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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. The site of the station has been converted
to parklands and commercial development.
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. |