Top Caravan Parks in Tweed Heads and Beyond

From the coast to the rainforest, Tweed Heads and her surrounding towns offer holidaymakers plenty of caravan parks to unwind in.

If you’re hitting the road with a caravan in search of the sub-tropical climes of NSW’s far north coast, there are plenty of sites to power up and call home in the Tweed region. Even if you’re travelling without a camper or trailer, cabins and campgrounds are a great option for revelling in the laid-back vibes.

From riverside relaxation in Tweed Heads to kid-friendly Hastings Point and the beachside chill of Kingscliff, these memory-making stays are brimming with charm.

Tweed Heads caravan parks

BIG4 Tweed Billabong Holiday Park, Tweed Heads

This award-winning bells-and-whistles Tweed Heads caravan park is a kids’ holiday nirvana. Stay in a variety of powered sites or opt for a cabin, some of which can sleep up to eight. The Green Cauldron Waterpark is the stuff of childhood dreams, while Lizzie’s Lagoon is a more sedate place for a fresh dip. There’s also go-karts for hire, a trampoline, playground, play zone, outdoor cinema and plenty of activities. Paddle the billabong then retreat to the camp kitchen to cook up a feast come dinnertime.

Address: 30 Holden Street, Tweed Heads South NSW

River Retreat Home & Holiday Park, Tweed Heads

Set directly on Terranora Inlet, this riverside caravan park is perfect for those holidaying with their furry friends. Here you’ll find cabins, powered sites and sites that accommodate larger RVs, as well as amenities such as a pool, laundry, camp kitchen and showers. There are also studio cabins and pet-friendly cabins, plus the Riverview Retreat which sleeps up to eight.

Address: 8-10 Philp Parade, Tweed Heads South NSW

Tweed Holiday Parks, Tweed Heads

The most northerly and largest of seven locations run by Tweed Holiday Parks, this spot on Terranora Creek is a tranquil place for a retreat. It’s a short walk to the town centre but feels entirely cloistered from the nearby bustle, with its own saltwater lagoon and boat ramp. Stay in a powered site (six with en suite), cabin or grass tent site and enjoy the pool and waterslide, playground, recreation room and camp kitchen.

the pool at Terranora Creek, Tweed Heads — Escape the heat and swim at the expansive pool in Tweed Holiday Parks, Terranora Creek.

Address: 3 Dry Dock Road, Tweed Heads South NSW

Pyramid Holiday Park, Tweed Heads South

A range of cabins, powered and unpowered sites, some with en suites and some pet-friendly, are available at this Tweed Heads caravan park. Enjoy close proximity to both the Tweed River and some of the best beaches on the Gold Coast. It’s fairly rudimentary but tidy and comfortable with a small pool, barbecue facilities, playground and recreation room.

Address: 145 Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads NSW

Colonial Tweed Caravan Park, Tweed Heads

On the southern bank of the Tweed River, this calm spot set on the aquamarine-hued water is perfect for exploring the surrounding region. The Colonial Tweed Caravan Park has a swimming pool overlooking the river, small playground, camp kitchen and amenities block to service powered sites. There are also cabins and en suite sites available.

Address: 2 Philp Parade, Tweed Heads South NSW

Chinderah caravan parks

Tweed River Hacienda Holiday Park, Chinderah

With an absolute riverfront location, this park sits on a tranquil section of the Tweed River and is perfect for chilled-out escapes. Enjoy views of Wollumbin (Mt Warning) and the Border Ranges as you cast a line out, partake in watersports or simply sit with a good book by the pool. The beaches and restaurants of Kingscliff are just a short drive away, as is beautiful Fingal Head. Choose from a range of luxury villas and en suite cabins, as well as riverside and en suite-powered sites.

Address: 300/37 Chinderah Bay Drive, Chinderah NSW

Homestead Holiday Park, Chinderah

Access to the pristine Tweed River is immediate at this Chinderah caravan park thanks to the onsite private boat ramp and harbour. You can choose from villas or powered sites and unwind by the pool. While the amenities are fairly tired, it’s perfect for a low-key trip and you’re in easy reach of Kingscliff and other Tweed coast towns.

Address: 200/25 Chinderah Bay Drive, Chinderah NSW

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Chinderah Village Tourist Park, Chinderah

As with the other caravan parks set on this stretch of the river, you’re treated to vistas of majestic Wollumbin (Mt Warning) awash with purple hues come sunset at Chinderah Village Tourist Park. Fishing, boating and watersports are the key attractions here, although the beaches are not too far away. The usual amenities can be found here, such as a pool, barbecue facilities, showers, toilets and laundry. Choose from caravan or campsites.

Address: 94–104 Chinderah Bay Drive, Chinderah NSW

Fingal Head caravan parks

Tweed Holiday Parks, Fingal Head

With Fingal Head Beach stretching out before you, this picturesque spot delivers on summer holiday vibes, even in the cooler months. Swim, surf or snorkel at the beach, or stroll to Fingal Head Lighthouse direct from the campground. Bed down in a cabin, surfari tent or powered site (some with en suites). You’re also only 10 minutes from Tweed Heads, but with a general store and cafe nearby, you won’t really need to leave.

Address: 9 Prince Street, Fingal Head NSW

Kingscliff caravan parks

Tweed Holiday Parks, Kingscliff North

This small Kingscliff caravan park has less than 50 sites, ensuring a very chilled stay. The expansive beach is on your doorstep and the vibrant town centre is just two kilometres away, making strolls for dinner a cinch. Or you could hire one of the grounds’ bikes and cycle in for an arvo ice cream. Choose from cabins, surfari tents and powered sites (with or without en suite), but you’ll need to keep your fur baby at home.

Address: 277 Marine Parade, Kingscliff NSW

an aerial view of Tweed Holiday Parks at Kingscliff Beach — Kingscliff Beach is only a few steps away from both Tweed Holiday Parks in Kingscliff.

Tweed Holiday Parks, Kingscliff Beach

The twin to Tweed Holiday Parks’ north Kingscliff location, this southerly ground offers an award-winning beachfront stay. Sandwiched between the beach and the main street, this park is ideal for those who don’t want to miss out on any of the action. Spend all day on the beach then fall asleep to the waves in either a luxury ocean cabin, beachfront tourist site, en suite tourist site or tent site. There’s also a camp kitchen, barbecue and bathroom facilities.

Address: 125 Marine Parade, Kingscliff NSW

Ingenia Holidays, Kingscliff

Nestled between the Tweed River and Kingscliff Beach, this caravan park offers the best of both worlds. Stay in either a cabin or powered site, which are dispersed across 10 acres of subtropical landscaping. Guests and encouraged to take the 2.5-kilometre stroll to the beach or the shorter walk to watch a riverside sunset. You can expect a swimming pool, games room, camp kitchen and the usual amenities. While not as polished as the other Kingscliff parks, it’s still a great option ofr families.

Address: 26 Wommin Bay Road, Kingscliff NSW

Hastings Point caravan parks

Tweed Holiday Parks, Hastings Point

Overlooking the watery playground of Cudgera Creek and across to the beach, this Hastings Point caravan park offers the prime spot for those who love to fish, paddle or simply lounge about. On a sunny high tide, Cudgera Creek teems with frolicking families submerging themselves in the crystal waters. It’s the perfect swim spot for young kids, while the beach offers more robust play and good sets for surfers. Bed down in a surfari tent or powered site and, in peak times of Easter and Christmas, you can camp on the grassy headland.

Address: 7 Tweed Coast Road, Hastings Point NSW

North Star Holiday Resort, Hastings Point

This is an all-round box-ticker for caravan park accommodation. While close to the beach and Cudgera Creek, this resort also offers plenty to keep you onsite. There’s Sammy’s Lagoon water park to keep the kids amused, as well as the incredible Marine Discovery Centre, Australia’s largest, privately funded marine museum.

The icing on the cake is the adults’ only leisure centre, complete with hairdresser, day spa, heated lap pool, gym and sauna. You can stay in everything from budget to premium cabins or powered and en suite sites.

Address: 1 Tweed Coast Road, Hastings Point NSW

the dining space at Northstar Holiday Resort — Settle in at the resort’s spacious dining space.

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Pottsville caravan parks

Tweed Holiday Parks, Pottsville North

Pottsville is the perfect family holiday destination with its charming town, long beach and gentle Mooball Creek. This north-positioned park enhances good times with two swimming pools, playground, basketball court and volleyball court. It’s a short drive into town or slightly longer walk, and is in easy reach of Tweed coast towns like Cabarita and Hastings Point. Stay in surfari tents, cabins or powered sites.

Address: 27 Tweed Coast Road, Pottsville NSW

Tweed Holiday Parks, Pottsville South

Positioned on the water at the southern end of town, this Pottsville caravan park is well-positioned to soak up long, sunshine-filled days on the water. With cabins and sites facing Mooball Creek, it’s easy access to slip into the calm waters for a swim or try your hand at stand-up paddleboarding. Town is just across the road, where you’ll find great cafes and restaurants. Cabins are fresh and comfortable, while powered sites are plentiful.

Address: 2 Tweed Coast Road, Pottsville NSW

a top view of two people sitting outside a caravan at low tide, Tweed Holiday Parks, Kingscliff Beach — The Mooball Creek caravan site boasts the perfect spot for a sundowner.

Wooyung caravan parks

Wooyung Beach Holiday Park, Wooyung

Little-known Wooyung is a beachside agrarian gem at the most southerly point of the Tweed Shire. Bare feet and salty hair rule this rustic but idyllic spot. Choose from cabins, studio rooms and powered or unpowered sites. A short five-minute drive to Pottsville and just 15 minutes to the coastal gem of Byron Bay, you’ll feel totally isolated, but within easy reach of cafes, shops and amenities.

Address: 515 Wooyung Road, Wooyung NSW

Murwillumbah caravan parks

Murwillumbah Showground

You can set up for a short, one-week stint in this dog-friendly caravan and campground in Murwillumbah. You’re well-positioned to peruse Murwillumbah’s up-and-coming dining scene, which features plenty of locally run restaurants touting fresh produce. While it’s a bit of a barebones set-up across the 25-site campground, all the basics are accounted for, including power, water and hot showers.

Address: 37 Queensland Road, Murwillumbah NSW

Mt Warning Rainforest Park

Tucked into the foothills of the heritage-listed Wollumbin (Mt Warning) National Park and bordered on one side by Korrumbyn Creek, Mt Warning Rainforest Park is the perfect spot to take in the mountain air and reconnect with nature. Opt for an eco cottage, cabin or camping site and let the rainforest dissolve any residual stress. There’s a general store, pool, yoga centre and the usual amenities, too (camp kitchen, hot showers, laundry). The park is also dog-friendly.

Address: 153 Mount Warning Road, Mount Warning NSW

Hosanna Farmstay

Offering tent sites, huts, cottages and powered sites, this idyllic campground is also a spot for day-visiting locals who come to pet farm animals, swoosh into the dam via the rustic waterslide and enjoy a picnic lunch or pizza night. You’ll find a gorgeous cafe and camp kitchen, plus daily activities such as campfire damper-making and kayaking. It’s wild bush fun for all ages, with the fantastic Northern Rivers Rail Trail right next door.

Address: 4 Tunnel Road, Stokers Siding NSW

scenic landscapes at Hosanna Farmstay — Seek solitude in Hosanna Farmstay’s idyllic campground.

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The Southern Highlands earns its title as Australia’s top country town in the cooler months, and it’s worth every minute of the 90-minute drive from Sydney.

Many Sydneysiders head to the Southern Highlands in spring for the tulips. It’s one of the most stunning spring carnivals in Australia. But the ones in the know come to Bowral in winter.

The first thing you notice at this time of year is the quality of the light. It catches the tangled limbs of the gums and tints the fields, farms and forests a pretty shade of Granny Smith green. And then, a world-class art museum, an impressive network of walking trails, great shops, cosy restaurants and bars and luxury accommodation take centre stage, making Bowral a place you want to linger as the mercury drops.

Just 90 minutes south of Sydney, a Bowral winter getaway is the coolcation city folk desperately need. Here are eight reasons to pack a good coat and head for the Southern Highlands.

1. Check in

aerial of Ardour Milton Park Bowral in winter — Check in to the gorgeous Ardour Milton Park Bowral. (Credit: Destination NSW)

Ardour Milton Park Bowral rises like a hologram in the hazy green light as you turn onto Horderns Road. A $10 million refurbishment of the grand 1910 estate was completed in early 2026, and the beautifully restored hotel now includes 44 guest rooms washed in sage green, cobalt blue and dusty blush. The dining room at Horderns Restaurant continues with a botanical theme – earthy banquettes, floral touches throughout – and a menu that moves with the seasons.

After enjoying slow-braised Cowra lamb and a second glass of red, move to the Polo Bar, which has a fireplace and views across the estate gardens. Build a grazing board from the dedicated Charcuterie Room and take it outside while the light lasts. If the sky clouds over, use this as your cue to enjoy a next-level spa experience at Èliva.

2. Hunt for treasure

couple exploring Dirty Janes bowral — Find vintage treasures in Dirty Janes. (Credit: Destination NSW)

Winter is the perfect season to lose an afternoon inside Dirty Janes Bowral. Over 1600 square metres of covered space houses 90 individual sellers of everything from mid-century furniture to industrial lighting, antique silverware, vintage clothing and objects whose previous lives you can only imagine. Enjoy a bit of off-the-cuff banter with your fellow fossickers in between searching for that must-have military jacket or vintage silk scarf.

Around the corner, find the Instagram-famous front door of FoundAntiques, though the real finds are deeper inside. Bring cash, wear comfortable shoes and leave some room in the boot.

3. Slow down in a beautiful gallery

kids posing with donald bradman statue in bowral's The Bradman Museum — Learn about an Aussie legend at The Bradman Museum. (Credit: Destination NSW)

Ngununggula – meaning ’belonging’ in the language of the Gundungurra First Nations people – is the region’s first dedicated regional gallery, housed inside the sustainably transformed old dairy building at historic Retford Park. The onsite White Cottage Gallery and restored grounds of the former Fairfax estate reward a slow wander. Find a spot to sit in the courtyard filled with rivulets of winter light and enjoy the plaintive call of a currawong carrying across the heritage-listed grounds. It’s one of the best things to do in Bowral.

Add Bowral Honey Farm for a hands-on harvest experience, then continue into town to the Milk Factory Gallery to admire eclectic works by local artists in a converted industrial space. The Bradman Museum also knocks it out of the park. Australia’s largest dedicated cricket museum sits beside the heritage-listed Bradman Oval, where a young Sir Donald Bradman first picked up a bat.

4. A taste of France

table spread at Lucette bowral — Enjoy a taste of France at Lucette.

For a taste of France without the airfare, husband-and-wife team Julien and Romy Besnard – of long-loved Franquette Crêperie – have opened Lucette, a French cafe-bistro with Paris-born chef Guillaume Dubois at the helm. Dubois brings serious pedigree from Michelin-starred kitchens in France and Sydney’s former two-hatted Monopole, and it shows. Start your day with pastries for breakfast and bookend it with boeuf bourguignon for dinner. The chocolate mousse, freckled with Guerande Salt, is the kind of dish that will make you feel smug about the decision to drive south. Join the Sydneysiders dressed in charcoal coats, boots and black tights who’ve already worked this out; the whole scene is worthy of splicing it into an Instagram reel.

Francophiles should also be across Julien’s Bowral Brasserie – led by Frenchman Julien Viel, who also found his way to the Southern Highlands and stayed.

5. Indulge in a tipple

Centennial Vineyards bowral in winter — Spend time amongst the local vines. (Credit: Destination NSW)

The drive to Centennial Vineyards passes through a beautiful woodland idyll, the countryside a fuzz of green all around. Inside the Barrel Room, a tasting flight of cool-climate pinot noir, chardonnay and reserve shiraz viognier flaunts how well the Southern Highlands does winter.

This is a region that takes its cool-climate wines seriously, and the pinot noir is one of the stars – a gentle, easy-drinking style with red cherry aromas. Follow your tutored cellar door tasting with another glass of wine in the Terrace Bar, which overlooks the vineyard and manicured grounds.

6. Blend your own gin

Millsheds Distillery & Bar is somewhat of a local secret. The award-winning small-batch operation produces gin, vodka and liqueurs using Australian botanicals and has picked up silver medals at both the London Spirits Competition and International Wine & Spirit Competition. Beyond the tasting paddle, the hands-on blending masterclass – where you design and leave with two bottles of your own custom gin – is the experience to book, while the terrace bar that wraps around the courtyard is a fine place to settle in afterwards.

7. Go for a walk at dawn

Switch your phone off sleep mode and set your alarm to early. Mt Gibraltar rises to 864 metres just east of Bowral’s main street and offers the best views in town. You will pass a raggle-taggle bunch of hikers on the way up to the summit, all making the same quiet pilgrimage into the crisp high-altitude air. On a clear morning, the bony ridges of the ranges come into sharp relief against the light. The return loop takes roughly 90 minutes. A flat white in Bowral tastes considerably better after completing one of the scenic walking trails.

8. Cosy up by the fireplace

A cosy bar is the perfect complement to winter in Bowral, and there are a few worth committing to. Aspinalls Whisky Bar & Lounge at the Berida Hotel is built for long, languorous evenings. Take a seat beside the fireplace laden with gnarled logs and work your way through a few whiskies and bar bites like Rangers Valley beef tartare, or salt cod and potato croquettes.

At Hickory’s within Peppers Craigieburn, well-dressed waiters in denim and leather move quietly between tables, and the cosy fireplace in the adjoining guest lounge attracts an Escape to the Country crowd.

Start planning your Bowral escape at visitsouthernhighlands.com.au.