Transport, postal & warehousing

BUSINESSES SEE THE TWEED AS A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN HARNESS THE OPPORTUNITIES OF BEING BASED CLOSE TO NATIONALLY IMPORTANT TRANSPORT ROUTES OF ROAD, SEA AND AIR.

The Tweed is strategically located right on the Queensland border, with over 7000 heavy vehicle movements every day. There are two major highway service centres at Chinderah; both of these interchanges have B-double parking, diesel refuelling points and driver rest areas.

A north and southbound service centre provide access to Tweed Valley Way, which services Murwillumbah and the rural areas of the Tweed Valley and has connections further west to Kyogle and Lismore.

The Tweed is home to well-established and experienced transport companies, ensuring reliable movement of goods in and out of the region.

Both the Chinderah interchanges are significant as emerging transport hubs. The table below shows distances and travel times between key transport facility locations and Chinderah.

Centre

Distance

Est.travel time

Gold Coast Airport

12km

≈10 mins

Yatala Industrial Park

45km

≈40 mins

Murwillumbah Industrial Estate

15km

≈14 mins

Brisbane Airport

115km

1½ hrs

Port of Brisbane

112km

1½ hrs

Brisbane CBD

106km

1½ hrs

Sydney CBD

850km

10 hrs

Tweed’s ‘connectivity’

Tweed Shire is exceptionally well located. It is a 1.5 hour drive from Brisbane, minutes from the Gold Coast Airport and only a one hour flight from Sydney. It also has excellent highway access linking to these destinations.

Gold Coast Airport is one of Australia’s fastest growing airports and the fifth busiest international airport in the country, with over 6.5 million passengers travelling to and from destinations across Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

This connectivity makes the Tweed an extremely attractive location for business.

goldcoastairport.com.au