Tweed River (New South Wales) - Course

Course

The river begins northwest of the village called Lillian Rock. The upper reaches pass through the small villages of Kunghur, Terragon and Uki. South of Mount Warning Doon Doon Creek which is dammed by the Clarrie Hall Dam and Perch Creek enter the Tweed from its southern banks and Byrill Creek joins on the northern side near Terragon. Downstream Korumbyn Creek and then at Byangum the larger Oxley River enters the river, before it flows through Murwillumbah. At Tumbulgum the Rous River joins the Tweed. The Terranora and Cobaki creeks enter the Tweed about 2 km upstream from the mouth.

The estuary of the Tweed River is an important shorebird habitat.