For builders, plumbers, electricians, roofers, landscapers and other trades from Tweed Heads and Banora Point down the coast to Pottsville and up the river to Murwillumbah: a site that says whether you cross into Coolangatta, which licence covers which side of the line, and what flood work you take on, with your NSW licence number in the footer and a call button at the top.
The Tweed fits a border town, a fast-growing coastline, a flood-prone river valley and a ring of hinterland villages into one shire. Each of those changes what a customer wants to read before they pick up the phone.
Coolangatta is a short walk from Tweed Heads, but it is Queensland, with its own licensing rules. If you hold a Queensland licence as well, show both numbers and list the Gold Coast suburbs you go to. If you don't, one plain line saying you work on the NSW side only saves you calls you would have to turn down.
Tweed Shire runs on daylight saving from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April; Queensland doesn't. For half the year a Coolangatta caller and a Banora Point caller read the same "7am" an hour apart, so write "NSW time" beside your hours, and add the Queensland time if you take jobs up there.
Council is still restoring roads and facilities after the 2022 and 2024 floods and ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in 2025. Builders, electricians, plasterers, flooring trades and house raisers who do flood work should say so in its own section, with photos captioned by suburb or village, instead of leaving it as one word in a long list.
Cobaki, about 1.5 km west of Gold Coast Airport, has a concept plan approved for about 5,500 homes, and Kings Forest, off Tweed Coast Road, for about 4,500. People who have just been handed the keys search for fencing, driveways, turf, split systems and extra power points by estate name, so use those names if you work there.
Uki, Tyalgum, Chillingham, Burringbar, Tumbulgum and Kunghur all sit inside the shire but a long way from the beach. Say which you cover and on which days, and whether you cross into Byron Shire for jobs in Mullumbimby or Brunswick Heads.
Tweed Shire Council regulates plumbing and drainage itself. A plumber or drainer whose site says "we lodge the permit with council and book its inspections" tells a homeowner they won't be the one chasing council to sort it out.
Tweed Shire Council puts the population at about 101,000, heading for more than 126,000 by 2046, spread over 1,303 km² with 37 km of coastline. The urban end runs from Tweed Heads, Tweed Heads West and Tweed Heads South through Banora Point, Terranora and Bilambil. The coast runs from Fingal Head and Chinderah through Kingscliff, Casuarina, Cabarita Beach, Hastings Point and Pottsville. Inland, the river leads to Murwillumbah, South Murwillumbah and Bray Park, then up the valley towards Wollumbin / Mount Warning. Byron, Lismore and Kyogle shires border it to the south and west. Council counts more than 9,000 local businesses and names construction among the area's main employers.
NSW licensing works as set out on our Sydney tradies page: your licence number belongs on the website just as it does on a quote. The border is what makes the Tweed different. Queensland trades coming south have their own steps, which our Gold Coast tradies page covers. Going north, the QBCC's page for interstate applicants says a NSW licence holder applies for an equivalent Queensland licence through mutual recognition, that a NSW builder licence (which covers domestic work) maps to a restricted Queensland one, and that mutual recognition doesn't apply to a company or partnership, which needs its own Queensland licence and nominee. Read that for your own trade before your site offers jobs in Coolangatta or anywhere else on the Gold Coast.
Council is the water authority as well as the plumbing regulator. For much of the year the Tweed River's natural flow feeds the main network, which serves Tweed Heads, the coast and the Murwillumbah district; in dry spells, releases from Clarrie Hall Dam, on Doon Doon Creek, top the river up. Tyalgum and Uki run on small networks of their own. Plumbing and drainage must be done by a NSW licensed plumber, a permit request goes to council at least two working days before work starts, and inspections, booked with a day's notice, come before anything is covered: the external drainage and sewer connection, then a final inspection before anyone moves in.
Floods shape a lot of the building work here. The Tweed is one of seven Northern Rivers council areas in the NSW Reconstruction Authority's Resilient Homes Program. New applications have closed, but homeowners already in the program have until June 2027 to lodge a building scope of works and until December 2028 to finish, with grants of up to $100,000 towards raising a house and up to $50,000 towards a flood-resilient retrofit. The Authority says it is looking for builders, engineers, certifiers, project managers and house removalists for this work, and that quotes must follow its Flood Resilient Design Guide. A builder who quotes this kind of job can explain on the site how they work to the guide, with photos of raised and rebuilt houses.
Fire is the other season. Council sets the Tweed's bushfire danger period from 1 September to 31 March, and people on bushfire-prone land keep their own asset protection zones, so slashing, tree and landscaping trades working the hinterland have a reason to mention it. We're an Adelaide team, so we'd work with you by phone and email. You send your licence numbers (both, if you hold both), your services, the towns you cover and some photos of finished jobs; we send back a draft link you can open on your phone, and you pay once you approve it.
We haven't built for a Tweed trade yet. M.J. Debney is a licensed plumbing and gas business in Queensland, and Western Sydney Stump Grinding shows how much a single page can carry for a busy trade.
Plumbing, gas, hot water, bathroom renovations, drainage and backflow, all on one page with a 13-photo gallery that swipes on a phone, testimonials, a protected contact form and tap-to-call. A Tweed plumber could use the same layout and add a line about which side of the border each licence covers.
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A family tree service in Western Sydney. Its single page has two quote forms, reviews, a services section and a list of the areas it covers, with tap-to-call throughout. A Tweed tree or landscaping business could use the same layout, with the coast, the river towns and the villages each listed.
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Up to eight pages: one for each main service, flood repair and house raising, new-estate work at Cobaki and Kings Forest, Queensland jobs, and a gallery.
Yes, whichever way the answer goes. If you hold a Queensland licence, list the Gold Coast suburbs you work in and show that number beside your NSW one. If you don't, a short line saying you work in NSW only stops Coolangatta callers ringing for a job you can't take. The QBCC's interstate applicants page explains how NSW licence holders apply for a QBCC licence.
It can describe what you actually do: raising, retrofits, rebuilds, and how you quote to the Reconstruction Authority's Flood Resilient Design Guide. Link to the Authority's own page for the program details rather than restating eligibility, and don't suggest you can get anyone a grant. New applications have closed, so this is for homeowners already in the program.
NSW time, labelled. From October to April the Tweed is an hour ahead of Queensland, and plenty of your callers will be looking at a Gold Coast clock. If you also work up there, a second line in Queensland time is clearer than leaving people to do the sum.
In the groups locals use: Tweed Heads, Banora Point and Terranora; the coast from Kingscliff to Pottsville; Murwillumbah; and the valley villages. Add Cobaki or Kings Forest if your new-home work is there, and Byron Shire towns only if you really go that far.
Yes. We're an Adelaide (South Australia) web design team working with businesses Australia-wide by phone and email, and our current clients are in SA, NSW, VIC and QLD. You email your details and photos, we send a draft link, and nothing is paid until you approve it. We reply within 24 hours.
Send us what you do, your NSW licence number (and your Queensland licence number if you have one), the towns you cover on each side of the border and a few photos of finished jobs. We'll price it, build the draft and wait for your approval before you pay anything.
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