How to get from Cairns to Melbourne by car, plane, walk, truck, bike

Distance between Cairns and Melbourne is 2325 kilometers (1442 miles).
Driving distance from Cairns to Melbourne is 2809 kilometers (1742 miles)

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5 Ways from Cairns (Australia/Queensland) to Melbourne (Australia/Victoria)

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Route instructions

1. Continue 78 m
2. Turn left onto Sheridan Street 570 m
3. Continue onto Sheridan Street 1.16 km
4. Turn left onto Draper Street 365 m
5. Turn right onto Comport Street 3.46 km
6. Keep left onto Bruce Highway Onramp 1.23 km
7. Continue onto Bruce Highway, A1 78.33 km
8. Continue onto Palmerston Drive, A1 2.97 km
9. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto River Avenue, A1 1.09 km
10. Turn right onto Bruce Highway, A1 68.51 km
11. Continue onto Bruce Highway, A1 22.88 km
12. Turn slight left onto Victoria Street, A1 2.43 km
13. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Victoria Street, A1 145.44 km
14. Keep right onto The Ring Road, A1 23.90 km
15. Turn right onto Bowen Road, 17 640 m
16. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Stuart Drive 2.57 km
17. Keep left 986 m
18. Continue onto Flinders Highway, A6 119.99 km
19. Turn left onto New Queen Road, A6 161.74 km
20. Turn left onto Aramac Torrens Creek Road 247.16 km
21. Turn left onto Muttaburra Aramac Road, 19 21.92 km
22. Turn right onto Lodge Street, 19 66.90 km
23. Turn right onto Oak Street, A4 231 m
24. Turn left onto Box Street, A2 208.38 km
25. Continue onto Landsborough Highway, A2 122.07 km
26. Turn right onto Mitchell Highway, Alt A2 275.62 km
27. Turn left onto Mitchell Highway, A71, 49 249.06 km
28. Turn left onto Culgoa Street, B71 5.52 km
29. Turn right onto Mitchell Street, B71 462 m
30. Turn left onto Glen Street 584 m
31. Turn right onto Anson Street, B71 231 m
32. Turn left onto Gorrell Avenue, B87 158.97 km
33. Turn left onto Louth Road, B87 620 m
34. Continue onto Louth Road, B87 35 m
35. Turn left onto Nyngan Road, A32, B87 472 m
36. Turn right onto Kidman Way, B87 253.87 km
37. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto High Street, B87 619 m
38. Turn left onto McGee Street, B87 60.42 km
39. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Kidman Way, B87 48.21 km
40. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Griffin Avenue, B87 149 m
41. Turn left onto Benerembah Street, B87 511 m
42. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Benerembah Street, B87 155 m
43. Turn left onto Willandra Avenue 733 m
44. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Willandra Avenue 858 m
45. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Kidman Way, B87 31.51 km
46. Turn right onto Narrand Street, B87 4.00 km
47. Turn left onto Sturt Highway, A20, B87 234 m
48. Turn right onto Kidman Way, B87 80.87 km
49. Turn right onto Newell Highway, A39 15.87 km
50. Keep left 137 m
51. Turn slight left onto Southey Street, A39 55.83 km
52. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Dean Street, A39 14.68 km
53. Turn left onto Murray Valley Highway, B400 85 m
54. Turn right onto Benalla - Tocumwal Road, C371 19.86 km
55. Turn right onto Katamatite-Nathalia Road, C361 36.19 km
56. Turn left onto Goulburn Valley Highway, A39 37 m
57. Keep left onto Grahamvale Road, C391 6.89 km
58. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Doyles Road, C391 261 m
59. Continue onto Doyles Road (Shepparton Alternative Route), C391 1.18 km
60. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Doyles Road, C391 1.21 km
61. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Doyles Road, C391 145 m
62. Continue onto Doyles Road (Shepparton Alternative Route), C391 9.30 km
63. Turn left onto Goulburn Valley Highway, A39 67.24 km
64. Keep left onto Hume Freeway Onramp 824 m
65. Keep right onto Hume Freeway Onramp 45.87 km
66. Keep left onto Epping - Kilmore Road Off Ramp 444 m
67. Turn left onto Epping - Kilmore Road, C729 23.39 km
68. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Epping Road, C729 5.00 km
69. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Epping Road, C729 5.69 km
70. Continue onto High Street 429 m
71. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto High Street, 29, 58 7.56 km
72. Keep right onto Spring Street, 45 9.36 km
73. Turn right onto Alexandra Parade, 46, 83 309 m
74. Turn left onto Nicholson Street 1.82 km
75. Turn right onto Albert Street 66 m
76. Keep right 17 m
77. Turn left 919 m
78. Turn left onto Elizabeth Street 231 m
79. Make a U-turn onto Elizabeth Street 25 m
80. Turn right onto Bourke Street 7 m
81. Arrive at destination 0 m
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Information about Stations

All station in Cairns (Australia/Queensland)
Cairns Airport Cairns
All station in Melbourne (Australia/Victoria)
Tullamarine Airport Melbourne Essendon Airport Melbourne Avalon Airport Melbourne