Tweed Heads, New South Wales
| Tweed Heads New South Wales |
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| Population: | 51,788[1] | ||||||
| Postcode: | 2485 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 28°11′S 153°33′E / 28.183°S 153.55°ECoordinates: 28°11′S 153°33′E / 28.183°S 153.55°E | ||||||
| Elevation: | 1 m (3 ft) | ||||||
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| LGA: | Tweed Shire | ||||||
| State electorate: | Tweed | ||||||
| Federal Division: | Richmond | ||||||
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Tweed Heads is a town located on the Tweed River 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]
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Tourism
Given its closeness to the Gold Coast, Tweed Heads has a shared economy with Coolangatta based heavily on tourism.
Tweed Heads' most popular tourist destinations include Mount Warning, one of the largest shield volcanoes in the Southern Hemisphere, and the nearby Nightcap, Border Ranges, Springbrook and Lamington National Parks, which abound with sub-tropical fauna and flora.
[edit] Notable residents or persons born in Tweed Heads
- Wayne Bartholomew, world champion surfer
- Cheyse Blair, rugby league player (Parramatta Eels and Australian Schoolboy representative)
- Trevor Butler, Big Brother Australia Winner 2004
- Larry Corowa, former rugby league player (New South Wales and Australian representative)
- Brad Davis, rugby league player (Gold Coast Titans)
- Mick Fanning, world champion surfer
- Stephanie Gilmore, world surfing champion
- Michael Gordon, rugby league player (Penrith Panthers and New South Wales State of Origin representative)
- Ryan James, rugby league player (Gold Coast Titans and Australian Schoolboy representative)
- Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, rugby league player (Canberra Raiders and New South Wales State of Origin representative)
- Lionel Morgan, former rugby league player, named in the Indigenous Australian rugby league team of the century
- Luke O'Dwyer, rugby league player (Gold Coast Titans)
- Mark Occhilupo, world champion surfer
- Joel Parkinson, pro surfer
- Tony Rampling, former rugby league player (New South Wales State of Origin representative)
- Kieran Ricketts, reporter for the ABC's news/comedy program Hungry Beast
- Matt Seers, former rugby league player (New South Wales State of Origin representative)
- Cody Simpson, singer
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Gold Coast-Tweed Heads (Tweed Hds Pt) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL134000&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
- ^ Rails to the Tweed – A QR Station in NSW Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, October, 2001 pp363-377
- ^ Coolangatta and Tweed Heads Revisited Newland, John R. Australian Railway History, August, 2005 pp304-307
- "Murwillumbuh (Bray Park)". Climate Averages for Australian Sites. Bureau of Meteorology. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_058158.shtml. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
