Geography
The greater Coffs Harbour city is broken up into several suburb and precinct areas including:
- Boambee
- Toormina
- Coffs Harbour City Centre (City Centre)
- Coffs Harbour Jetty (Jetty)
- North Boambee Valley
- Diggers Beach
- Korora
- Moonee Beach
- Park Beach
- Red Hill
- South Coffs
- West Coffs
- West Korora
- Sapphire Beach
The city is surrounded by outlying towns which are referred to by locals as suburbs of the Coffs Coast Region:
- Bellingen
- Coramba
- Nana Glen
- Corindi/Red Rock
- Dorrigo
- Karangi
- Upper Orara
- Sawtell (Including Toormina and Boambee East)
- Woolgoolga
- Nambucca Valley region
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.
Coffs Harbour is also one of many regional cities along the Pacific Highway between Newcastle and The Gold Coast. The city's close proximity to the centre of the mid and north coasts makes it a comfortable drive from either end of the highway. It has become a major service centre for those living between South West Rocks in the south and Grafton to the north.
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.
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