Anyone stopping was probably planning to stop anyway
It seems likely to me that people will make the same number of stops in their trip from Brisbane to Sydney or wherever. But where before they might’ve stopped at the Big Banana or elsewhere in Coffs, now they might drive another half hour before they pull off, or stop a bit earlier. So Coffs might lose out, but the Mid North Coast region as a whole probably won’t be negatively affected.
I suspect very few people are stopping at the banana unless that’s their destination. It’s not a convenient stop. On the northbound side you’ve got the south Coffs BP service centre, then half an hour each side Nambucca and halfway creek, all far better options than the banana for a road stop.
It seems likely to me that people will make the same number of stops in their trip from Brisbane to Sydney or wherever. But where before they might’ve stopped at the Big Banana or elsewhere in Coffs, now they might drive another half hour before they pull off, or stop a bit earlier. So Coffs might lose out, but the Mid North Coast region as a whole probably won’t be negatively affected.
I suspect very few people are stopping at the banana unless that’s their destination. It’s not a convenient stop. On the northbound side you’ve got the south Coffs BP service centre, then half an hour each side Nambucca and halfway creek, all far better options than the banana for a road stop.