Tweed Heads, New South Wales

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Tweed Heads
New South Wales

Location of Tweed Heads in New South Wales (red)
Population: 44,655[1]
Postcode: 2485
Elevation: 1 m (3 ft)
Location:
LGA: Tweed Shire Council
State District: Tweed
Federal Division: Richmond
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Rainfall
25.8 °C
78 °F		 18.3 °C
65 °F		 1,584.6 mm
62.4 in
Twin Towns, Tweed Heads.
Twin Towns, Tweed Heads.

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 lies on the Tweed River.

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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.

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. For further tourist information please visit Tweed Tourism[1]

Coordinates: 28°11′S 153°33′E / -28.183, 153.55


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