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The
name
of
the
town
was
originally
Korff's
Harbour
after
Captain
John
Korff,
who
sheltered
here
in
1847
but
was
misspelt
on
Sydney
survey
records
so
it's
remained
Coffs
Harbour
to
this
day.
Coffs
Harbour
was
used
as
a
shipping
port
to
carry
cedar
logs
which
were
rafted
down
the
creek
then
loaded
and
shipped
out.
From
around
the
turn
of
the
century,
farmers
introduced
dairy
herds,
these
where
the
mainstay
of
the
district
until
the
profitability
of
cultivating,
banana's
and
other
fruit
and
vegetables
became
apparent
in
the
1930's.
The
township
of
Coffs
Harbour
was
formally
planned
in
1887
and
replanned
in
1897.
Road
and
rail
links
where
expanding
,
but
the
most
ambitious
hopes
rested
on
the
creation
of
a
real
harbour
improving
on
the
1890's
jetty.
Shipping
has
long
since
stopped
but
the
jetty
has
enjoyed
a
facelift
now
many
people
now
use
it
to
stroll
along
it
and
kids
enjoy
jumping
from
it.
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