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Travel Times: Road Travel Distances | Air Travel Times (international to Australia)


Times quoted are minimum travel times for direct flights according to carriers' timetables. Times vary from carrier to carrier. For indirect flights involving connections through other airports to complete a journey, extra time must be added. Times quoted are airport to airport flight times, and do not include land travel to and from airports.
  • Sydney - Brisbane: 1 hour 25 minutes
  • Sydney - Sunshine Coast: 1 hour 35 minutes
  • Sydney - Gold Coast: 1 hour 20 minutes
  • Sydney - Whitsunday Islands (Proserpine): 4 hours 40 minutes via Brisbane
  • Sydney - Whitsunday Islands (Hamilton Island): 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Norfolk Island: 4 hours 5 minutes
  • Sydney - Cairns: 3 hours 10 minutes
  • Sydney - Darwin: 6 hours (8 hours via Brisbane)
  • Sydney - Perth: 5 hours 5 minutes
  • Sydney - Adelaide: 2 hours 10 minutes
  • Sydney - Melbourne: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Hobart: 1 hour 55 minutes
  • Sydney - Broome: 9 hours 40 minutes via Perth
  • Sydney - Dubbo: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Darwin - Melbourne: 4 hours 40 minutes
  • Darwin - Alice Springs: 2 hours
  • Darwin - Adelaide: 3 hours 35 minutes
  • Darwin - Perth: 3 hours 55 minutes
  • Darwin - Brisbane: 3 hours 45 minutes
  • Hobart - Melbourne: 1 hr 15 minutes
  • Melbourne - Adelaide: 1 hr. 20 minutes
  • Melbourne - Perth: 4 hours 10 minutes
  • Melbourne - Gold Coast: 2 hours 5 minutes
  • Melbourne - Sunshine Coast: 2 hours 15 minutes
  • Melbourne - Alice Springs: 2 hours 55 minutes
  • Perth - Broome: 2 hours 25 minutes
  • Perth - Darwin: 3 hours 25 minutes
  • Perth - Alice Springs: 2 hours 40 minutes
  • Perth - Adelaide: 3 hours 30 minutes
  • Cairns - Brisbane: 2 hours 25 minutes
  • Cairns - Melbourne: 3 hours 15 minutes
  • Townsville - Brisbane: 1 hr. 40 minutes
Air Travel Times: International
  • Sydney - Auckland: 3 hours
  • Sydney - London: 22 hours
  • Sydney - Frankfurt: 22 hours
  • Sydney - New York: 21 hours
  • Sydney - Los Angeles: 13 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Toronto: 21 hours
  • Sydney - Vancouver: 12 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Honolulu: 7 hours 5 minutes
  • Sydney - Nadi: 3 hours 45 minutes
  • Sydney - Singapore: 7 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Hong Kong: 5 hours 50 minutes
  • Sydney - Bangkok: 7 hours 40 minutes
  • Sydney - Dempasar (Bali): 7 hours 35 minutes
  • Sydney - Kula Lumpur: 7 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Johannesburg: 14 hours 10 minutes
  • Sydney - Santiago: 17 hours 10 minutes
  • Perth - Johannesburg: 10 hours 20 minutes
  • Perth - Singapore: 5 hours 25 minutes
  • Perth - London: 20 hours 45 minutes
  • Darwin - Singapore: 4 hours 20 minutes
Times quoted are minimum travel times according to carriers' timetables. Times quoted are station to station travel times, and do not include travel to and from railway stations.
  • Sydney - Central Coast (Gosford): 1 hour 25 minutes
  • Sydney - Blue Mountains (Katoomba): 2 hours 6 minutes
  • Sydney - Dubbo: 6 hours 40 minutes (via XPT)
  • Sydney - Broken Hill: 15 hours 45 minutes (via Indian Pacific)
  • Sydney - Albury: 7 hours 40 minutes (via XPT)
  • Sydney - Canberra: 4 hours 20 minutes (via XPT)
  • Sydney - Brisbane: 16 hours 5 minutes
  • Sydney - Melbourne: 11 hours 10 minutes (via XPT)
  • Sydney - Adelaide: 22 hours 15 minutes (via Indian Pacific)
  • Sydney - Perth: 2 days 20 hours 10 minutes (via Indian Pacific)
  • Perth - Kalgoorlie: 6 hours 40 minutes (via The Prospector)
  • Perth - Bunbury: 2 hours 30 minutes (via The Australind)
  • Adelaide - Alice Springs: 1 day 1 hours 25 minutes (via The Ghan)
  • Alice Springs - Darwin: 23 hours 50 minutes (via The Ghan)
  • Melbourne - Adelaide: 10 hours 35 minutes (via The Overland)
  • Melbourne - Swan Hill: 5 hours 24 minutes
  • Melbourne - Geelong: 1 hour 11 minutes
  • Melbourne - Ballarat: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Melbourne - Warrnambool: 3 hours 13 minutes
  • Melbourne - Shepparton: 2 hours 48 minutes
  • Melbourne - Traralgon: 1 hours 29 minutes (express); 2 hours 6 minutes (all stations)
  • Melbourne - Bairnsdale: 3 hours 38 minutes
  • Melbourne - Griffith: 5 hours 53 minutes
  • Brisbane - Charleville: 16 hours 45 minutes
  • Brisbane - Rockhampton: 11 hours 30 minutes
  • Rockhampton - Townsville: 11 hours 55 minutes
  • Rockhampton - Longreach: 13 hours 40 minutes
  • Townsville - Cairns: 6 hours 55 minutes
  • Townsville - Mt. Isa: 20 hours 55 minutes (via The Inlander)
  • Normanton - Croydon: 5 hours (via The Gulflander)
  • Cairns - Kuranda: 1 hour 45 minutes (via Kuranda Scenic Railway)
  • Cairns - Forsayth: 11 hours 15 minutes (via The Savannahlander)

For detailed information on rural rail services, visit the Railmaps website


Road Travel: Distances

By state: Tas | Vic | NSW | Qld | NT | WA | SA


Driving Times
Allow 1 hour for every 100 km of travel on Australia's major highways. Increase this by 20% when calculating travel times on lesser roads which travel through regional centres and small towns. Breaks of up to 30 minutes should be added every two to three hours to counter driver fatigue. The best way to prevent driver fatigue is to make sure you have enough sleep before driving, regardless of the length of your trip. Rest areas are places where you can park safely, get out of your car and refresh yourself before continuing on your journey. They are available 24 hours a day all year round and are clearly signposted. Service centres, petrol stations, parks and country towns are other places you can stop and take a break from driving.

Driving Speeds (approximate)

Km/hr 50kph 60kph 70kph 80kph 90kph 100kph 110kph
Miles/hr 30mph 37mph 43mph 50mph 56mph 62mph 69mph




Sydney to:

  kilometres miles

 

  kilometres miles
Adelaide 1427 885 Dubbo 412 255
Albury 572 355 Gold Coast 927 575
Bathurst 207 128 Grafton 657 407
Brisbane 1010 630 Melbourne 963 597
Broken Hill 1165 722 Newcastle 171 106
Canberra 288 179 Nowra 159 99
Coffs Harbour 572 355 Tamworth 453 281
Darwin 3991 2474 Perth
 4131
 2567

Adelaide to:

  kilometres miles

 

  kilometres miles
Darwin 3042 1886 Perth 2725 1690
Melbourne 728 451 Sydney 1427 885
Broken Hill 515 320 Mt. Gambier 435 270
Leigh Creek 550 342 Alice Springs 1531 951
Peterborough 260 161 Port Augusta 305 190
Ceduna 770 478 Whyalla 380 236
Port Lincoln 640 398 Renmark 245 152

Brisbane to:

  kilometres miles

 

  kilometres miles
Cairns 1718 1065 Rockhampton 639 396
Camooweal 2075 1287 Sydney 1010 630
Melbourne 1669 1035 Perth 4363 2711
Adelaide 2062 1281 Longreach 1149 714
Townsville 1351 839 Mt. Isa 1830 1137
Toowoomba 125 78 Gladstone 540 335
Bowen 1180 733 Mackay 980 609

Melbourne to:

  kilometres miles

 

  kilometres miles
Adelaide 728 451 Jeparit 372 231
Albury 307 191 Mildura 557 346
Balranald 418 259 Mt. Gambier 455 282
Brisbane 1669 1035 Swan Hill 336 208
Canberra 647 401 Sydney 963 597
Deniliquin 280 174 Wangaratta 237 147
Dimboola 335 208 Warrnambool 262 162

Perth to:

  kilometres miles

 

  kilometres miles
Darwin 4163 2586 Adelaide 2725 1690
Melbourne 3453 2145 Sydney 4131 2567
Cairns 6063 3767 Geraldton 424 263
Carnarvon 905 562 Broome 2258 1403
Albany 405 251 Esperance 715 444
Kalgoorlie 595 369 Kununurra 3195 1985
Halls Creek 2840 1765 Bunbury 180 112

Darwin to:

  kilometres miles

 

  kilometres miles
Adelaide 3042 1886 Sydney 3991 2474
Perth 4163 2586 Brisbane 3399 2122
Melbourne 3749 2329 Cairns 2885 1792
Canberra 4170 2591 Alice Springs 1490 926
Katherine 314 195 Tennant Creek 959 596
Broome 1841 1144 Barcaldine 2329 1447
Camooweal 1431 889 Uluru 1931 1200

Hobart to:

  kilometres miles

 

  kilometres miles
Launceston 200 124 Oatlands 85 53
Port Arthur 95 59 Queenstown 260 161
Devonport 285 177 Burnie 335 208
St Helens 250 155 Strahan 296 184
Rosebery 315 196 Southport 102 63
Oatlands 85 53 Scottsdale 260 162
Stanley 426 265 Cradle Mtn. 350 218
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