Best Holiday I ever had in Coffs Harbour, Australia | Travel Review

Nearly halfway between Sydney and Brisbane and seated between Great Dividing Range behind and Pacific Ocean in front, Coffs Harbour is the perfect site to explore a verdant hinterland and its rainforests, plantations, waterfalls and gorges as well as the coast and its breathtaking beaches. The Big Banana is a must visit place in Australia and one of the biggest attractions at Coffs Harbour where you will find the legendary chocolate coated bananas. 

 My Travel Experience in Coffs Harbour

My family and I visited the Coffs Harbour during our last year’s summer vacation. Our home for one week was a cottage- 12km north of town with a beautiful laidback atmosphere and attractive shop fronts. We sit on the cottage’s deck watching kangaroos graze below us as we listen to the cool saxophone sounds hover across the landscape. I love this cottage because of pet friendly environment. I would like to recommend Alarks Nest as best pet friendly cottage accommodation in Coffs Harbour, Australia. Later in the day we wandered down to river Bellinger to enjoy a good swim in the green, clear water. Everyone had fun here. My kids floating on tyre tubes down gentle rapids and our dog chasing sticks; we indeed fulfilled the conventional saying:”Life is good!”We later lay on the riverbank on our towels for our skin to be warmed up by the beautiful sun. 

With a beautiful kitchenette with all the necessary appliances, we come back just in time to prepare our freshly caught kingfish and rabbit dishes. 

After putting the kids to sleep, my husband and I headed to the nearby bar to take in some live music by popular local musicians as we sipped strawberry daiquiris. The night is balmy when we come back to the cottage to put our tired bodies to sleep.

The following morning we decided to take breakfast at one of the restaurants in Bellingen as we looked around the monthly market. This market is a lot of entertainment for kids with jumping castles, pony rides, live music under enormous shady tree and rotating swings.

Over the remaining days we dug deep into the shallows where Moonee Creek connects with the sea and had excellent meals at Mangrove Jacks. We had an opportunity to test the Decadent brunch fare- a specialty in this area.

On our last day at the cottage we decided to enjoy the cottage outdoors. The area was large enough for some family fun activities and I couldn’t fail to notice that even our dog had so much fun.

Coffs Harbour practically offers any activity that one might be looking for, both on dry land, in the water and in air.  

 The whole setting is beautiful and the beaches are breathtaking too. Park beach is the main beach, north of the town. Jetty Beach is however closest to town and is excellent for both surfing and swimming. You can however get a great surf at Headland Beach, Macauleys Beach and Diggers Beach. Coffs Harbour has warm weather nearly all year round but to take advantage of the lovely beaches, you need to escape the summer crowds. Anytime from February to May and from September to December is fine.