Attractions

June

Coffs Coast 4WD Caravan Camping and Boat Show

Date: Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 June
Venue: Coffs Harbour Racing Club
Adults $10, Concession $8 & Students $5, Family $25 (2 adults & up to 4 kids). For further information visit Grimmo Promotions Website www.grimmopromotions.com.au/4wd/index.htm
The Coffs Coast 4WD, Caravan, Camping & Boat Show will be staged for the seventh consecutive year at the Coffs Harbour Racing Club between 10 & 4 daily.

This year around 70 caravans will be on display. There will be a huge representation from the camper trailer and slide-on manufacturers.

2010 will also see our biggest ever display of boats & outboards plus a huge range of kayaks & watercraft

TOUR – Coffs Creek Walk

Date: Sunday 20 June
Venue: Coffs Harbour Swimming Pool to the Botanic Garden
This tour is FREE
Bookings are essential – Phone Council on 6648 4676
Places on tours are limited, so please book early.
Please visit www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/ambassadors for important safety information
and dates for other tours
This medium grade, 3km walk takes you downstream from the Coffs harbour War Memorial Swimming Pool, with postcard views as you walk through bushland alive with wildlife. Find out why this creek has played such a prominent role in the history of Coffs Harbour. The tour concludes in the beautiful North Coast Regional Botanic Garden, where you can explore the tranquil surroundings.

erth’s dinosaur petting zoo

Date: Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 June
Venue: Jetty Memorial Theatre
For more information and to purchase tickets go to the Jetty Memorial Theatre Website www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/www/html/4633-erths-dinosaur-petting-zoo.asp?intSiteID=1
or call the Theatre on 6652 8088
It’s a petting zoo, but not as you know it!

Meet erth’s awesome prehistoric creatures, from cute baby dinos to teeth gnashing giants. Ancient life-like dinosaurs are alive and mostly friendly(!) in this fun, educational and unique performance event that will delight children of all ages.

Get up close and personal with an amazing array of creatures from bygone eras. Meet a menagerie of insects, mammals and dinosaurs that once roamed free around the southern hemisphere, and are now in residence at the petting zoo daily. You can pet, feed and interact with them in a once in a lifetime imaginative experience.

Children of all ages can watch wide-eyed from a safe distance, or dare to get right up close to the creatures.

“THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ‘PUPPET’ SHOW WE HAVE EVER SEEN! I TOOK MY 5-YEAR-OLD SON AND A FRIEND’S 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND WE WERE ALL TRANSFIXED.”
Kendal Murray & Hilary Herrmann Art Exhibition
Date: Friday 11 June to Saturday 7 August
Venue: Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
For further information please phone
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery on 6648 4861
Art talk with Kendal Murray & Hilary Herrmann

Wintersun Nostalgia Festival

Coffs Harbour will be the only place to be from June 1st to 11th 2012 when the Wintersun Nostalgia Festival rolls into town. The Wintersun Nostalgia Festival delivers nearly two weeks of day and night activities including events like street parades, concerts, dancing and dance workshops, classic and vintage car parades, performances and entertainment reflective [...]

Girls Go Surfing at Emerald Beach, Coffs Harbour

The Surf Groms program was popular this holidays but why should the groms have all the fun? Join Coffs Coast Surf School on Saturday 21st for Girls Go Surfing Day right here at Emerald Beach. Lessons are 1.5 hours at a cost of $50 pp. Each participant will receive a gift pack which has been [...]

Food and Sustainability Festival

Who doesn’t love a fresh home grown tomato or greens straight from the garden? The Coffs Coast Sustainable Living Festival is a community celebration of all things “sustainability”, showcasing environmentally sustainable ideas, products, and practices to help us live more happily and healthily, in harmony with our surrounding environment. Held from October 30 you can [...]

Coffs Harbour Streets to come alive!

We think it is always an interesting place but during the September/October School Holidays the streets, parks and gardens of Coffs Harbour will come alive with…street theatre! The Coffs Harbour International Buskers Festival will take place from September 24th to October 2nd 2011 with entertainment suitable for all ages on the street during the day and the botanical [...]

Coffs Coast Cycle Challenge at Coffs Harbour

Coffs Cycle Challange

It’s on again! The Coffs Coast Cycle Challenge will be held on Sunday 7th August 2011. BCU and the Coffs Coast Rotary Club invite all cyclists to join this fun event. The challenge has eight categories, all starting and finishing at the magnificent Coffs Harbour Jetty. The nett proceeds are donated to assist various Rotary [...]

World Rally Championship 2011 in Coffs Harbour

World Rally relocates to Coffs Harbour

This year the FIA World Rally Championship relocates to beautiful Coffs Harbour. From Sept 8 to 11th we will be treated to three days of thrills and spills competition from up to 90 cars and world class teams. In announcing the move, President of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (“CAMS”) Mr Andrew Papadopoulos said [...]

Holidaying with Kangaroos

We are very lucky to have several families of wild Kangaroos who visit our park regularly. You will often see them resting under a shady tree during the day and grazing in the morning and evenings in and around your cabins and sites. The kangaroos in the park are very used to having their photo [...]

Surfing Holiday at Emerald Beach, Coffs Harbour

We are very lucky with surf at Emerald Beach. There are 3 breaks in the area. One for each wind pattern. Emerald Beach. Good Challenging waves for a south west breeze Sandy Beach. Gentle Break for long boards Shelly Beach (off Dammerel Cres). Good for a North East Sea Breeze. Emerald Beach Holiday Park is [...]

Fabulous walks from Emerald Beach, Coffs Harbour

A fabulous way to spend a few hours is to take a walk from the park, through the Moonee Beach Nature Reserve. It is a fabulous portion of coastline that remains much as it was when Captain cook named the Solitary islands. Abundant with bird life, listen to the surf crashing on rocky headlands and [...]

Coffs Harbour Top Tourist Attractions from Emerald Beach Holiday Park Accommodation

Our Guests Favorite Tourist Attractions (click on the link for more information) Pet Porpoise Pool Day trip to Dorrigo Rainforest Centre Whale Watch with spirit cruises (Information and bookings at reception) The Big Banana for a banana split, a toboggan ride and a fabulous wet and wild time on the water slides The Butterfly house

Coffs Harbour Holiday. Free things to do at Emerald Beach Holiday Park

Enjoy our famous FREE Pancake Breakfast on Wednesday mornings from 8.30am (low season) Cook up a storm on our FREE gas BBQs Take advantage of our FREE wireless internet to catch up on your emails. Ask reception for details. Get competitive and play some Beach Volley Ball, tennis or basketball. No bookings needed. Take the [...]

Top 12 Coffs Harbour Family Attactions

Tabatinga: This is a kids dream-a place completely devoted to fun and play. Glow in the dark mini golf, a Balladium Ball Blaster, jungle gym soft-play and video games and cafe. Bray St, Coffs Harbour. www.tabatinga.com.au 026658 0924 Big Banana Its a whole bunch of family fun with ice skating ,water park toboggan rides and [...]

Shopping – the Detail on Retail!

The Park Beach Area The largest and most diverse variety of specialty stores on the Coffs Coast, Park Beach Plaza has over 120 shops with an enticing mix of national retailers as well as smaller, independent boutiques and stores. The Plaza, as locals call it, is also home to Australia’s largest single-storey surf shop ‘Coopers’. [...]

Shopping tips for the ladies

Let me share with you a few of my favourite places to shop and be papered. My favourite for shoes is Mizabelli in Harbour Drive, great for shoes, boots, Samantha Wills Jewellery and handbags. Just around the corner in the Palms centre is Nic&She, great ladies wear stocking labels like Sass and Bide, Nolita and [...]

Surf lessons with Harpo

I booked in for surf lessons with Harpo at Emerald Beach and apart from being totally nervous about my trying surfing, I got up (standing) almost straight away…and yes, I was amazed!!! I took the lesson with my son and daughter and all three of us can catch a wave standing up. Being from the country, [...]

Emerald Beach Holiday Park