The Gold Coast airport is in Coolangatta, about 5 km from Tweed Heads, and has domestic flights and international flights from New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan.
Buses run from Brisbane and points south. The train service from Brisbane to Robina, central Gold Coast, has bus connections through to Coolangatta and Tweed Heads.
It is a comfortable 65 minutes drive from Brisbane on the Pacific Motorway. One can exit just after the Brisbane airport to hit the coast near Kirra for the short coastal drive through Coolangatta to Tweed Heads.