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Region in New South Wales, Australia
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The Northern Rivers region is on the far North Coast of New South Wales, stretching from Grafton to the Tweed on the Queensland border.
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Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah and Kingscliff Visitor Information Centres
Operating the Visitor Information Centres at Tweed Heads, Kingscliff and Murwillumbah. Maps, posters and souvenirs. Accommodation, tour and cruise booking service. Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads Centres open 7 days. Kingscliff Centre open Wednesday to Sunday.
By train
NSW TrainLink passenger trains run the inland route to Grafton, Casino and then towards Brisbane via Kyogle. Coaches connect the coastal towns from Casino or Grafton.
By bus
Many backpackers catch the coaches that ply the Brisbane to Sydney route. Greyhound, Flixbus and Premier are the main coach operators, each with slightly different timing, frequency and prices.
By bus
Buslines Group provide public transport to Ballina, Lismore, Casino, Kyogle, Evans Head, Woodburn and Coraki. They also provide less frequent connections to Grafton and Tenterfield.
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Lismore · Regional · LSY
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regional centre of the Northern Rivers, home to the Big Prawn
coastal village popular with beachgoers
largest town in the region
alternative community in the Byron/Lismore hinterland
federation-style village
once an alternative lifestyle town, now a booming beachfront destination, firmly on the backpacker and seachanger route
alternative Hinterland community
a beach town
city of Jacaranda trees on the Clarence River
small beachside village with its nature reserve as a
a riverside town along the banks of the Clarence River
a beachside town that has one of Australia's most famous surf breaks
"Beef capital of Australia"
small coastal town to the east of Woodburn
small riverside town along the Richmond River
near the foothills of Mt Wollumbin (Mt Warning); sugarcane-growing town
the southern, low-rise, and more family friendly end of the Gold Coast
a gateway to Border Ranges National Park and Toonumbar National Park
a popular roadside town, with the first Europeans who settled here being farmers from northern Italy (specifically around Veneto)
another Gondwana WHS park with impressive eye-catching lookouts.
home to the easternmost point of the Australian mainland
not a particularly famous park, but makes up one of the world heritage parks
small park also a world heritage site
the most visited Gondwana WHS national park in the Northern Rivers
a large extinct shield volcano
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