Today we head off to explore Coffs Harbour. We stopped in town for a few things then headed down to the marina. First we checked the old jetty then drove around to the fishing harbour. Just off the mainland there is an island known for its Mutton bird population in 1912 a breakwater was constructed to connect the island to the mainland to provide more shelter for the harbour. We walked out to the end of the island, it is supposed to be an ideal spot to watch whales migrating up and down the coast but all we saw was a pod of dolphins.

Coffs Harbour

Being a fishing harbour and lunch time we had to try the local fish and chips. From there we headed up to the national park above Coffs to the Forest Sky Pier. The road up to the lookout is quite steep and apparently follows an old logging tramway, what was unusual were the banana plants growing on the very steep hillsides. Some hills were so steep it was hard to imagine how they planted them, let alone maintain the trees and picked the fruit.

Forest sky platform, Coffs Harbour

The view from the sky pier was pretty spectacular, you could see all of the town plus much of the country to the south.