Kingscliff beach

Fast facts

• Emerging lifestyle capital of the North Coast where sensational beaches come with a touch of style
• Just south of the Queensland border, and 840 km north of Sydney 
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Why go there

If you like your beaches served with spas, glamorous resorts, metro-style cafes and guaranteed warm weather, the New Tweed Coast is just the place to visit. 

The region between Kingscliff in the north and Cabarita in the south, this is emerging as a lifestyle and leisure resort area, with slick resorts, seafront cafes and a taste for the good life. The beaches in this part of the world all bear the “Made in Heaven” brand name – a series of long, golden sweeps cradled between headlands with world-class surf breaks and a reef break on the southern edge of Kingscliff. 

The New Tweed Coast is barely a 15-minute drive from the Gold Coast Airport – perfect if you’re looking for a short break from one of our capital cities.

Don’t miss

• The sophisticated accommodation options – including luxury villas, holiday resorts and Salt, a billion-dollar lifestyle development that sprawls across 16.5 hectares of beachfront parkland.
• The walk to Fingal Lighthouse. Park just past the Fingal Trading Post and follow the sand tracks up to the lighthouse, with impressive views of the waves pounding the basalt stacks of the Giants Causeway and across to Cook Island.
• The sublime seafood at Fins at Salt, created by acclaimed chef Steven Snow, whose previous restaurant, Fins at Byron, won two coveted chef’s hats in the Sydney Morning Herald's Good Food Guide.
• The Golden Door Spa at Salt Village, one of the largest day spas in the country and the perfect place to bring a touch of silk to your beach experience. Among its 21 treatment areas are double treatment suites and Vichy showers. The spa menu features a huge array of facial treatments, body massages and treatments, and hand and feet therapies.
• The right-hand break at Kingscliff, which starts working at less than a metre and holds up for all tides.