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Tweed Heads is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 in Tweed Shire
Tweed Shire Council

The Tweed Shire Council is the Local government in Australia for the Tweed River, New South Wales in New South Wales. It is on the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Highway ....
. Tweed Heads is located next to the border with Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, adjacent to the "Twin Town" of Coolangatta
Coolangatta, Queensland

Coolangatta is the southernmost suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Queensland, Australia. It has a population of 4869 and is named after the schooner Coolangatta which was wrecked there in 1846....
, a suburb of the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland

The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
. It is often referred to as a town where you can change time zones - even celebrate New Year
New Year

The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations....
 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.






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Tweed Heads is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 in Tweed Shire
Tweed Shire Council

The Tweed Shire Council is the Local government in Australia for the Tweed River, New South Wales in New South Wales. It is on the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Highway ....
. Tweed Heads is located next to the border with Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, adjacent to the "Twin Town" of Coolangatta
Coolangatta, Queensland

Coolangatta is the southernmost suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Queensland, Australia. It has a population of 4869 and is named after the schooner Coolangatta which was wrecked there in 1846....
, a suburb of the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland

The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
. It is often referred to as a town where you can change time zones - even celebrate New Year
New Year

The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations....
 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. The site of the station has been converted to parklands and commercial development.

Tweed Heads lies on the Tweed River
Tweed River (New South Wales)

The Tweed River is a short river on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Its drainage basin consists mostly of the erosion caldera of the Tweed Volcano, a huge extinct volcano of which Mount Warning is the volcanic plug....
.

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
Gold Coast, Queensland

The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
, Tweed Heads has a shared economy with Coolangatta
Coolangatta, Queensland

Coolangatta is the southernmost suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Queensland, Australia. It has a population of 4869 and is named after the schooner Coolangatta which was wrecked there in 1846....
 based heavily on tourism
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
. Some of Tweed Heads' most popular tourist destinations include Mount Warning
Mount Warning

Mount Warning is a mountain close to Murwillumbah, New South Wales, near the border with Queensland on the North Coast of New South Wales, Australia....
, which is one of the largest shield volcanoes in the Southern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is south of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half ball'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere south of the celestial equator....
, only slightly smaller than Banks Peninsula
Banks Peninsula

Banks Peninsula is in the Canterbury, New Zealand region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, partly surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, and adjacent to the largest city in the South Island, Christchurch, New Zealand....
. Other popular tourist destinations are the surrounding Nightcap, Border Rangers, Springbrook and Lamington National Park
Lamington National Park

Lamington is a national park in Queensland, Australia, lying on the Lamington Plateau. It is a part of the World Heritage site, Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves on the Queensland/New South Wales border....
s, in which there is an abundance of sub-tropical animals.

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