Pacific Coast Discovery - from Sydney to Cairns

Highlights of this trip: Blue Mountains - Three Sisters - Hunter Valley - Port Macquarie - Byron Bay - Cape Bryon - Lamington National Park - Brisbane - Taroom - Yeppoon - Mackay - Airlie Beach - Townsville - Port Douglas - Cairns

Summary
Pick up in:

Sydney

Return in:

Cairns

Travel Days:

17 days

Distance:

3600 km

1
0 km
Pick-up your motorhome or camper. Get known with your new home on wheels. and get used to the left-hand traffic. Stop by the next supermarket and get installed on the first campground.
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2
Blue Mountains
97 km
Drive accross the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Blue Mountains.
Approx. driving time: 1 hour 25 minutes
3
Blue Mountains - Three Sisters - Blue Mountains
18 km
Enjoy a full day in the Blue Mountains National Park. Visit The Three Sisters, sandstone rock formations that are one of the best-known attractions in the region.
Approx. driving time: 30 minutes
4
Blue Mountains - Hunter Valley
231 km
Drive to the Hunter Valley. The Hunter Valley is one of the largest river valleys at the New South Wales Coast and is most commonly known for its wineries and coal industry. The Hunter Valley is the oldest wine-growing region in Australia.
Approx. driving time: 2 hours 45 minutes
5
Hunter Valley - Port Macquarie
271 km
Drive to the coast, pass Taree and drive northbound to the Crowdy Bay National Park. Port Macquarie is a popular harbour town.
Approx. driving time: 2 hours 50 minutes
6
Port Macquarie - Byron Bay
391 km
Have a break in Coffs Harbour. You will cross semitropical vegetation area and banana-plantations before arriving in Byron Bay. Surfers paradise.
Approx. driving time: 4 hours 5 minutes
7
Byron Bay - Cape Bryon - Byron Bay
7 km
Enjoy a day at leisure on the beach. Eary birds enjoy the sunrise on the beach. Visit the lighthouse Cape Byron, which is the most eastern point in Australia.
Approx. driving time: 15 minutes
8
Byron Bay - Lamington National Park
152 km
Today you leave New South Wales and enter into Queensland. You enter Lamington National Park from Southport on the Gold Coast. The park is known for its natural beauty, rainforests, birdlife, ancient trees, waterfalls, walking tracks and mountain views.
Approx. driving time: 2 hours 20 minutes
9
Lamington National Park - Brisbane
107 km
Drive to Gold Coast and up to Brisbane. Shopping, romantic walk on the Brisbane River, Koalas in Long Pine Koala Sanctuary - everthing is possible in Brissie.
Approx. driving time: 2 hours 15 minutes
10
Brisbane
0 km
Today explore Brissie on a bike. Approx. 200 km of bike trails which brings you to the Botanical Gardens, to the artificial beaches and to the Gallery of Modern Art.
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11
Brisbane - Taroom
464 km
Drive away from the coast to the hinterlands. See the typical Queensland Outback, with its fields, historic towns and terrific australian panorama.
Approx. driving time: 5 hours 10 minutes
12
Taroom - Yeppoon
343 km
Today drive back through the outback to the coast. In Yeppoon view on Great Keppel Island.
Approx. driving time: 3 hours 55 minutes
13
Yeppoon - Mackay - Airlie Beach
506 km
Drive on Bruce Highway to Mackay and continue to Cape Hillsborough National Park. Airlie Beach is the gate to the Whitsunday Islands.
Approx. driving time: 5 hours 35 minutes
14
Airlie Beach
0 km
Enjoy a full day at leisure and enjoy the Whitsunday Islands.
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15
Airlie Beach - Townsville
273 km
Drive through farming lands, visit Bowen and Ayr. On your way fantastic views to the offshore islands.
Approx. driving time: 3 hours 15 minutes
16
Townsville - Port Douglas - Cairns
479 km
Drive along the coast on Bruce Highway to Mission Beach. On your way visit pretty Port Douglas with the Four Mile Beach before you continue to Cairns.
Approx. driving time: 6 hours 20 minutes
17
Cairns
0 km
Drop-off your vehicle
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