Tweed Heads, New South Wales

Tweed Heads
New South Wales

Twin Towns, Tweed Heads

Tweed Heads

Coordinates

28°11′0″S 153°33′0″E / 28.18333°S 153.55000°ECoordinates: 28°11′0″S 153°33′0″E / 28.18333°S 153.55000°E

Population

7,525 (2011 census)

Established

1844

Postcode(s)

2485

Elevation

1 m (3 ft)

Time zone

AEST (UTC+10)

• Summer (DST)

AEDT (UTC+11)

Location

102 km (63 mi) SSE of Brisbane
830 km (516 mi) N of Sydney
25 km (16 mi) SSE of Surfers Paradise

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}

Tweed Heads is a city in New South Wales. It is 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 its "Twin Town" of Coolangatta, which is a suburb of the Gold Coast. It is often referred to as a town where people can change time zones – even celebrate New Year twice within an hour – simply by crossing the street, due to its proximity to the Queensland border, and the fact that New South Wales observes daylight saving whereas Queensland does not.

In 1823 John Oxley was the first European to see the Tweed Valley, and he wrote of it: "A deep rich valley clothed with magnificent trees, the beautiful uniformity of which was only interrupted by the turns and windings of the river, which here and there appeared like small lakes. The background was Mt. Warning. The view was altogether beautiful beyond description. The scenery here exceeded anything I have previously seen in Australia."

Timber cutters originally moved to the Tweed Valley in 1844. After the timber had been cleared, farmers moved in with bananas, cane and dairy farming dominating the area, while a fishing industry developed. The first school opened in 1871.

Tweed Heads was once connected to the Queensland Railways system, with the South Coast line providing a direct connection to Brisbane. The railway opened on 10 August 1903 It had been hoped that the New South Wales government would extend their railway line from Murwillumbah to Tweed Heads, but this did not occur due to cost of resuming the land and the expenses associated with the tunnel and bridge that would be required. The Tweed Heads railway station was located on the western side of Enid Street between Bay Street and Frances Street (28°10′19″S 153°32′27″E / 28.17193°S 153.54073°E / -28.17193; 153.54073 (Tweed Heads railway station)). The railway line to Brisbane closed in 1961; the site of the station has been converted to parklands and commercial development.

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