Why Tweed Heads?
What 2485 has that nowhere else does. Every fact sourced.
- A lighthouse that tried lasers first
Built in 1971 on the NSW–Queensland border, the Point Danger Light claims to be the first lighthouse in the world to experiment with a laser. The beam proved too narrow for ships to see.Source: Wikipedia
- Once called Crown Village
Europeans first knew Tweed Heads as "Crown Village" and later as "Cooloon". The name Tweed Heads was not made official until 1965.Source: Wikipedia
- Porpoise Spit in Muriel's Wedding
Tweed Heads played the fictional town of Porpoise Spit in the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding.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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