This post gives people who want to travel from Sydney to Coffs Harbour a quick overview of their travel options.

I’ll go over the various ways to get to Coffs Harbour from Sydney – by car, bus, coach via the Pacific Highway; by plane with Virgin Blue or Qantas flights; or by train with Countrylink.

Personally, I prefer flying. It’s quick and you can get good deals on air tickets if you keep an eye out for sales, that seem to be on almost all the time. I subscribe to both Virgin Blue V-mail and Qantas Red email newsletters that alert me when there’s a sale on.

All prices are as found online on 5 April 2009 and may vary. They apply when pre-purchased, and are for one-way travel.

By air: Sydney to Coffs Harbour flights

• Airline: Virgin Blue
  Price: Currently from $75 / $85 economy, can drop to as low as $49 when on sale + $8 for check-in luggage if pre-purchased or $20 at the airport
  Duration: 1 hour 5 min
  Frequency: 2 flights per day
• Airline: Qantaslink (Qantas)
  Price: Currently from $105 economy, sometimes down to $79 with sales on
  Duration: 1 hour 5 min
  Frequency: 4 flights per day

By rail: Sydney to Coffs Harbour trains

• Rail service: Countrylink
  Price: Currently $66 economy / $92 first class
  Duration: 8 hours 40 min / 8 hours 55 min
  Frequency: 3 trains per day

By bus: Sydney to Coffs Harbour coaches

• Coach service: Greyhound
  Price: Currently $93 or $83 on special
  Duration: from 8 hours 10 min (night) to 10 hours 30 min
  Frequency: 4 coaches per day
• Coach service: Premier Motor Service
  Price: Currently $64
  Duration: 7 hours 50 min (night) / 8 hours 35 min
  Frequency: 2 coaches per day

By car: Sydney to Coffs Harbour via the Pacific Highway

• Vehicle: Your own or hired car
• Price: Whatever petrol you use
• Distance: 535 km (from Central Station, Sydney)
• Duration: 6 hours 45 mins according to Google maps – depending on traffic!

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Zoom in on the map for route details or get Sydney to Coffs Harbour driving directions from Google maps. 

If you know of another good way to travel from Sydney to Coffs Harbour that I haven’t mentioned above, please let me know and I may include it.