tweed coast, nsw
tweed coast, nsw
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The Tweed is a playground of aquatic
joys for families, with creeks, beaches,
lakes and a fantastic BIG4 holiday
resort, discovers helen hayes.
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01 Making a splash at Sammy’s Adventure Lagoon 02 Stand-up paddle boarding at Hastings Point
03 The holiday park lifestyle 04 Walking down to Cabarita Beach 05 Indoor play at Neptune’s Castle
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t’s all about the surf in our family, and
with so many excellent beaches on the
Tweed Coast it is high on the wish list
for weekends away or school holiday
escapes. In fact the surf is so good
here that the Hurley Surfing Australia
High Performance Centre is even located
at Casuarina Beach.
The Tweed has over 37 kilometres of
coastline and a climate that will thaw out
southerners recovering from the winter chill.
For water babies like my Alex, the warmer
water is another big drawcard and he is
thrilled to leave the wetsuit at home and
break out the Fox board shorts.
We fly into the Gold Coast and it’s a quick
25-minute drive in the hire car to Hastings
Point. He is busy checking swell reports and
tides and over the next few days he rides the
waves around Cabarita, Fingal and Kingscliff.
At Cabarita I watch and enjoy the foreshore
walk to Norries Head, which gives views up
and down the coast and a front-row seat during
whale-watching season. At Kingscliff, we hire
some bikes and ride along the cycleway – if
you are really keen you can ride from Fingal all
the way south to Pottsville – and at Fingal, we
walk to the historic lighthouse and kayak on
the Tweed River.
Back in Hastings Point, the estuary is busy
with families making sand castles, fishing,
kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding in the
calm, protected waters. It is holiday perfection.
Park and play
BIG4 North Star Holiday Resort at Hastings
Point not only boasts a fantastic location, it’s a
destination in itself. This holiday park gets it just
right for families of any age and size. The resort
offers a range of accommodation styles to suit
all budgets and tastes, from powered camping
and caravan sites to self-contained twobedroom chalets and luxury three-bedroom
poolside villas. We are in a two-bedroom
chalet which suits our needs perfectly.
The resort’s Neptune’s Castle, a gigantic
indoor play centre with ball pit, indoor slides
and flying fox, is also home to a free kids’ club
that runs during off-peak weekends and every
day of the school holidays. Add to that North
Star’s awesome new two-storey water park,
Sammy’s Adventure Lagoon, and you can be
pretty sure your kids won’t want to leave. The
water park has more than 66 interactive water
features including water slides, water cannons,
a water piano and a massive bucket that
dumps 600 litres of water over the whole
area every few minutes.
There’s also a games room offering billiards
and table tennis, a tennis court, three
seasonally heated tropical pools – complete
with slides and a pool for the toddlers – and
a great café. Mum and dad aren’t forgotten
either with the perfect escape right on
site at the Seascape Leisure Centre & Day
Spa, where you’ll find a 25-metre lap pool,
spas, sauna, gym, massage room and even
a beauty salon for a little holiday pampering.
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