Hastings Point

Hastings Point is a small coastal village on the Tweed Coast in northern New South Wales, located between Pottsville and Cabarita Beach at the mouth of Cudgera Creek. It is notable for its rocky headland, sandy surf beach, sheltered creek estuary and coastal reserve. The area is valued for swimming, surfing, fishing and whale watching, and forms part of the Tweed Shire coastline south of the Gold Coast.

Visitors can expect a quiet coastal settlement centred on a rocky headland separating a patrolled ocean beach to the north and the calm waters of Cudgera Creek to the south. The headland offers lookouts over the ocean and creek, with rock platforms and small pools at low tide. The beach is sandy with surf, while the creek side provides sheltered swimming, kayaking and fishing spots. Surrounding reserves have picnic areas, walking paths and coastal vegetation.

Hastings Point lies within the traditional lands of the Minjungbal people of the Bundjalung Nation. The name Cudgera is derived from an Aboriginal word. European settlement developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with timber getting, fishing and later coastal holiday development along the Tweed Coast.

The area holds cultural significance for the Bundjalung people, with Cudgera Creek and the coastline forming part of traditional Country. Today it is valued as a low-key family holiday and fishing locality that reflects the coastal lifestyle of the northern New South Wales Tweed region.