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Description
The Big Banana, the first and best known of Australia's Big Things, has attracted millions of tourists since it opened in December 1964. Over the last 40 years the Big Banana has grown into one of The Coffs Coasts most recognised tourist attractions with fun rides, educational tours and shows, recreational facilities and a fantastic selection of food and gift products. Located just north of Coffs Harbour, the Big Banana has something for everyone.
The large recreational facilities attached to the statue are, statistically, the most popular leisure facilities on the Australian East Coast. Especially, the artificial ski slope built in 2002 competes with ski areas in New Zealand for visitor numbers and popularity.
Toboggan
A guaranteed adreline rush!!! Speed through the banana plantation for over 600 metres.
Ice-skating
Show us how cool you are and glide across the ice at The Big Banana Ice Rink.
World of Bananas
The doors close, the lights dim and you sit back to enjoy a whole new theatre experience with state-of-the-art projections onto scrim screen with object stage background presented by the spectacular skills of The Shirley Spectra.
Waterslides
Look out over the Coffs Coast from atop of the largest inflatable waterslide in the world.
Sky Walk
Be captivated by the beauty of the Coffs Coast high above the Banana Plantation. It's a magic view of the Solitary Island Marine Park and a great spot for Whale watching May to September.
Go Bananas
You can still walk through the Big Banana and see illuminated
colour slides showing the banana production process from plantation to harvesting, just as you could when it first opened in 1964.
You can buy any number of fresh bananas from the Banana Barn, as well as other banana products including dried bananas, chipped bananas, and banana jams, chutneys and pickles. At the Cockatoo Cafe and Ice Creamery you can try the famous choc-coated frozen bananas, make a meal of the huge Big Banana Split, or enjoy banana cake or freshly made banana muffins. For those who would prefer to take a piece of the Big Banana home there are plenty of non-edible banana items to buy as well at the souvenir shop, which claims to have the biggest collection of banana-themed souvenirs and gifts in the world!
And just how big is the Big Banana?? A whopping 13 metres long, 5 metres high and 2.4 metres wide - pretty impressive, as far as lurid yellow ferroconcrete bananas go.
The Big Banana is located on the western side of the Pacific Highway, 3 kilometres north of Coffs Harbour. Tel: (02) 6652 4355.
