Dock Island
Dock Island is an islet in Tweed Shire, New South Wales. Dock Island is situated nearby to the suburb Tweed Heads South, as well as near Coolangatta.Places of Interest
Highlights include Duranbah Beach and Captain Cook Memorial Light.
Duranbah Beach
Beach
Duranbah Beach, officially known as Flagstaff Beach, but also known as Dbah is the northernmost beach in New South Wales. Located in the Tweed Shire, Duranbah Beach is situated between the mouth of the Tweed River and the rocky headland Point Danger which also marks the Queensland-New South Wales border. Duranbah Beach is situated 3 km northeast of Dock Island.
Captain Cook Memorial Light
Lighthouse
Point Danger Light, also known as the Captain Cook Memorial Light, is an active lighthouse located on Point Danger, a headland between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, marking the border between Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Captain Cook Memorial Light is situated 3½ km northeast of Dock Island.
Snapper Rocks
Photo: Sheba Also 43,000 photos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snapper Rocks is a small rocky outcrop on the northern side of Point Danger at the southern end of Rainbow Bay on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is a famous surf break and today the start of the large sand bank known to surfers as the Superbank. Snapper Rocks is situated 3½ km northeast of Dock Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.
Tweed Heads
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tweed Heads and Coolangatta are twin towns on the border between north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland. Coolangatta is in Queensland and part of the Gold Coast City.
Coolangatta
Suburb
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Coolangatta is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is the Gold Coast's southernmost suburb and it borders New South Wales. In the 2021 census, Coolangatta had a population of 6,491 people. Coolangatta is situated 2½ km north of Dock Island.
Tweed Heads West
Suburb
Tweed Heads West is a suburb of Tweed Heads, located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire along the Queensland and New South Wales border. Tweed Heads West is situated 3 km west of Dock Island.
Dock Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Tweed Shire, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-28.19047° or 28° 11′ 26″ southLongitude
153.5325° or 153° 31′ 57″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
5R3MRG5M+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 27174512OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
8180404
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