Murwillumbah

Murwillumbah is a town in Northern Rivers, in northern New South Wales.

Understand
Murwillumbah straddles the Tweed River and is surrounded by fertile dairy, sugar cane and banana farm lands, receiving substantial rainfall each year.

By plane

 * Coolangatta Airport — has domestic flights and international flights from New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan. It often has cheaper flights and cheaper car hire than Ballina.
 * Ballina Airport — there are flights from Sydney and Melbourne.
 * Murwillumbah also has an airport, but scheduled with very few flights, mostly charter.

Airport transfers
You can book door-to-door services at the airport.

By train
CountryLink passenger trains no longer travel on the coastal route, now using the inland route instead. Buses connect the coastal towns from the inland stops.

By bus
Many backpackers catch coaches that ply the Brisbane to Sydney route. The main ones are Greyhound and Premier Motor Service.

By car
Murwillumbah is about a drive from Brisbane CBD. From Brisbane, use the M1 south, past the NSW border, and take the exit at Tweed Valley Way (Tourist Drive 40) and continue for until Murwillumbah. While the motorway is good quality, Tourist Drive 40 is quite winding as it climbs the Great Dividing Range. Alternatively, you may take exit 95 north of the border and use State Route 98 and Tourist Drive 42 down to Murwillumbah.
 * Coolangatta Airport — 31 min (32.8 km) via M1 and Tweed Valley Way
 * Ballina Airport — 57 min (72.6 km) via M1 and Tweed Valley Way

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Go next

 * Tweed Heads
 * Kingscliff
 * Byron Bay