Tweed Heads


The twin town of Coolangatta, a suburb of Queensland's Gold Coast, Tweed Heads sits on the New South Wales side of the NSW/Qld border. Given its closeness to the Gold Coast, Tweed Heads has a shared economy with Coolangatta based heavily on tourism.

Location: 830 km north of Sydeney; 25 km south of Surfers Paradise; 102 km south of Brisbane.

Tweed Heads is often referred to as a town where you can change time zones - even celebrate New Year twice within an hour - simply by crossing the street, due to its close proximity to the Queensland border, and the fact that New South Wales observes daylight saving whereas Queensland does not.

Mt Warning

Mount Warning caldera: the Tweed and Northern Rivers occupy the lush remnants of what is possibly the Southern Hemisphere's best preserved shield volcano. Stretching from Byron Bay to the Gold Coast and west towards the Great Dividing Range, the vast Mount Warning caldera shelters a huge diversity of rare flora and fauna, subtropical rainforests and a breathtaking rim of mountain ranges.

Other popular tourist destinations in the vicinity include the nearby Nightcap, Border Ranges, Springbrook and Lamington National Parks, which abound with sub-tropical fauna and flora.

The Rainforest Way: a series of drives that lets you explore the spectacular World Heritage listed Rainforests and National Parks in the unique hinterland of Northern NSW and South East Queensland. These suggested drives make it easy to discover this area and its natural, cultural and historic attractions. Whether you decide to explore only one of these trails or take a few days to discover it all, you'll find everything you need along the way to make this an enjoyable journey.



NSW/Qld border marker

Mt Tamborine, Rainforest Way

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