General Information

About Tweed Heads

At the heart of Australia’s Green Cauldron, the Tweed region in northern NSW offers a unique combination of World Heritage listed rainforests, lush rolling farmland and unspoilt beaches, nestled in the eroded caldera of the largest shield volcano in the Southern Hemisphere.

The main hub of Tweed Heads, just five minutes from the Gold Coast Airport, is renowned for the live concerts, affordable dining and entertainment offered by world-class sporting and services clubs.
From here, the coastline stretches south through traditional seaside fishing villages where you can stay in affordable beachfront holiday parks and family apartments, interspersed with multi-million dollar leisure resorts offering five-star resort accommodation.

Tweed Heads and the Tweed Coast offer a wealth of activities and attractions, including our award-winning crab catching and rainforest cruises along the Tweed River, off-shore fishing charters, snorkelling with the turtles cruises out to Cook Island and whale watching from June to November.

The Annual Tweed River Festival is being held this year to coincide with the conference. Community activities, highlighting the importance of our waterways to our lives and lifestyles, will be held all week culminating with the fabulous lights of the Harbour Lantern parade on Saturday night at Jack Evans Boat Harbour.

For further information on the Tweed River Festival please download Tweed River Festival Program and Tweed River Festival PDF document.

For more information on Tweed Heads and the surrounding areas, please visit the Tweed Tourism website: www.tweedtourism.com.au

About Tweed Shire Council

Tweed Shire covers 1303 square kilometres and adjoins the NSW shires of Byron, Lismore and Kyogle, with the NSW/Queensland border to its north where it divides the twin towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.

With 37 kms of natural coastline, wetlands and estuarine forests, lush pastoral and farm land, the entire basin of the Tweed River, and mountainous regions containing three world-heritage listed national parks, Tweed boasts a unique and diverse environment.

Centrepiece of the Shire is Mount Warning, where the sun first hits the Australian continent. The surrounding McPherson, Tweed, Burringbar and Nightcap ranges form the caldera of the fertile Tweed Valley.

Prior to European settlement, the area was blanketed in sub-tropical forest and was home to the Nganduwal/Minjungbal people. Many of the Shire's towns and villages derive their names from the language of the local Aboriginal people.

The retail, hospitality, agricultural and tourism industries are major employers, while construction, fishing, and light industry are other significant contributors to the local economy.

For more information please visit: www.tweed.nsw.gov.au

Venue

Twin Towns Clubs and Resorts
Wharf St, (Cnr Boundary St)
Tweed Heads NSW 2485

The three day conference program will take place at the Twin Towns Services Club. Twin Towns is within easy walking distance to some of Australia's best beaches, including Coolangatta, Greenmount, Rainbow Bay and legendary surf spot Duranbah.

The conference will utilise Twin Towns Services Club excellent conference facilities for plenary sessions, breakout sessions, poster exhibition and a trade display area.

For further information regarding the Twin Towns Services Club visit: www.twintowns.com.au

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Insurance

Delegates are strongly advised to secure appropriate travel and health insurance. Delegate registration fees do not provide any such insurance coverage. The Organisers accept no responsibility for any loss in this regard.

Disclaimer

Every effort has been made to present all the information contained on this website as accurately as possible. The Organisers do not accept any liability for any inaccuracy or misdescription, for any delay or damage, including personal injury or death, howsoever caused resulting from or arising out of reliance upon any general or specific information published on this website. The Organisers reserve the right to alter any or all of these details, including the conference program.