Coffs Harbour

Tuesday, November 14 Most of the day was spent on the bus from Newcastle to Coffs Harbour, a mid-sized town roughly half way between Sydney and Brisbane. Our hostel is called the 'Barracuda Backpackers'. The first impressions are pretty good as they ...

... 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 course ...

Well unfortunately there isn't going to be a great deal to tell about Coffs Harbour and indeed the rest of the journey up to Byron Bay as we were well and truly hampered by some pretty heavy duty wet weather. We decided to stay at the Aussitel ...

... 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. ...

... we were arriving in the city, we drove in over the Harbour Bridge which as to be the best way to arrive, driving over the harbour with the Opera House below....put a big grin on my face. Got a taxi to the Hotel Altamont in Darlinghurst. Stumbled across ...

... 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 ...

This morning we set off for Coffs Harbour. The journey started to deteriorate early on as the Christmas songs started to play on the radio. It could not have been pleasant for anyone who could hear us warbling out the full song of the Twelve Days of ...

... I get back to Byron i'm gonna be on my own, no room to go to coz I've checked out, plus a 3 hour bus trip to Coffs Harbour!!!! Occasionally for a few seconds I got a chilled happy feeling but generally it was all intense paranoia. Had no clue what to do ...

... of the 'Modern 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 ...

After a lie in we went to do some shopping and a wander around Coffs Harbour. It's quite a nice place actually. We both had a look for some more small Chrimbo presents for each other. We have set a limit on what we can spend and also stipulated that it's ...