Northern New South Wales Is Hiding Something Most Australians Don’t Know Exists

0:00 12 geographic facts about northern New South Wales that even locals have never heard. 1:23 New England Tableland 2:09 Cape Byron Lighthouse 3:15 Great Escarpment 4:58 Bald Rock 6:05 Inverell 7:12 Tenterfield School of Arts 8:22 Mount Kaputar 9:23 Big Scrub 10:54 Great Dividing Range 12:03 Tweed Heads 12:51 Gondwana Rainforests 14:06 Tweed Volcano Northern New South Wales is far more than beaches and hinterland cafes — I uncover the hidden landscapes, stories and wildlife that make this region extraordinary. I explore the high, cold New England Tableland, the Great Escarpment, Bald Rock and the sapphire country around Inverell. I also look at the geography behind Cape Byron Lighthouse, the Big Scrub, the Great Dividing Range and the border towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta. From the fluorescent pink slug on Mount Kaputar to the ancient Gondwana Rainforests and the enormous Tweed Volcano, I reveal how rocks, rivers, rainforests, borders and history have shaped northern New South Wales.