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{{This|the urban centre|the local government area|City of Coffs Harbour}}
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| title=Coffs Harbour
| work=Climate Averages for Australian Sites
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| access-date=24 November 2006
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[[File:Coffs Harbour Marina Panorama.JPG|thumb|Panoramic view of the Coffs Harbour marina, NSW Australia, from Muttonbird Island]]
'''Coffs Harbour''', locally nicknamed '''Coffs''',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/6330774/from-freo-to-the-gong-search-is-on-for-aussie-town-nicknames/ | title=From Freo to the Gong: Search is on for Aussie town nicknames | date=16 August 2019 }}</ref> is a coastal city on the [[Mid North Coast]] of [[New South Wales]], Australia, {{convert|540|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Sydney]], and {{convert|390|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Brisbane]]. It is one of the largest urban centres on the North Coast, with a population of 78,759 as per 2021 census.<ref name="QF2021"/>
The [[Gumbaynggirr|Gumbaynggirr people]] are the Traditional Owners of Coffs Harbour and the surrounding area, they have occupied this land for many thousands of years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Coffs Harbour Jetty|url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=5056289|access-date=2021-07-01|website=NSW State Heritage Register}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Liz |date=2013-01-01 |title=Indigenous History of the Coffs Harbour Region |url=https://coffs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/30668 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Coffs Collections}}</ref>
Coffs Harbour's economy was once based on timber and agriculture. Over recent decades, tourism has become an increasingly important industry for the city. Once part of a region known as the Bananacoast, today the tourist city is part of a wider region known as the Coffs Coast.<ref>[https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?ENTRY_NAME=BS&ENTRY=coffs+council+economic+profile+2003 Coffs Harbour City Library – Catalogue – Full Display – Record 1 of 1]. Coffsharbour.spydus.com (26 September 2003). Retrieved on 13 February 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coffscoast.com.au/ |title=Home |website=coffscoast.com.au}}</ref>
The city has a campus of [[Southern Cross University]], and a campus of Rural Faculty of Medicine [[University of New South Wales]], a public and a private hospital,<ref>[http://www.ncahs.nsw.gov.au/services/results_detailed.php?serviceid=517 Coffs Harbour Base Hospital ::: North Coast Area Health Service] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720035328/http://www.ncahs.nsw.gov.au/services/results_detailed.php?serviceid=517 |date=20 July 2008 }}. Ncahs.nsw.gov.au (27 September 2007). Retrieved on 18 August 2011.</ref> several radio stations, and three major shopping centres. Coffs Harbour is near numerous [[national park]]s, including a marine national park.
There are regular passenger flights each day to [[Sydney Airport|Sydney]], [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]] and [[Brisbane Airport|Brisbane]] departing from [[Coffs Harbour Airport]].<ref>[http://www.coffscoast.com.au/coffs-coast/airport/arrivals-and-departures/ Arrivals and Departures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210031425/http://www.coffscoast.com.au/coffs-coast/airport/arrivals-and-departures/ |date=10 February 2016 }}. Coffs Coast (20 December 2016). Retrieved on 13 February 2017.</ref> Coffs Harbour is also accessible by road, by [[NSW TrainLink]], and by regular bus services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/north-coast/coffs-harbour-area|title=Coffs Harbour Area|publisher=Destination NSW|access-date=7 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501130844/http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/north-coast/coffs-harbour-area|archive-date=1 May 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Geography==
Coffs Harbour is a regional city along the [[Pacific Highway, Australia|Pacific Highway]] between [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] and the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]. It has become a major service centre for those living between [[South West Rocks]] in the south and [[Grafton, New South Wales|Grafton]] to the north.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
[[Sawtell, New South Wales|Sawtell]], {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} south along Hogbin Drive from the city has become a satellite suburb of Coffs Harbour; it is increasingly referred to as being part of the city instead of its own entity as a town.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
The surrounding region is dominated by coastal [[resort]]s and [[apartment]]s with hinterland hills and mountains covered by forests, [[banana]] and [[blueberry]] [[plantation]]s, and other farms including macadamia nuts, cucumbers, and tomatoes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bungard |first=Matt |date=2019-10-12 |title='We could be known as the Big Blueberry': Bananas only a fraction of Coffs' crops |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/we-could-be-known-as-the-big-blueberry-bananas-only-a-fraction-of-coffs-crops-20190815-p52hh7.html |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvest Guide (2023) - Fruit Picking Seasons Australia |url=https://www.backpackerjobboard.com.au/harvest/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Harvest Guide |language=en-AU}}</ref> It is the only place in New South Wales where the [[Great Dividing Range]] meets the [[Pacific Ocean]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
The greater Coffs Harbour city is broken up into several suburb and precinct areas, including:
* Red Hill
* South Coffs
* West Coffs
* Coffs Harbour Jetty
* [[Park Beach]]
* Sandy Beach
* Diggers Beach
* [[Korora, New South Wales|Korora]], West Korora
* Sapphire Beach
* [[Moonee Beach]]
* Emerald Beach
* North Boambee Valley
* [[Boambee]], Boambee East
* [[Toormina]]
* [[Sawtell, New South Wales|Sawtell]]
* [[Bonville]]
The city is surrounded by many towns and villages in the Coffs Coast region, including:
* [[Coramba]]
* [[Nana Glen]]
* [[Corindi Beach]] and [[Red Rock, New South Wales|Red Rock]]
* [[Karangi, New South Wales|Karangi]]
* [[Ulong, New South Wales|Ulong]]
* Upper Orara
* [[Woolgoolga]]
==History==
[[File:Looking west from Moonee Street after a shower of rain - Coffs Harbour, NSW, 1922.jpg|thumb|Looking west from Moonee Street after a shower of rain – Coffs Harbour, NSW, 1922]]
The traditional inhabitants of the Coffs Harbour region are the [[Gumbaynggirr people]], who have occupied the land for thousands of years, forming one of the largest coastal Aboriginal nations in New South Wales. Their nation stretches from the [[Nambucca River]] in the south to around the [[Clarence River (New South Wales)|Clarence River]] in the north and to the [[Great Dividing Range]] in the west.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrawarraculture.com.au/fact_sheets/pdfs/01_Gumbaynggir_Nation.pdf|title=FACT SHEET 1 Gumbaynggirr Nation|website=Arrawarra Sharing Culture|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617113644/https://www.arrawarraculture.com.au/fact_sheets/pdfs/01_Gumbaynggir_Nation.pdf|archive-date=17 June 2019|url-status=live|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref>
By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the [[North Coast railway line, New South Wales|North Coast railway line]], the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast were dependent on jetties either in rivers or off beaches for exporting their timber. Timber tramways were constructed to connect the timber-getting areas, the sawmills and jetties built into the ocean at Coffs Harbour.<ref>''The Timber Tramways of Coffs Harbour'' Longworth, Jim [[Australian Railway History]], June 2006 pp 214–223</ref>
==Origin of place name==
The [[Gumbaynggirr language]] name, for the harbour for which the town is named, is ''Gitten Mirreh'' which translates as 'big moon'.<ref name=":2" />
Coffs Harbour, the town, owes its name to John Korff, a ship builder and ship owner, who named the area Korff's Harbour after he was forced to take shelter from a storm there in 1847.<ref>{{cite book|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter=Korff, John (1799–1870)|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/korff-john-3968|access-date=1 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724035527/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/korff-john-3968|archive-date=24 July 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Coffs Harbour (Suburb) |url=https://proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au/public/geonames/b53c5f18-3c32-4c07-a309-36b44b78c50f |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=NSW Geographical Names Board}}</ref>
The name was accidentally changed by the surveyor for the Crown when he reserved land in the area during 1861.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brambley |first=Steve |date=2023-05-13 |title=Revisiting Coffs Harbour's History |url=https://pacificmarina.com.au/coffs-harbours-history/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Pacific Marina Apartments |language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Heritage listings ==
Coffs Harbour has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* 1 Breakwater Road: [[Ferguson's Cottage]]<ref name=nswshr-1802>{{cite NSW SHR|5056233|Ferguson's Cottage|hr=01802|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
*Coffs Harbour timber jetty, Jordan Esplanade<ref name=":0"/>
==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|type= Australia
|1954|6215
|1961|7208
|1966|7683
|1971|10088
|1976|12197
|1981|16020
|1986|18074
|1991|20326
|1996|22177
|2001|25828
|2006|26353
|2011|45580
|2016|48225
|2021|51026
|source=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] data.<ref name="ABS Census data">{{cite web |title=Statistics by Catalogue Number |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ViewContent?readform&view=ProductsbyCatalogue&Action=Expand&Num=2.2 |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="ABS Census data recent">{{cite web |title=Search Census data |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/search-by-area |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> Note: after 2006, the Coffs Harbour population expanded to included several neighbouring communities.
}}
According to the 2021 Census<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=2021 Australian Census, Coffs Harbour |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL10959 |access-date=6 January 2023 |website=www.censusdata.ABS.gov.au |df=dmy-all}}</ref> the population of suburban Coffs Harbour is 78,759. This is an increase from 72,944 in 2016. 52.6% of the population is female in contrast to the national average of 50.7%. The average age is 43, which is higher than the national average of 38. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.
75.5% of residents reported being born in Australia; higher than the national average of 66.7%. Other than Australia the most common countries of birth are England (3.2%), New Zealand (1.3%), [[Myanmar]] (1.1%), India (0.9%) and Germany (0.5%). 62.2% of residents also reported both their parents being born in Australia, considerably higher than the national average of 47.3%. 82.1% of people spoke only English at home.
The top religious affiliations in Coffs Harbour are Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 17.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%. 29.3% declared no religion and 11.1% did not submit a response.<ref name=":1" />
== Climate ==
Coffs Harbour has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'' according to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system) with hot, wet summers and short mild winters, with marked seasonality of rainfall. The city is relatively sunny, receiving 122.1 clear days annually, higher than Brisbane and Cairns but not as sunny as [[Townsville, Queensland|Townsville]]. Summers are moderately hot, wet and humid. Winters are mild, albeit featuring cool nights, with light to moderate rainfall. There is a history of floods in the city, with major flooding occurring in the years 1917, 1938, 1950, 1963, 1974, 1977, 1989, 1991, 2009 and [[2021 eastern Australia floods|2021]].<ref>[https://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Environment/Flooding/Flooding-in-Coffs-Harbour#:~:text=History%20of%20Flooding%20in%20Coffs%20Harbour&text=Significant%20flood%20events%20have%20occurred,%2C%201989%2C%201991%20and%202009. Flooding in Coffs Harbour] City of Coffs Harbour. Retrieved 23 June 2023.</ref>
{{Clear}}
{{Weather box
|___location = Coffs Harbour MO (1991–2015, extremes to 1943)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 43.3
|Feb record high C = 40.5
|Mar record high C = 35.9
|Apr record high C = 34.2
|May record high C = 29.8
|Jun record high C = 28.5
|Jul record high C = 30.3
|Aug record high C = 34.0
|Sep record high C = 35.2
|Oct record high C = 39.6
|Nov record high C = 43.3
|Dec record high C = 42.5
|Jan high C = 27.4
|Feb high C = 27.1
|Mar high C = 26.1
|Apr high C = 24.1
|May high C = 21.6
|Jun high C = 19.7
|Jul high C = 19.1
|Aug high C = 20.4
|Sep high C = 22.8
|Oct high C = 24.0
|Nov high C = 25.1
|Dec high C = 26.4
|Jan mean C = 23.6
|Feb mean C = 21.8
|Mar mean C = 22.1
|Apr mean C = 19.6
|May mean C = 16.7
|Jun mean C = 14.5
|Jul mean C = 13.6
|Aug mean C = 14.5
|Sep mean C = 17.1
|Oct mean C = 19.0
|Nov mean C = 20.9
|Dec mean C = 22.3
|Jan low C = 19.8
|Feb low C = 19.6
|Mar low C = 18.1
|Apr low C = 15.2
|May low C = 11.9
|Jun low C = 9.4
|Jul low C = 8.2
|Aug low C = 8.7
|Sep low C = 11.4
|Oct low C = 14.1
|Nov low C = 16.7
|Dec low C = 18.3
|Jan record low C = 11.0
|Feb record low C = 11.6
|Mar record low C = 9.9
|Apr record low C = 4.3
|May record low C = 0.4
|Jun record low C = -0.6
|Jul record low C = -3.2
|Aug record low C = -2.7
|Sep record low C = 1.9
|Oct record low C = 3.7
|Nov record low C = 6.5
|Dec record low C = 7.4
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm = 176.4
|Feb rain mm = 231.1
|Mar rain mm = 223.4
|Apr rain mm = 148.4
|May rain mm = 155.9
|Jun rain mm = 116.9
|Jul rain mm = 73.7
|Aug rain mm = 67.5
|Sep rain mm = 48.5
|Oct rain mm = 101.1
|Nov rain mm = 179.5
|Dec rain mm = 142.8
|year rain mm = 1668.2
|unit rain days = 1.0 mm
|Jan rain days = 10.9
|Feb rain days = 11.8
|Mar rain days = 13.6
|Apr rain days = 10.2
|May rain days = 9.6
|Jun rain days = 7.4
|Jul rain days = 6.0
|Aug rain days = 4.9
|Sep rain days = 5.3
|Oct rain days = 7.4
|Nov rain days = 10.6
|Dec rain days = 10.3
|year rain days = 108.0
|Jan afthumidity = 67
|Feb afthumidity = 69
|Mar afthumidity = 68
|Apr afthumidity = 63
|May afthumidity = 61
|Jun afthumidity = 58
|Jul afthumidity = 54
|Aug afthumidity = 52
|Sep afthumidity = 57
|Oct afthumidity = 61
|Nov afthumidity = 65
|Dec afthumidity = 66
|Jan sun = 235.6
|Feb sun = 204.4
|Mar sun = 220.1
|Apr sun = 216.0
|May sun = 207.7
|Jun sun = 198.0
|Jul sun = 223.2
|Aug sun = 257.3
|Sep sun = 255.0
|Oct sun = 251.1
|Nov sun = 237.0
|Dec sun = 244.9
|year sun = 2750.3
|Jan dew point C = 18.6
|Feb dew point C = 19.0
|Mar dew point C = 17.6
|Apr dew point C = 14.8
|May dew point C = 12.1
|Jun dew point C = 9.6
|Jul dew point C = 8.0
|Aug dew point C = 7.8
|Sep dew point C = 10.2
|Oct dew point C = 12.8
|Nov dew point C = 15.1
|Dec dew point C = 17.2
|source 1= [[Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)|Bureau of Meteorology]]<ref>{{BoM Aust stats|site_ref=cw_059040_All|site_name=Coffs Harbour Meteorological Office|access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref>
}}
==Attractions==
[[File:The Bunker Cartoon Gallery Coffs Harbour.JPG|thumb|Inside The Bunker Cartoon Gallery Coffs Harbour]]
Coffs Harbour was the hub for a thriving banana industry. One of the biggest attractions is the [[Big Banana]], one of the first of [[Australia's Big Things]] (it celebrated its 50th birthday in 2015), with the World's Largest Banana celebrating the region's best-known export.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Styles |first1=Talia |title=5 Reasons to Visit Australia's Best Town of 2020: Coff's Harbour |url=https://www.hunterandbligh.com.au/travel/5-reasons-to-visit-australias-best-town-of-2020-coffs-harbour/ |website=Hunter and Bligh |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref> There is also a popular [[underwater diving]] spot on a small natural [[reef]].
The Coffs Harbour Jetty is an historically important timber wharf where coastal shipping once moved the timber from the hinterland. It was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register on 25 June 2021, recognising its significance "as the longest coastal timber jetty built by the Harbours and Rivers Section of the NSW Public Works department in the 19th century."<ref name=":0" /> The jetty area is the subject of planning from 2018 by Council and consultants to develop a cultural precinct and rejuvenated residential area.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Nearby, the Solitary Islands Marine Park preserves a diverse underwater ecosystem that mirrors the terrestrial biodiversity, covering the southern limit of northern tropical species and the northern limits of the southern temperate species. [[Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve|Muttonbird Island]] is accessible by walking along the breakwater from the harbour, with the nature reserve protecting a significant [[wedge-tailed shearwater]] breeding site. The Muttonbird Island footpath leads to a viewing platform where whales are often spotted between June and November.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
There are many national parks, reserves and marine parks surrounding the city, including:
* [[Bellinger River National Park]] (west of Bellingen in the Bellinger headwaters)
* [[Bindarri National Park]] (20 km west of the city, near Ulong and Dairyville)
* [[Bongil Bongil National Park]] (south of Sawtell)
* [[Cascade National Park]] (north of Dorrigo)
* Coffs Coast Regional Park (beachside reserves and parks along the Coffs Coast)
* [[Dorrigo National Park]] (just south of the Dorrigo township)
* Hayden Dent Nature Reserve (northwest of Coffs Harbour)
* [[Junuy Juluum National Park]] (north of Dorrigo)
* Moonee Beach Nature Reserve (Moonee Beach-Emerald Beach)
* [[Nymboi-Binderay National Park]] (north of Dorrigo, east of Glenreigh, on the Nymboida River)
* Solitary Islands Marine Park (in the Tasman Sea from Coffs Harbour to Wooli)
* [http://www.southsolitaryisland.com.au South Solitary Island] (18 km NE from Coffs Harbour in the Marine Park)
* [[Ulidarra National Park]] (Bruxner Park and Mount Coramba area)
* [[Yuraygir National Park]] (stretching from Yamba to Red Rock and west along the Coast Range)
The town's water supply comes from the nearby [[Orara River]] at Cochranes Pool and is supplemented by the Nymboida River. The city hosts the Coffs Harbour Regional Botanic Garden.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
==Education==
Coffs Harbour is home to the Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC) which is a partnership between the [[Southern Cross University]], [[TAFE]] and the [[Coffs Harbour Senior College]].
Other universities include the University of New South Wales Rural Clinical School located on the Coffs Harbour Health Campus. Australian Catholic University, Rural Education (REZ).
Local state and private high schools include Coffs Harbour, [[Woolgoolga High School|Woolgoolga]], [[Orara High School|Orara]], Toormina, [[John Paul College (New South Wales)|John Paul College]], Coffs Harbour Christian Community, [[Bishop Druitt College]] and the Coffs Harbour Senior College.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Primary schools include; Boambee, Bonville, Coffs Harbour Public, Coramba, Corindi, Crossmaglen, Karangi, Kororo, Lowanna, Mullaway, Nana Glen, Narranga, Upper Orara, Sandy Beach, Sawtell, Toormina, Tyalla, Ulong, William Bayldon and Woolgoolga Public School. Private primary schools in the area include; Mary Help of Christians, St Augustine's and St Francis Xavier's.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
'''Defunct primary schools'''
* Brooklana Public – 1920–1949
* Bucca Central Public – 1910–1963
* Bucca Lower Public (Formerly Bucca Creek until May 1919) – 1896–1978
* Corindi Creek Public – 1920–1962
* Timmsvale Public – 1928–1970
* Yalbillinga Special School (Amalgamated with Coffs Harbour PS) – 1965–1993
'''Other schools'''
* Giingana Gumbaynggirr Freedom School
* Casuarina School for Steiner Education
* Bishop Druitt College
* Coffs Harbour Bible Church School
* Coffs Harbour Christian Community School
Special schools are public schools designed for children or youth with chronic disabilities or who for other reasons cannot be accommodated in the comprehensive school system. Coffs Harbour Learning Centre is available for these students.
==Local media==
===Newspapers===
* ''News Of The Area'' – Printed and on-line publications.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
* ''Coffs Coast Advocate'' – The ''Advocate'' newspaper was until 2019 published on Wednesdays and Saturdays and delivered free to all homes. The newspaper is now online only.<ref>[http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/ Coffs Coast news, weather, sport and local classifieds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828021426/http://coffscoastadvocate.com.au/ |date=28 August 2008 }}. ''Coffs Coast Advocate''. Retrieved on 13 February 2017.</ref> An online index of articles between 1993 and 2004 and selected articles dating back to 1900 is maintained by the Coffs Harbour City Library, though only articles relating to Coffs Harbour and its people are indexed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Local-Heritage/newspaperindex/Pages/default.aspx |title=Coffs Harbour City Library - Newspaper Index |access-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416174628/http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Local-Heritage/newspaperindex/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=16 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Historical:
* ''Coffs Coast Independent'' – Weekly full-colour newspaper delivered free each Thursday to all homes in the Coffs Harbour district, closed 2012.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
===Television===
* [[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC TV]], [[ABC Kids (Australia)|ABC Kids]], [[ABC Family (Australian TV channel)|ABC Family]], [[ABC Entertains]], [[ABC News (Australian TV channel)|ABC News]] (public broadcaster)
* [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]], [[SBS Viceland]], [[SBS Food]], [[National Indigenous Television|NITV]], [[SBS World Movies]], [[SBS WorldWatch]] (multicultural public and commercial broadcaster)
* [[Nine Network|Nine]] ([[NBN (TV station)|NBN]]), [[9Gem]], [[9Go!]], [[9Life]] and [[Extra (Australian TV channel)|Extra]] (owned and operated by the [[Nine Network]]).
* [[Seven Network|Seven]] (formerly [[Prime7]]), [[7two]], [[7mate]], [[7Bravo]], [[7flix]], and [[Racing.com]] (owned and operated by the [[Seven Network]]).
* [[Network 10|10]], [[10 Bold Drama|10 Drama]], [[10 Peach Comedy|10 Comedy]], [[Gold (Australian TV channel)|Gold]] (owned by [[Network 10]])
* [[Sky News Regional]] (owned by [[Australian News Channel]] and [[News Corp Australia]])
Of the three main commercial networks:
*[[NBN (TV station)|Nine]] airs ''NBN News'', a regional hour-long program including opt-outs for the [[Mid North Coast]], every night at 6pm. It is broadcast from studios in [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] with reporters based at a local newsroom in the city.
*''The [[Seven Network]]'' (formerly [[Prime7]]) airs a half-hour local [[Seven News]] (formerly [[Prime7 News]]) bulletin for the North Coast at 6pm each weeknight. It is broadcast from studios in [[Canberra]] with reporters based at a local newsroom in the city.
*[[Network 10]] airs short local news updates throughout the day, broadcast from its [[Pyrmont, New South Wales|Pyrmont]] studios.
===Radio===
====Commercial====
* 2HC 639 AM and 100.5 FM – talkback, news – including local, national & international; sport; and music. Part of the [[Broadcast Operations Group]]'s Super Radio Network relaying a majority of programs from [[2SM]] in Sydney and [[2HD]] in Newcastle. The station was purchased by Bill Caralis in 2005.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
* [[Triple M]] 106.3 FM – Part of [[Southern Cross Austereo]], Triple M has limited local content – with shows such as ''Moffee For Breakfast'', as well as networked programming – like ''The Ray Hadley Morning Show'', and ''The Marty Sheargold Show''. The station was formerly known as 2CS FM until 15 December 2016.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
* [[Hit Network|Hit 105.5]] (105.5 FM) – Part of Southern Cross Austereo, Hit 105.5 has a local Coffs Harbour Breakfast Show called the ''A.B & Ben Show''. It began in 1997 as a third commercial licence for the Coffs Coast. The station was formerly known as [[Star FM (Australia)|Star FM]] until 15 December 2016.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
====Government====
* [[Triple J]] 91.5 FM
* [[Radio National]] 99.5 FM
* [[ABC Classic]] 97.9 FM
* [[ABC Coffs Coast]] 92.3 FM
* [[ABC NewsRadio]] 90.7 FM
====Community====
* [[CHY FM]] 104.1 [https://www.chyfm.org.au/ CHY FM website]
* [[Sky Sports Radio|Racing Radio]] 107.1 FM
* 2AIR FM 107.9 [https://www.2airfm.com.au/ 2AIR website]
====Narrowcast====
* RawFM 88.0 FM
==Transport==
===Bus===
The Coffs Harbour bus network extends from Grafton and Red Rock in the north to Macksville and Grassy Head in the south. Regular route services are operated by Busways and Forest Coach Lines. Forest Coach Lines also operate the Woopi Connect On Demand bus service in the Northern Beaches area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/media-releases/all-aboard-coffs-harbours-better-bus-network|publisher=NSW Gov|title=All aboard Coffs Harbour's better bus network|access-date=2025-08-01}}</ref>
===Train===
Coffs Harbour is serviced by [[NSW TrainLink]]. Two northbound and two southbound [[New South Wales XPT|XPT]] trains stop at [[Coffs Harbour railway station|Coffs Harbour station]] each day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Transport for NSW |first=Customer Experience Division |title=Coffs Harbour |url=https://transportnsw.info/plan/places-to-visit/coffs-harbour |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=transportnsw.info |language=en}}</ref>
====Sawtell and Urunga railway station upgrades====
Both stations are currently under planning, but will go start constructing new walkways for the disabled people, a new walkway upgrade and extension to both platforms. The 2 stations are undergoing a program organised by the NSW under the name of "The Safe Accessible Transport program."<ref>[https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/sawtell-station-upgrade Sawtell Station Upgrade] Reviewed 23 July 2024. Retrieved 08-1-2025</ref><ref>[https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/urunga-station-upgrade Urunga Station Upgrade] Reviewed 23 July 2024. Retrieved 08-1-2025,</ref>
=== Air travel ===
[[Coffs Harbour Airport]] is regularly serviced by [[Link Airways]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flycorporate.com.au/ |title=Fly Corporate |access-date=18 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311201714/https://flycorporate.com.au/ |archive-date=11 March 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Qantas]] and [[Rex Airlines|Regional Express]]. The passenger terminal is accessible via Hogbin Drive.
The Coffs Harbour Aero Club on Aviation Drive supports private pilots. Flying lessons and discovery flights, as well as air-work and charter flights are available from the club, which is also working closely with local high schools to provide flying training for students.
=== Road===
==== Taxis ====
Local taxis are run by Holiday Coast Transportation and operate as 13cabs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=13cabs Coffs Harbour {{!}} Call a taxi on 13 2227 |url=https://www.coffstaxis.com.au/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=13cabs Coffs Harbour}}</ref>
==== Coffs Harbour Bypass ====
The [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] cuts through the centre of the city of Coffs Harbour. As a part of the Pacific Highway Upgrade (organised from the NSW government), has started working on building a {{convert|14|km|mi|adj=on}} deviation containing three interchanges and three tunnels through the ridge line. The new highway starts at Englands Road, runs west to Coramba Road, and joins near Campbell Close and Solitary Islands Way, Korora.
The interchanges will take place at Englands Road, Coramba Road and Korora Hill, specifically Bruxner Park Road and James Small Drive in Korora Hill. Meanwhile the Tunnels will cut through Roberts Hill (Mccans Road) Shephards Lane and Gatleys Road
The work will include a number of 17 new bridges, many new and existing roads, 3 tunnels and 3 interchanges.
[[File:Coffs Bypass.jpg|thumb|Bypass under construction in early 2024 looking toward the Shepards Lane tunnel southern portal, looking North]]
[[File:Luke bowen pedestrian bridge lift jpg.jpg|thumb|The new Luke Bowen Pedestrian Bridge main span lift which took place in October 2024, looking North.]]
[[File:The newly built Luke Bowen Pedestrian Bridge.jpg|thumb|alt=The new Luke Bowen Pedestrian Bridge, was fully opened and officially re-named on the 30th of July 2025.|The new Luke Bowen Pedestrian Bridge, now fully opened to pedestrians and cyclists ready for it's ultimate use.]]
The Coffs Harbour Bypass is intended to save motorists up to 12 minutes of driving time, bypassing up to 12 sets of traffic lights, (14 including the 2 new marked sets), making trips from and to Coffs Harbour easier. However, trucks with hazardous chemicals (HAZCHEM) must use the existing highway for safety reasons and concerns.<ref>[https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Assess-and-Regulate/State-Significant-Projects/Coffs-Harbour-Bypass Coffs Harbour Bypass] Government of New South Wales</ref>
The project was approved in November 2020, and the contract by the NSW Government was given to Ferrovial Construction and Gamuda Construction in June 2022. The project is due to be open to traffic in late 2026 and completed in late 2027 at a cost of $2.2 billion dollars AUD ($1,387,386,000 USD).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/projects/coffs-harbour-bypass|title=Coffs Harbour bypass|publisher=NSW Government|access-date=2025-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/projects/coffs-harbour-bypass/resources/final-place-design-and-landscape-plan|title=Coffs Harbour bypass Final Place Design and Landscape Plan|publisher=NSW Government|access-date=2025-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2 November 2020|title=Coffs Harbour Bypass|url=https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/project/10461|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-28|website=www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520184131/https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/project/10461 |archive-date=20 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 June 2023|title=Full steam ahead on Coffs Harbour bypass|url=https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/c-king/media-release/full-steam-ahead-coffs-harbour-bypass|access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref>
==Sport==
The most popular sport in Coffs Harbour is [[rugby league]]. The city has four clubs in the [[Country Rugby League|Country Rugby League of NSW]]'s [[Group 2 Rugby League|Group 2 rugby league]] competition; Coffs Harbour Comets, Sawtell Panthers, Woolgoolga Seahorses, and Orara Valley Axemen. All clubs offer entries in age groups ranging from under-7s to first grade. The Sawtell Panthers are the current champions in first grade and under-18s, and Woolgoolga Seahorses were runners up to the Port Macquarie Sharks in reserve grade.
'''Rugby League Clubs in Coffs Harbour'''
* Coffs Harbour Comets
* [[Orara Valley Axemen]]
* Sawtell Panthers
* Woolgoolga Seahorses
There is a local [[Australian rules football]] competition with three clubs in the city; Coffs Harbour, Northern Beaches–Woologoolga and Sawtell Saints.
There is also a men's and women's [[North Coast Football|soccer league]], two rugby union clubs (Coffs Harlequins and Southern Cross University), junior and senior basketball competitions and the representative Coffs Suns, field hockey and netball competitions.
In 2001, Coffs Harbour hosted the Oceania region's qualification matches for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. One these matches played at Coffs Harbour was the [[Australia 31–0 American Samoa]] game, which set a new world record for international association football's biggest-ever win.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3003051/World-Cup-Australia-score-31-in-World-Cup.html World Cup: Australia score 31 in World Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629213626/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3003051/World-Cup-Australia-score-31-in-World-Cup.html |date=29 June 2018 }}. Telegraph (11 April 2001). Retrieved on 18 August 2011.</ref>
Pacific Bay Resort hosted 'Camp Wallaby' throughout the 2000s, in which the [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies]] called Coffs Harbour home.
The 2007 and 2013 [[City vs Country Origin|City vs Country Rugby League]] representative fixtures were held in Coffs Harbour.
The city is home to the [[Coffs Harbour International Stadium]], which has hosted [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|FIFA World Cup Qualifiers]] and a [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian Qualifiers|Women's 2008 Beijing Olympics Qualification fixtures]] for the [[Australia women's national soccer team|Matildas]] in [[Association football|soccer]] as well as some [[National Rugby League]] (NRL) pre-season fixtures and [[Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament|domestic one day]] [[cricket]] matches. Coffs Harbour is also known for a great place to skydive due to the hinterland views where The Great Dividing Range meets the sea.
The region has hosted international [[rallying]] through the 1970s through to the early 1980s. After that time, the events became part of the [[Australian Rally Championship]] and NSW Rally Championships. It was the host city for [[Rally Australia]], a round of the [[World Rally Championship]] in [[2011 Rally Australia|2011]]. The rally used roads from the neighbouring [[Bellingen, New South Wales|Bellingen]], and [[Nambucca Valley Council|Nambucca]] shires in addition to Coffs Harbour. The rally returned permanently to Coffs Harbour in [[2013 Rally Australia|2013]]. In [[2016 Rally Australia|2016]], the rally was run in November with a Super special Stage at the Coffs Jetty. It was last held in [[2018 Rally Australia|2018]].<ref>[https://autoaction.com.au/2020/06/21/rally-australia-set-to-return-in-2021 Rally Australia set to return in 2021] ''[[Auto Action]]'' 21 June 2020</ref>
Coffs Harbour is home to three locally grown sporting events attracting thousands of competitors each year: the Coffs Harbour Triathlon (bcu Coffs Tri), the Coffs Harbour running festival and the Coffs Ocean Swims, all raising money to local children's charities.
==Notable residents==
* [[Attila Abonyi]] – former Australian international [[Association football]] player who was capped 61 times for the [[Socceroos]]<ref>[http://www.behindthegame.com.au/blogs/podcast/95761985-the-hungarian-socceroo The Hungarian Socceroo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214204434/http://www.behindthegame.com.au/blogs/podcast/95761985-the-hungarian-socceroo |date=14 December 2016 }}. behindthegame.com.au</ref>
* [[Kevin Bartlett (racing driver)|Kevin Bartlett]] – racing driver
* [[Liz Cambage]] – basketball player
* [[Russell Crowe]] – actor
* [[Jon English]] – singer-songwriter-actor
* [[Michael Ennis]] – rugby league footballer and sportscaster
* [[Kevin Gordon (rugby league)|Kevin Gordon]] – rugby league footballer
* [[Clint Greenshields]] – rugby league footballer
* [[David Helfgott]] – concert pianist
* [[Deborah Knight]] – radio host and news journalist for the Nine Network
* [[Wendy Matthews]] – singer
* [[Mark McGowan]] – 30th [[Premier of Western Australia]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.triplem.com.au/story/former-coffs-harbour-high-student-becomes-new-wa-premier-20011 | title=Former Coffs Harbour High Student Becomes New WA Premier }}</ref>
* [[Luke Metcalf]] – rugby league footballer
* [[Emma Moffatt]] – triathlete, Beijing Olympics bronze medalist
* [[Tom Mooney (rugby league)|Tom Mooney]] – rugby league footballer
* [[David Mullane]] – rugby league footballer
* [[George Negus]] – author, journalist, and current affairs presenter
* [[Ben Newton (wheelchair rugby)|Ben Newton]] – Paralympics gold medalist, wheelchair rugby player
* [[Melinda Pavey]] – NSW state politician
* [[Nathan Quinn]] – rally driver
* [[Dick Smith (entrepreneur)|Dick Smith]] – entrepreneur<ref>{{cite news | title = Local Builders Win Top Awards | work = Coffs Coast Advocate | publisher = North Coast News | date = 6 July 2011 | url = http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/local-builders-win-top-awards/897351/ | access-date = 18 November 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131002032704/http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/local-builders-win-top-awards/897351/ | archive-date = 2 October 2013 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
* [[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]] – [[Australian Film Institute Awards|AFI award]]-winning actor
* [[Clare Wheeler]] – soccer player for [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pender |first=Kieran |date=2023-06-17 |title='It's everything': Matildas midfielder Clare Wheeler dreaming of World Cup debut |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/17/matildas-midfielder-clare-wheeler-dreaming-of-world-cup-debut |access-date=2023-06-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==Annual events==
* [[National Touch League]] (March)
* "International Charity Football Match", proceeds go to Wesley Mission for local homeless youth
* Ella7s (Australia's largest Indigenous Rugby Carnival) (March)
* Coffs Coast International Buskers Festival (October)
* Harmony Festival (March)
* [[Rally Australia]] (November)
* STILL: National Still Life Award (November)
==References==
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==Further reading==
* [https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=221764 Aboriginal history of the Coffs Harbour region] / compiled by Coffs Harbour City Library by Liz Thomas (2013)
* [https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5930 Coffs Harbour: Vol I: pre-1880 to 1945] / Neil Yeates (1990)
* [https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=61481 Coffs Harbour: Vol II: 1946 – 1964] / Neil Yeates (1990)
* [https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=41800 Coffs Harbour 100 years down the track] / by Jean Donn-Patterson (not dated)
* [https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=47805 The Coffs Harbour story] (1976)
* [https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=45373 The history of Coffs Harbour] / Produced by Friends of Tourism & Coffs Harbour Historical Society (not dated)
* [https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=27015 The Natural history of the Coffs Harbour District] / Dept of Continuing Education, North Coast Regional Office, U.N.E. (1980)
* [https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=25859 Remembering Coff's Harbour: a century of photographs] / [edited by Arlene Hope and David Townsend] (2001)
* [https://coffsharbour.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=6857 Ships and timber: a short history of Coffs Harbour port and associated railways] / John Kramer (1984)
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* [http://coffscoastheritage.info/ Our Stories: Coffs Coast Heritage]
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