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Great Queensland Drives Weipa Bamaga Cape York Peninsula Great Queensland Drives Weipa Coen Cooktown Lakeland G R E A Chillagoe Kuranda Cairns Mareeba T To Broome Atherton Karumba Innot Hot Springs Innisfail B Normanton Mt Garnet Ravenshoe Burketown Tully A Croydon S Mt Surprise A Hinchinbrook Island R VA N NAH WAY R Ingham I Magnetic Island E Greenvale Townsville R Burke and Wills Junction R Whitsunday To Tennant Creek Bowen E Charters Islands Camooweal Towers E Julia Creek Airlie Beach Hughenden Y P F A G Mount Isa W A R C Cloncurry Richmond ’S I OVER ER E F Mackay LAN D A IC T C Sarina O I N L Belyando Crossing A A S N T D W W Winton A A Y Y Clermont Yeppoon Rubyvale Capella Boulia Barcaldine Sapphire Emerald Longreach Alpha Anakie Blackwater Rockhampton CA Great Keppel Island PRIC ORN WAY Mt Morgan Gladstone M Willows Springsure A Gemfields TI Biloela Blackall LD Rolleston A A U W S T A Carnarvon Theodore R Bundaberg Y A Gorge L L E Fraser Island IA I C ’S Hervey Bay Windorah H C Maryborough O H Gayndah U Birdsville Injune A N R R AR E T W G A D Charleville O W Y R Gympie T Roma Y Kingaroy W Quilpie Miles WAY A Surat Y ADV Dalby ENTUR E W Sunshine Coast Innamincka AY Moonie Cunnamulla St George Toowoomba Brisbane Thargomindah Warwick Gold Coast Goondiwindi Dirranbandi Stanthorpe LEGEND Hebel Mungindi MITCHELL Barringun G Lightning R Tenterfield Adventure Way E Moree Ridge A Y T W Australia’s Country Way Glen Innes I H Walgett N Grafton D T Bourke L Narrabri N S HWY A Capricorn Way A A N L O D Armidale G C Great Inland Way Coonamble N W C Cobar I BARRIER HWY A E Y F Coonabarabran W I Leichhardt Way Gulargambone E C Coffs Harbour Broken Hill N A Tamworth P Matilda Way Nyngan Gilgandra Y R Port Macquarie Overlander’s Way Port Dubbo Mudgee A Scone D Augusta N E Pacific Coast Way G E L Forbes Taree Savannah Way KIDMAN WAY Newcastle Warrego Way Orange West Wyalong STURT Grffith HWY Y Bathurst W H Sydney Find your accredited Visitor Narrandera LL E Mittagong Information Centre as you drive Adelaide W E Tocumwal N Yass in Queensland Shepparton Canberra Seymour Melbourne This map is for promotional use only. For gazetted road names and accurate detail, please refer to a quality touring map. This map only contains strategic touring routes and does not include any regional routes or local drives. For more information on these routes and driving holidays in Queensland please visit queensland.com/drive Queensland Road Distances To find your nearest accredited Visitor Information Approximate Distances Centre while driving in Queensland visit All distances in this chart have been measured www.queensland.com/VICs or download the over highways and major roads, not necessarily by This is Queensland app. the shortest route. ADELAIDE AIRLIE BEACH BOWEN BRISBANE BUNDABERG CAIRNS CHARLEVILLE CHARTERS TOWERS COOLANGATTA CUNNAMULLA DARWIN GLADSTONE GOONDIWINDI HERVEY BAY KINGAROY LONGREACH MACKAY MELBOURNE MOUNT ISA NAMBOUR ROCKHAMPTON ROMA SYDNEY TOOWOOMBA TOWNSVILLE WARWICK ADELAIDE 2810 2852 2020 2263 2966 1581 2486 2099 1385 3026 2342 1669 2228 1991 2096 2662 727 2700 2123 2327 1847 1375 1896 2621 1868 AIRLIE BEACH 2810 89 1117 801 633 1034 363 1223 1234 2734 614 1141 879 990 917 151 2470 1132 1018 484 1053 1900 1129 288 1210 BOWEN 2852 89 1181 857 552 970 282 1281 1167 2652 658 1226 921 1090 857 188 2515 1036 1077 532 940 1942 1186 203 1270 Savannah Way BRISBANE 2020 1117 1181 375 1733 760 1311 100 815 3430 561 363 290 213 1189 993 1811 1811 104 649 484 938 128 1384 162 BUNDABERG 2263 801 857 375 1597 942 1067 475 997 3244 199 606 125 284 1007 669 1926 1629 271 325 666 1305 452 1009 536 Cairns to Broome – 3,925km CAIRNS 2966 633 552 1733 1597 1392 481 1833 1589 2794 1176 1718 1465 1642 948 740 3058 1138 1629 1084 1362 2486 1738 349 1822 CHARLEVILLE 1581 1034 970 760 942 1392 911 860 197 2765 772 640 864 658 507 814 1597 1129 820 751 276 1228 632 1043 716 Linking Cairns in Tropical North Queensland with the historic pearling CHARTERS TOWERS 2486 363 282 1311 1067 481 911 1411 1108 2372 834 1191 1195 1219 581 470 2788 754 1359 742 881 2216 1183 132 1267 town of Broome in Western Australia, via the natural wonders of COOLANGATTA 2099 1223 1281 100 475 1833 860 1411 915 3509 661 463 395 313 1289 1093 1716 1911 204 749 584 843 228 1484 262 CUNNAMULLA 1385 1234 1167 815 997 1589 197 1108 915 2965 969 504 945 713 704 1292 1401 1326 919 948 473 1032 687 1240 705 Katherine in the Northern Territory; the drive takes in five World DARWIN 3026 2734 2652 3430 3244 2794 2765 2372 3509 2965 3057 3294 3322 3310 2250 2838 3752 1603 3461 2937 2951 3993 3306 2507 3387 Heritage areas on a journey through the top end of Australia. GLADSTONE 2342 614 658 561 199 1176 772 834 661 969 3057 668 294 470 774 436 2004 1396 457 92 496 1474 565 827 650 GOONDIWINDI 1669 1141 1226 363 606 1718 640 1191 463 504 3294 668 560 322 1069 978 1331 1691 467 684 364 758 241 1429 201 HERVEY BAY 2228 879 921 290 125 1465 864 1195 395 945 3322 294 560 237 1072 731 1890 1720 190 395 597 1231 375 1120 445 KINGAROY 1991 990 1090 213 284 1642 658 1219 313 713 3310 470 322 237 1087 902 1653 1709 217 558 382 1080 168 1293 252 LONGREACH 2096 917 857 1189 1007 948 507 581 1289 704 2250 774 1069 1072 1087 701 2113 622 1293 682 705 1744 1061 713 1145 MACKAY 2662 151 188 993 669 740 814 470 1093 1292 2838 436 978 731 902 701 2324 1224 889 344 784 1752 998 391 1082 MELBOURNE 727 2470 2515 1811 1926 3058 1597 2788 1716 1401 3752 2004 1331 1890 1653 2113 2324 2760 1919 1989 1583 881 1558 2713 1530 MOUNT ISA 2700 1132 1036 1811 1629 1138 1129 754 1911 1326 1603 1396 1691 1720 1709 622 1224 2760 1915 1304 1327 2391 1683 886 1767 NAMBOUR 2123 1018 1077 104 271 1629 820 1359 204 919 3461 457 467 190 217 1293 889 1919 1915 545 544 1046 232 1280 266 ROCKHAMPTON 2327 484 532 649 325 1084 751 742 749 948 2937 92 684 395 558 682 344 1989 1304 545 475 1416 654 735 738 ROMA 1847 1053 940 484 666 1362 276 881 584 473 2951 496 364 597 382 705 784 1583 1327 544 475 1102 356 1013 440 SYDNEY 1375 1900 1942 938 1305 2486 1228 2216 843 1032 3993 1474 758 1231 1080 1744 1752 881 2391 1046 1416 1102 915 2141 832 TOOWOOMBA 1896 1129 1186 128 452 1738 632 1183 228 687 3306 565 241 375 168 1061 998 1558 1683 232 654 356 915 1389 84 TOWNSVILLE 2621 288 203 1384 1009 349 1043 132 1484 1240 2507 827 1429 1120 1293 713 391 2713 886 1280 735 1013 2141 1389 1913 WARWICK 1868 1210 1270 162 536 1822 716 1267 262 705 3387 650 201 445 252 1145 1082 1530 1767 266 738 440 832 84 1913 Pacific Coast Way Australia’s Country Way Adventure Way Coolangatta to Cairns – 1,874km Sydney to Rockhampton – 1,631km Brisbane to Adelaide – 2,410km The Pacific Coast Way links coastal havens, hinterland towns, An inland nature, food and wine trail guiding you to the delights Retrace the tracks of Cobb & Co, the first people movers of the and major cities all the way along the beautiful Queensland and treasures that pepper the countryside of the Great Dividing outback from Brisbane to Outback Queensland before crossing coastline, from the Gold Coast in the South East to Cairns and the Range. Our Country. Our Way. the South Australian border to Innamincka and following the Great Barrier Reef in Tropical North Queensland. Strzelecki track through the Flinders Rangers. Capricorn Way Matilda Way Great Inland Way Rockhampton to Barcaldine – 580km Melbourne to Karumba – 3,096km Sydney to Cairns (Cooktown) – 2,691km Travel along the Tropic of Capricorn for a journey of discovery This route leads from Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria along Leave the city, head inland and follow the Great Dividing from the Reef to the Outback, through the heart of Queensland. the backbone of the Queensland Outback. A remarkable journey Range north until you reach the crystal clear waters of the from Melbourne, traversing three states and ending in the Coral Sea. A breathtaking journey through iconic Queensland savannah country of Karumba. towns and country. Leichhardt Way Warrego Way Overlander’s Way Melbourne to Rockhampton (Yeppoon) – 2,035km Brisbane to Birdsville – 1,578km Townsville to Tennant Creek – 1,081km In the footsteps of the famous explorer, this drive is recognised Travel west to a world of adventure and mystery. This Way leads from A pioneering journey linking the World Heritage listed Great Barrier as the fastest touring route from Melbourne to the Queensland the Sunshine state’s capital, Brisbane through the fertile Lockyer Reef with the rugged Outback, across the breadth of Queensland. Tropics, crossing the Queensland border at Goondiwindi and ending Valley, over the Great Dividing Range, across the Darling Downs and From the dazzling reef to the ochre tinged Outback, this Way leads you in the coastal village of Yeppoon at the Southern Great Barrier Reef.
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