Springbrook

Springbrook is a rural town, 28 km west of Tweed Heads. The main access road is from Mudgeeraba.

The Springbrook plateau is the most easterly spur of the McPherson Range. It has an average yearly rainfall of 120 inches or 300 cm, and a sub-tropical maritime climate. As well as having sub-tropical vegetation, the plateau has warm and cool temperate rain-forests.

Further Reading: 

Pamela Hall, Springbrook: where the clouds touch the earth, Springbrook, the author, 1990

Robyn Burrows, Dairies and daydreams: the Mudgeeraba story, Brisbane, Boolarong Publications, 1989

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