Tweed Heads New South Wales
Location of Tweed Heads in New South Wales (red)
Population:	44,655[1]
Postcode:	2485
Elevation:	1 m
Location:	104 km from Brisbane 880 km from Sydney
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 1584.6 mm 62.4 in

Twin Towns, Tweed Heads.

Tweed Heads is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. Tweed Heads is adjacent to the Queensland border. It is often referred to as a town where you can change time zones by crossing the street, due to its close proximity to the Queensland border. Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (977x733, 44 KB) Shows location of w: Tweed_heads, New South Wales marked in red in the Australian state of w:New South Wales. ... A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z List of postcodes in New South Wales (A-E) List of postcodes in New South Wales (F-M) List of postcodes in New South Wales... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... (Redirected from 1 m) To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between one metre and ten metres. ... km redirects here. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the third largest city in Australia, with a metropolitan population of 1. ... km redirects here. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... The Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Tweed is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Richmond is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... Celsius relates to the Celsius or centrigrade temperature scale. ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ... Celsius relates to the Celsius or centrigrade temperature scale. ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1174x709, 143 KB) Photo of Twin Towns, Tweed Heads, New South Wales. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1174x709, 143 KB) Photo of Twin Towns, Tweed Heads, New South Wales. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Time Zone is also a historical computer game. ...

Tweed Heads lies on the Tweed River. The Tweed River is a short river on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. ...

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

Some of Tweed Heads' most popular tourist destinations include Mount Warning, which is the largest shield volcano in the Southern Hemisphere. 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. Mount Warning is a mountain in New South Wales, Australia, near the border with Queensland and New South Wales, near Murwillumbah. ... Shield volcano Mauna Kea, a shield volcano, on the Island of Hawai‘i with a light dusting of snow. ... The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is south of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On Earth it contains five continents (Antarctica, Australia, most of South America, parts of Africa and Asia) as well as four oceans (South... Lamington is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 75 km south of Brisbane. ...

Trivia

Tweed Heads was featured in the film Muriel's Wedding. Muriels Wedding is a 1994 Australian movie written and directed by P. J. Hogan and starring Toni Collette as Muriel, and Rachel Griffiths as her sensible and down to earth friend Rhonda. ...

External links

• Tweed Shire Council
• Regional guide from tropicalnsw.com.au

References

• Murwillumbuh (Bray Park). Climate Averages for Australian Sites. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.

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