Big Banana Coffs Harbour

The last week of our road trip along the eastcoast of Australia has begun - the last 1000 km to Brisbane ahead. Previously we had a nice weekend in Sydney, we took advantage of the beautiful sunny weather to drive to Kirribilli to the north shore. Fit and full with a big portion of Fish and Chips (Tip: Always buy only one serving - which is sooo …

As normal we left 45 mins later than we wanted to! Through the day I only watched 1 movie which is really weird. We stopped in at the Big Banana at Coffs Harbour and I got a banana smoothie in honour of Jay, they are really good and tasty. We kept driving and arrived at Byron Bay around 3:00 pm.
Fynn and I had a surf, waves were perfect size, …

- - We set off at 'sparrows' that Monday morning (Def: 'Sparrows ****' = early start in Australian) just after dawn to make as much distance in the light as possible. It wasn't quite early enough for the Anzac Day Dawn Service but it was enough to have a rather stellar Anzac Day. Our first port of call was Coffs Harbour, just shy of an …

Unsere Fahrt geht weiter nach Coffs Harbour, dort haben wir gegessen und die Big Banana besucht. Diese Banane ist das Wahrzeichen der Stadt und wird touristisch stark vermarktet, wir haben dort ein paar Bilder gemacht und einen Kaffee getrunken. Witzigerweise gibt es ein über 26 Jahre altes Bild mit Patricia und ihrem Bruder vor dieser Banane. Wer …

... , The big Pineapple and we even stopped at the Big prawn . But it all started 40 years ago with the Big Banana at Coffs harbour. Essentially these places are just big oversized plastic structures looking to bring in tourists and make some money. And of ...

... Coffs and venture further north somehow getting lost and completely missing the one attraction that could have been Coffs saving grace (or final nail)- the Big Banana. With the weather still rough at best we decided to head straight up to Byron and ...

... the trip between Sydney and Brisbane we spent the night somewhere halfway between the two which happened to be a little town called Coffs Harbour. The town is predominantly know for its sea port and is the biggest town in the NSW banana growing area. ...

... close by (PICS) which was split into two sections - upper and lower falls and offered impressive valley views (PICS). Returning to Coffs Harbour we stocked up on edible essentials, refilled the car ($22 - 9GBP) and made our way back to the hostel to ...

... Engineering Marvels' marathon. We do extricate ourselves for a walk to a beach we haven't seen yet, and also to Coffs Harbour's famous icon - the Big Banana. It is a good size for a banana (well, a model of one anyway) but it is not something I ...

... road.We took a tour of the plantation and saw the bananas as they grow, were treated to the history of the banana and the production in Coffs Harbour and had sneak peak in the packing shed. After warming up our stomach with a free banana, we had lunch ...

... we saw something, it was BIG, and LONG and YELLOW and in 3 simple words we instantly knew what it was... THE BIG BANANA. It was the otherside of the motorway but we still managed to get an awesome photo! BLING. We did some food ...

So left all the hippies behind us on the greyhound and went for a total chillout in Coffs Harbour - the biggest town between Byron and Sydney! Arrived mid afternoon and seemed fairly quiet....the town is more for holidaymakers I think its famous for ...

... seemed to be an Australian 'thing.' Big Prawn, Big Oyster and Big Pineapple were all other attempts located around Australia to tempt tourists in. Big Banana actually had a bit more substance, as it was a theme park, and had much history regarding banana ...

With #2 being The Big Prawn in Ballina, #3 is The Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, NSW. Yep, it's big and it's a banana. We didn't go inside on account of Emma's pathological fear of the bendy, yellow fruit but I reckon it wouldn't have been worth it ...