Coff's Harbour

Coffs Harbour New South Wales
Coffs Harbour jetty and harbour, including Muttonbird Island, looking north.
Coffs Harbour
Coordinates	30°18′08″S 153°07′08″E / 30.30222°S 153.11889°E / -30.30222; 153.11889Coordinates: 30°18′08″S 153°07′08″E / 30.30222°S 153.11889°E / -30.30222; 153.11889
Population	69,403 (2016) (25th)
Established	1870s 1987 (city)
Postcode(s)	2450
Elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Location	540 km (336 mi) from Sydney 390 km (242 mi) from Brisbane 391 km (243 mi) from Newcastle 313 km (194 mi) from Surfers Paradise
LGA(s)	City of Coffs Harbour
County	Fitzroy
State electorate(s)	Coffs Harbour
Federal Division(s)	Cowper
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.4 °C 74 °F 14.0 °C 57 °F 1,699.0 mm 66.9 in

Coffs Harbour is an Australian coastal city located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales about 540 km (340 mi) north of Sydney, and 390 km (240 mi) south of Brisbane. It is one of the largest urban centres in the North Coast region, with an estimated population of 69,403 as at June 2016.

Coffs Harbour won an international "Bloom award" for population 20,001–75,000 in 2002. In addition an "Enhancement of the Landscape" in 2004 from the same organisation. Coffs Harbour's economy was once based mainly on bananas, now being superseded by blueberries as well as tourism and fishing. The wider region is known as the Bananacoast.

The city has a campus of Southern Cross University, a public and a private hospital, several radio stations, and three major shopping centres. Coffs Harbour is near numerous national parks, including a marine national park. There are regular passenger flights each day to Sydney and Melbourne departing from Coffs Harbour Airport. Coffs Harbour is also accessible by road, by NSW TrainLink trains, and by regular bus services.

Coffs Harbour is a regional city along the Pacific Highway between Newcastle and The Gold Coast. It has become a major service centre for those living between South West Rocks in the south and Grafton to the north.

Sawtell, 10 km south along Hogbin Drive from the city has become a satellite suburb of Coffs Harbour, with it increasingly referred to as being part of the city instead of its own entity as a town.

The surrounding region is dominated by coastal resorts and apartments with hinterland hills and mountains covered by forests, banana plantations, and other farms. It is the only place in New South Wales where the Great Dividing Range meets the Pacific Ocean.