Forest, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia
The Wedding Bells State Forest boasts one hundred years of forestry management with its mix of native forest and eucalypt plantations.
Wedding Bells State Forest features a beautiful waterfall and eight hectares of subtropical rainforest is home to more than 80 species of birds.
The drive gives a diverse look at the forests of the Coffs Harbour area passing through many different types of ...
