Mooball (pronounced Moo - Bul) [1] is a locality in the Tweed Shire, New South Wales, Australia and it is on the lands of the Bundjalung people who are its traditional owners. [2] The town name was originally spelt Moball. [3] [4]
The Northern Rivers Rail Trail passes through the town and it is nearby to the Mooball National Park. [1] [5]
The name of the town is from the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word 'mobool', which is the name of the cane of a lawyer vine. [3] [1]
In March 2012, Mooball was declared free of plastic bags. [6]
In 2016, an unusually high number of cancer cases in residents of Mooball raised concerns about whether there were radioactive elements introduced through a local sand mining business. [7]
Thanks to its rural setting, Mooball is a popular tourist destination due to the cow themed decorations throughout the town; these decorations include black and white cow prints painted on electricity poles throughout. [1] Other cow themed attractions available include the Moo Moo Roadhouse, which features cow style markings and artwork. [8] [9]
Mooball is home to the Big Motorcycle, one of Australia's big things, and this is across the road from the Moo Moo Roadhouse on Tweed Valley Way. The Big Motorcycle is a replica of the Yamaha YZR500 ridden by Wayne Rainey in 1993. [10] [11] It is three times the size of a regular motorbike and stands three metres tall. [8]
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane. It is Queensland’s second-largest city after Brisbane, as well as Australia’s sixth-largest city and the most populous non-capital city, with a population over 600,000. The city’s central business district is located roughly in the centre of the Gold Coast in the suburb of Southport. The urban area of the Gold Coast is concentrated along the coast, sprawling almost 60 kilometres, joining up with the Greater Brisbane metropolitan region to the north and to the state border with New South Wales to the south. Nicknames of the city include the ‘Glitter Strip’ and the ‘Goldy’. The demonym of a Gold Coast resident is Gold Coaster.
The Border Ranges National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. A small portion of the national park is also located in South East Queensland. The 31,729-hectare (78,400-acre) park is situated approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) south of Brisbane, north of Kyogle.
Mooball National Park is a national park located in New South Wales, Australia, 648 kilometres (403 mi) northeast of Sydney. It is nearby to the town of Mooball and is 10 kilmetres south-east of Murwillumbah. It is on the traditional lands of the Bundjalung people.
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Tweed Shire is a local government area located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It is adjacent to the border with Queensland, where that meets the Coral Sea. Administered from the town of Murwillumbah, Tweed Shire covers an area of 1,321 square kilometres (510 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1947. It was named for the Tweed River.
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The Northern Rivers Rail Trail is a multi-use rail trail in Northern Rivers region of New South Wales which is a walking and cycling trail. It runs through the Tweed and Richmond River Shires and, as at June 2024, is undergoing further extension into areas of Byron Bay and Lismore. When completed, the trail will be 132 km long and it follows the Murwillumbah railway line which ceased train services in May 2004.
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