“The Upper Tweed affords scenes of beautiful fertile valleys, lofty mountains and hills, bold cliff and rugged bluff, all having rich and varied vegetation.
“… a great wealth of choicest timber trees, including Cedar (red and white), Teak, Beach, Baligum, Sasafras, Cudgera, Black and Redbean, Rosewood, Beefwood, a large variety of Fig trees, and numerous varieties of giant scrub trees, besides the various giant hardwoods in the forest areas.
“Of this wonderful scenic district, Murwillumbah, on the Tweed River, between a horseshoe range of mountain peaks and the sea, is an ideal centre for tourists.
“Destroyed by fire in 1907 it arose from its ashes, rebuilt in improved form – the centre of fertile converging valleys.
“… I was astonished to find such a beautiful flourishing town: surrounded by Alpine peaks, clothed in tropical vegetation – the whole enclosing a picturesque river valley.”
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