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 Australia, Tiger Airways or Qantas flights; or by train with Countrylink.
LATEST UPDATE: All prices are as found online on 25 March 2013 and may vary. They apply when pre-purchased, and are for one-way travel.
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 Virgin Australia V-mail and Qantas Red as well as Tiger Latest Deals email newsletters that alert me when there’s a sale on.
By air: Sydney to Coffs Harbour flights
- Airline: Virgin Australia
Price: Starting from about $95 economy (often drops to $59 or $69 when on sale) + about $15 for check-in baggage if pre-purchased or more at the airport
Duration: 1 hour 5 min
Frequency: 2 flights per day (1 on the weekend) - Airline: Qantaslink (Qantas)
Price: Starting from about $129 economy (often drops to $69 or $79 when on sale) including check-in baggage
Duration: 1 hour 5 min
Frequency: 5-6 flights per day (fewer on the weekend) - Airline: Tiger Airways
Price: Starting from about $49 economy (often drops to half that when on sale) + extras for add-ons
Duration: 1 hour 5 min
Frequency: 1 flight per day (on Friday, Sunday, Monday only)
By rail: Sydney to Coffs Harbour trains
- Rail service: Countrylink
Price: Varies widely, starting from about $66 economy / $91 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: Varies, starting from about $79
Duration: from 7 hours 25 min (night) to 10 hours 5 min
Frequency: 4 coaches per day - Coach service: Premier Motor Service
Price: Varies, starting from about $66
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: around 6 hours – depending on traffic conditions!
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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.
Thank you so much to whoever wrote this comprehensive list. It’s just what I was looking for.
Hear hear! Extremely useful! Just what I needed also!
Thanks so much for putting together this list, I found it very helpful to have all of that info in the one place.
What practical, useful and comprehensive information. Thank you!