Tweed Heads, New South Wales 

Tweed Heads
New South Wales

Location of Tweed Heads in New South Wales (red)
Population: 51,788 1
Postcode: 2485
Coordinates: 28°11′S 153°33′E / -28.183, 153.55Coordinates: 28°11′S 153°33′E / -28.183, 153.55
Elevation: 1 m (3 ft)
Time zone:

 • Summer (DST)

 AEST (UTC+10)

AEDT (UTC+11)
Location:
LGA: Tweed Shire Council
State District: Tweed
Federal Division: Richmond
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Annual Rainfall
25.8 °C
78 °F		 14.4 °C
58 °F		 1,581.5 mm
62.3 in

Twin Towns, Tweed Heads.
Tweed Heads is the right part of the image

Tweed Heads is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. Tweed Heads is located next to the border with Queensland, adjacent to the "Twin Town" of Coolangatta, a suburb of the Gold Coast. It 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.

Tweed Heads was once connected to the Queensland Railways system, providing a direct connection to Brisbane.2 The site of the station has been converted to parklands and commercial development.3

Tweed Heads lies on the Tweed River.

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History

Timber cutters originally moved to the Tweed Valley in 1844. After the timber had been cleared, farmers moved in and bananas, cane and dairy farming became prominent as well as a fishing industry developing also.

Tourist destinations

Given its close proximity with the tourist area of Gold Coast, Tweed Heads has a shared economy with Coolangatta based heavily on tourism. Some of Tweed Heads' most popular tourist destinations include Mount Warning, which is one of the largest shield volcanoes in the Southern Hemisphere, only slightly smaller than Banks Peninsula. Other popular tourist destinations are the surrounding Nightcap, Border Rangers, Springbrook and Lamington National Parks, in which there is an abundance of sub-tropical animals.

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References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Gold Coast-Tweed Heads (Tweed Hds Pt) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
  2. ^ Rails to the Tweed - A QR Station in NSW Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, October, 2001 pp363-377
  3. ^ Coolangatta and Tweed Heads Revisited Newland, John R. Australian Railway History, August, 2005 pp304-307
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