TweedGold - Regional Advantages

The TweedGold region provides a world-class living and business environment based on:

• Beautiful beaches - TweedGold has a total of 92km of pristine beaches, many of them ranked as some of the top surfing beaches in Australia.

• Access to a Hinterland containing remarkable natural beauty and biodiversity.

• TweedGold has access to a wide variety of spectacular rainforests and national parks, including one third of Australia's World Heritage listed parks and forests.

• TweedGold also has a high biogeographic significance, with a level of biodiversity second only on the Australian eastern seaboard to the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland.

• A high quality of education and training. The TweedGold region is well served by education and training facilities including:
  
  • Bond University
  • Griffith University
  • University of Central Queensland
  • Southern Cross University
  • Gold Coast TAFE campuses at Ashmore, Southport and Coolangatta
  • Tweed TAFE at Kingscliff
  • Murwillumbah TAFE
  • A wide range of private training providers
  • Top quality public and independent schools
  • Public secondary and primary schools serving local communities.

• Shopping, sporting and recreational facilities consistent with the TweedGold region's international tourism status, and housing diversity and affordability.

• TweedGold had an estimated permanent population base of more than 550,000 in 2004, expected to grow to three quarters of a million within 10 years. The TweedGold area is one of the fastest growing urban centres in Australia.

The TweedGold region has an idyllic sub-tropical climate with an average year-round temperature of between 15 to 25 degrees Celsius and average humidity of 62 per cent. Annual rainfall in the TweedGold region is between 1400mm and 1700mm, providing ideal growing conditions for a wide range of crops.