Why Murwillumbah?
What 2484 has that nowhere else does. Every fact sourced.
- A rail trail with glowworm tunnels
The 23 km Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail opened in 2023 at Murwillumbah's heritage-listed station. Its old railway tunnels shelter microbats and glowworms.Source: Wikipedia
- Rebuilt bigger after the 1907 fire
Fire destroyed most of the business district on 15 September 1907. The town was rebuilt in brick within a year, and many of its buildings are art deco.Source: Wikipedia
- Australia's second-oldest festival
The annual Tweed Banana Festival is described as the second-oldest festival in Australia. It marked its 50th anniversary in 2005.Source: Wikipedia
- Margaret Olley's studio collection
The Margaret Olley Art Centre at Tweed Regional Gallery opened on 15 March 2014. It holds 76,000 objects from the artist's studio.Source: Wikipedia
And the whole area: Why the Tweed?
Border town, big caldera, bigger story. Every fact sourced.
- A runway across two states
Gold Coast Airport's main runway cuts across the Queensland and NSW border.Source: Wikipedia
- Wild about nature
The Tweed has the highest biodiversity in NSW and 37 km of coastline.Source: Tweed Shire Council
- Wollumbin, the cloud catcher
Wollumbin (Mount Warning) stands 1,159 m and is part of the World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.Source: Wikipedia
- A town on the border
Tweed Heads sits on the Queensland border, beside its twin town Coolangatta.Source: Wikipedia
- Bundjalung Country
The Tweed Shire is on the Country of the Ngandowal and Minyungbal speaking people of the Bundjalung nation.Source: Tweed Shire Council
- Living inside a volcano
The Tweed sits in one of the largest natural erosion calderas in the world.Source: Tweed Shire Council
- Two time zones, one street
In daylight saving time, NSW is one hour ahead of Queensland, so Tweed Heads and Coolangatta show different times.Source: Tweed Regional Gallery
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