Coffs Harbour, often referred to just as `Coffs`, is a foremost holiday resort and business centre, and premier vacation destination on the North Coast of NSW south of Byron Bay. It is well renowned for its recreational amenities, entertainment facilities, clubs and pubs, holiday resorts, banana plantations, boating, whale watching, sailing marina, and charters and recreational fishing. Coffs lies about 200 km south of Byron Bay and about 500 km north of Sydney and is about 300 km south of Brisbane. Coffs Harbour is renowned for its treasure trove of vacation accommodation and recreation amenities, wealth of things to see and so, holiday resorts, picturesque attractions, nature reserves, and is a family friendly community. The coastal shoreline at Coffs expands for more than 40 km from Bonville
in the south to Corindi/Pipe Clay in the north, and includes more than 30 fabulous beaches. Several beaches are just perfect for serious surfing while numerous others are more sheltered and are well-suited for families. Most of the popular beaches are patrolled by life-savers in the summer months. The nearby villages of Korora and Sapphire Beach lying north of Coffs Harbour, have a variety of beachfront Resorts, apartments and other vacation places to stay right on the beach. Coffs Harbour caters for a huge array of recreational undertakings encompassing cruising, kayaking, sailing, canoeing, charter vessels, whale and dolphin watching, ballooning, four-wheel driving adventures, horse riding, boating, deep water and
game fishing and rock, beach and surf angling. Most visitors find Coffs a perfect vacation destination. Local entertainment venues include: # Big Banana # The Jungle Bungle # Coffs City Skydivers # Jetty Memorial Theatre # Jetty Memorial Theatre # Flight Centre Coffs Harbour # Birch Carroll and Coyle Coffs Harbour # Coffs Hotel entertainment Coffs Harbour NSW. The pubs and clubs are listed below. The major events
in Coffs Harbour include: # Coffs Harbour International # Buskers Festival - September / October. # Sawtell Chilli Festival - July. # Woolgoolga Curry Festival - April. # Bellingen Global Carnival -October # Camp Creative, Bellingen - January # Bellingen Jazz and Blues Festival - August. # Bellingen Music Festival - May. # Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival # Toast Urunga Food and Wine Festival - September. # Pittwater to Coffs - January. # Bellingen New Energy Festival - June. # Festival of Sail - January. # Putt Bennett Family Fishing Festival, Mylestom - January # World Rally Championship - September # Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival - April.