Private Transfer from Coolangatta to Tweed Heads
Coolangatta to Tweed Heads costs from $97 per car in a sedan (1–3 passengers) or $140 in a Mercedes V-Class (up to 7). It is 1.6 km by road, usually 5–10 minutes depending on traffic. Door to door: we collect you from your address in Coolangatta and drive you straight to Tweed Heads.
Coolangatta to Tweed Heads at a glance
| Distance by road | 1.6 km (1.2 km in a straight line, heading south) |
|---|---|
| Usual drive time | 5–10 minutes |
| Sedan (1–3 passengers) | from $97 per car |
| Mercedes V-Class (1–7 passengers) | from $140 per car |
| Pickup | Your address in Coolangatta |
| Drop-off | Your address in Tweed Heads |
| State border | Queensland into New South Wales |
Distances and times from OpenStreetMap routing; fares from our booking engine, checked 4 October 2026.
How much is a private transfer from Coolangatta to Tweed Heads?
Coolangatta to Tweed Heads is a short run, so the sedan fare sits at our $97 minimum. That is per car, with tolls and GST in it; the booking form prices your exact pickup address before you pay.
Up to three people with two big cases fit the sedan; with more people, prams, golf clubs or surfboards, take the V-Class. Groups above seven travel in two vehicles booked together. Sedan · V-Class
Travel time and route
The trip is short and runs on local streets between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads.
Allow 5–10 minutes. The lower figure is a clear run; weekday peaks push it towards 10.
Tweed Heads is 1.2 km south of Coolangatta as the crow flies, so the road distance is 1.4 times the straight line.
Pickup and drop-off
Pickup in Coolangatta. We come to your door. Your driver arrives at the booked time.
Kids on the Coolangatta to Tweed Heads run
We fit baby capsules, child seats and boosters at no charge, set up before your Coolangatta pickup; add each child's age to the booking. Both Queensland and New South Wales require an approved restraint for children under 7, so the same seat covers the whole 1.6 km. Child seat rules in Queensland and NSW.
Tweed Heads runs on New South Wales time
Between the first Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April, clocks in Tweed Heads read an hour later than in Coolangatta, because only New South Wales runs daylight saving. Book the pickup in Coolangatta local time. NSW and Queensland time difference.
Good to know about Tweed Heads
- Fingal Head is a village on the coast about 5 km south of the New South Wales–Queensland border, with a sandstone lighthouse built in 1878 that is only about seven metres tall, its light 24 m above sea level. Source
- Tweed Shire covers 1,321 square kilometres and is administered from Murwillumbah, with Tweed Heads as its major coastal town and Kingscliff and Pottsville also within the shire. Source
- Tweed Heads is a coastal town at the mouth of the Tweed River in the Northern Rivers region, and is listed as 103 km south of Brisbane and 34 km SSE of the Gold Coast. Source
Coolangatta to Tweed Heads: questions
How much is a private transfer from Coolangatta to Tweed Heads?
$97 is the sedan from-price and $140 the V-Class from-price for the 1.6 km.
How long does the drive from Coolangatta to Tweed Heads take?
5–10 minutes.
Is there a time difference between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads?
In daylight saving months, yes: Tweed Heads is an hour ahead of Coolangatta.
Unison Transfers is a private transfer company on the Gold Coast (ABN 45 647 949 488). Every booking is private: only your group travels in the car. Reviews · Booking and cancellation terms · Contact