Why Banora Point?
What 2486 has that nowhere else does. Every fact sourced.
- Birthplace of Senator Neville Bonner
Ukerebagh Island, ringed by mangroves inside a 125-hectare nature reserve at the mouth of the Tweed River, was the birthplace of Senator Neville Bonner in 1922. Aboriginal people still visit the island regularly.Source: Wikipedia
- A sacred bora ring
The Tweed Heads Historic Site in Tweed Heads South has a ceremonial bora ring, reached by the Walk on Water track. Aboriginal guides share local culture at the Minjungbal Aboriginal Cultural Centre.Source: NSW Government
- Where Celeste Barber grew up
Comedian and actor Celeste Barber grew up in Terranora. Children's author Hesba Fay Brinsmead lived there from 1976 until the early 2000s.Source: Wikipedia
- Terranora means small river
Terranora's name is believed to come from a Bundjalung word meaning "small river" or "small estuary".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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