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Sydney City → Cairns

16 days · 50 stops · 3643 km · ≈ 52h47 driving

Featured in Australia’s east coast, from Sydney to Cairns

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The route — Sydney → Cairns

Day 1 Sydney → Bondi Beach 4 stops · 37 km · ≈ 1h06

Sydney Opera House — CC BY-SA 3.0 · View source

01 UNESCO

Sydney Opera House

Sydney · 10 km · 17 min

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney — © Pavel from Sydney, AU · CC BY 2.0 · View source

02 Garden · Family

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

New South Wales · 10 km · 17 min

Sydney Harbour Bridge — © Photograph by Greg O'Beirne · CC BY 2.5 · View source

03 Heritage

Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Rocks · 2 km · 5 min

Bondi Beach — © Nick Ang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

04 Beach · Family

Bondi Beach

Bondi Beach · 15 km · 27 min

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Day 2 Newcastle East → Nelson Bay 3 stops · 244 km · ≈ 3h57

Fort Scratchley — CC BY-SA 2.0 · View source

05 Castle

Fort Scratchley

Newcastle East · 178 km · 2h35

06 Coast

Anna Bay

57 km · 1h08

Nelson Head Light — © wood26 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · View source

07 Monument

Nelson Head Light

Nelson Bay · 9 km · 14 min

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Day 3 Bulahdelah → Port Macquarie 4 stops · 285 km · ≈ 4h01

Myall Lakes National Park — © Bianconero918 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · View source

08 Nature park

Myall Lakes National Park

Bulahdelah · 98 km · 1h22

Booti Booti National Park — © Anonymous Dissident · Public domain · View source

09 Nature park

Booti Booti National Park

63 km · 54 min

Sea Acres National Park — © Mike Dodman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · View source

10 Nature park

Sea Acres National Park

New South Wales · 123 km · 1h43

Tacking Point Lighthouse — © Tomer T · CC BY-SA 3.0 · View source

11 Monument

Tacking Point Lighthouse

Port Macquarie · 1 km · 2 min

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Day 4 Arakoon → Coffs Harbour 3 stops · 214 km · ≈ 2h53

Smoky Cape Lighthouse — © Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · View source

12 Monument

Smoky Cape Lighthouse

Arakoon · 97 km · 1h18

Trial Bay Gaol — © Cgoodwin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

13 Nature

Trial Bay Gaol

Arakoon · 9 km · 11 min

Big Banana — © WikiWookie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

14 Theme park · Family

Big Banana

Coffs Harbour · 108 km · 1h24

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Day 5 Yamba → New South Wales 3 stops · 263 km · ≈ 3h15

Yamba Main Beach — © Christopher Wood · CC BY-SA 3.0 · View source

15 Beach · Family

Yamba Main Beach

Yamba · 130 km · 1h30

Cape Byron Light — © More ThanGolf · CC BY 2.0 · View source

16 Monument

Cape Byron Light

Byron Bay · 131 km · 1h39

Wategos Beach — © Maksym Kozlenko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

17 Beach · Family

Wategos Beach

New South Wales · 2 km · 6 min

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Day 6 Coolangatta → South Brisbane 4 stops · 173 km · ≈ 2h58

Point Danger Light — © Eertman at Dutch Wikipedia · Public domain · View source

18 Monument

Point Danger Light

Coolangatta · 70 km · 1h03

Burleigh Head National Park — © John Rotenstein · Public domain · View source

19 Nature park

Burleigh Head National Park

Burleigh Heads · 15 km · 27 min

Surfers Paradise Beach — © Misaochan2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

20 Beach · Family

Surfers Paradise Beach

12 km · 25 min

South Bank Parklands — © Brisbane City Council · CC BY 2.0 · View source

21 Garden · Family

South Bank Parklands

South Brisbane · 76 km · 1h03

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Day 7 Kangaroo Point → Noosa Main Beach 4 stops · 177 km · ≈ 2h45

Kangaroo Point Cliffs — © Figaro at en.wikipedia · Public domain · View source

22 Cliff

Kangaroo Point Cliffs

Kangaroo Point · 2 km · 4 min

Glass House Mountains lookout — © DaHuzyBru · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

23 Viewpoint

Glass House Mountains lookout

Beerburrum · 80 km · 1h10

Australia Zoo — © Kaus at English Wikipedia · Public domain · View source

24 Zoo · Family

Australia Zoo

Beerwah · 17 km · 21 min

Noosa Main Beach — © Bconradwilliams · CC BY-SA 3.0 · View source

25 Beach · Family

Noosa Main Beach

78 km · 1h10

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Day 8 Maryborough → Torquay 2 stops · 191 km · ≈ 2h38

Queen's Park, Maryborough — © Heritage branch staff · CC BY 3.0 · View source

26 Garden · Family

Queen's Park, Maryborough

Maryborough · 152 km · 2h01

27 Beach · Family

Torquay Beach

Torquay · 39 km · 37 min

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Day 9 Childers → Seventeen Seventy 3 stops · 280 km · ≈ 3h48

Paragon Theatre — © Heritage branch staff · CC BY 3.0 · View source

28 Monument

Paragon Theatre

Childers · 71 km · 59 min

Mon Repos Conservation Park — © Caroline · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

29 Nature park

Mon Repos Conservation Park

Coral Sea · 68 km · 57 min

Seventeen Seventy — © Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

30 Village

Seventeen Seventy

Seventeen Seventy · 141 km · 1h52

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Day 10 The Range → The Caves 3 stops · 261 km · ≈ 3h22

Rockhampton Botanic Gardens — © Bidgee · CC BY-SA 2.5 au · View source

31 Garden · Family

Rockhampton Botanic Gardens

The Range · 229 km · 2h47

Archer Park Rail Museum — © Joninbrisbane (talk) (Uploads) · CC BY 3.0 · View source

32 Museum

Archer Park Rail Museum

Rockhampton City · 4 km · 7 min

Capricorn Caves — © Vicki Nunn · Public domain · View source

33 Cave

Capricorn Caves

The Caves · 28 km · 28 min

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Day 11 Mackay → Ball Bay 2 stops · 364 km · ≈ 4h16

34 Water park · Family

Blue Water Lagoon Water Slide

Mackay · 315 km · 3h35

Cape Hillsborough National Park — © Rob and Stephanie Levy from Townsville, Australia · CC BY 2.0 · View source

35 Nature park

Cape Hillsborough National Park

Ball Bay · 49 km · 41 min

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Day 12 Mount Rooper → Airlie Beach 3 stops · 150 km · ≈ 2h20

Conway National Park — © idrewuk · CC BY 2.0 · View source

36 Nature park

Conway National Park

Mount Rooper · 133 km · 2h

37 Viewpoint

Lions Lookout

Shute Harbour · 6 km · 7 min

38 Beach · Family

Boathaven Beach

Airlie Beach · 11 km · 13 min

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Day 13 Coral Sea → North Ward 3 stops · 301 km · ≈ 4h18

39 Beach · Family

Horseshoe Bay Beach

Coral Sea · 84 km · 1h17

Castle Hill — © Hanek45 at English Wikipedia · Public domain · View source

40 Mountain

Castle Hill

Castle Hill · 212 km · 2h49

41 Beach · Family

The Strand

North Ward · 5 km · 12 min

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Day 14 Bemerside → Garners Beach 3 stops · 247 km · ≈ 3h21

Hinchinbrook Lookout — © Anonymous · CC BY 4.0 · View source

42 Viewpoint

Hinchinbrook Lookout

Bemerside · 129 km · 1h43

Mission Beach — © Chris Olszewski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

43 Beach · Family

Mission Beach

Mission Beach · 109 km · 1h25

Clump Mountain National Park — © Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

44 Nature park

Clump Mountain National Park

Garners Beach · 9 km · 13 min

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Day 15 Germantown → Port Douglas 3 stops · 229 km · ≈ 3h36

Paronella Park — © 名古屋太郎 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · View source

45 Garden · Family

Paronella Park

Germantown · 42 km · 37 min

Josephine Falls — © Frances76 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · View source

46 Waterfall

Josephine Falls

Wooroonooran · 49 km · 42 min

Four Mile Beach — © Mathew Attlee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View source

47 Beach · Family

Four Mile Beach

Port Douglas · 138 km · 2h17

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Day 16 Mossman → Cairns 3 stops · 227 km · ≈ 4h13

48 Museum

Janbal Gallery

Mossman · 17 km · 19 min

Daintree Rainforest — © Killerscene · CC0 · View source

49 Forest

Daintree Rainforest

Diwan · 49 km · 55 min

Cape Tribulation — © Paul Holloway from Birmingham, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · View source

50 Coast

Cape Tribulation

Cape Tribulation · 18 km · 25 min

Arrival in Cairns · 143 km · 2h34

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