How to get from Gold Coast to Cairns by car, truck, bike, walk

Distance between Gold Coast and Cairns is 1460 kilometers (905 miles).
Driving distance from Gold Coast to Cairns is 1787 kilometers (1108 miles)

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Routes from gold-coast-queensland to cairns-queensland
Cheapest
Car
21h 41m
1787 km
cost $357
Fastest
Truck
21h 41m
price $357
Others
Bike
4d 15h 39m
distance 1874 km
Walk
15d 19h 20m
distance 1896 km

4 Ways from Gold Coast (Australia/Queensland) to Cairns (Australia/Queensland)

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Cheapest
Car
21h 41m
1787 km
cost $357
Fastest
Truck
21h 41m
price $357
Others
Bike
4d 15h 39m
distance 1874 km
Walk
15d 19h 20m
distance 1896 km

Route instructions

1. Continue 103 m
2. Keep right 54 m
3. Turn right onto Bundall Road, 3 358 m
4. Keep left 2.76 km
5. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Cotlew Street 1.05 km
6. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Currumburra Road, 4 2.55 km
7. Keep left onto Smith Street Motorway Onramp 2.39 km
8. Keep right onto Pacific Motorway Onramp, 10 35.43 km
9. Keep right onto Pacific Motorway, M1 14.71 km
10. Keep left onto M1 18.41 km
11. Keep right onto Gateway Motorway, M1 50.33 km
12. Turn left 568 m
13. Keep right 71 m
14. Turn left 146.09 km
15. Turn left onto Bruce Highway, A1 109.60 km
16. Turn right onto Lucketts Road 1.46 km
17. Turn slight right onto Goodwood Road 3.42 km
18. Turn left onto Stockyard Road 3.23 km
19. Turn right onto North Isis Road 3.45 km
20. Turn left onto Knockroe Road 303 m
21. Turn right onto Farnsfield Road 3.84 km
22. Turn left onto Logging Creek Road 2.74 km
23. Turn right onto Childers Road, 3 15.56 km
24. Turn sharp left onto Cedars Road 5.82 km
25. Turn right onto Hill End Road 3.35 km
26. Turn right onto Gin Gin Road, 3 16 m
27. Turn left onto Birthamba Road 11.34 km
28. Turn right onto Bucca Road 11.44 km
29. Turn sharp left onto Quinns Road 1.19 km
30. Turn left onto Rosedale Road 47.40 km
31. Turn right onto Tableland Road 26.98 km
32. Turn left onto Fingerboard Road 25.26 km
33. Turn right onto Bruce Highway, A1 165.35 km
34. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Yeppen Crossing, A1, ACW 3.37 km
35. Continue onto Gladstone Road (Bruce Highway), A1, ACW 805 m
36. Turn right onto Fitzroy Street, ACW 4.04 km
37. Continue onto Yaamba Road (Bruce Highway), A1 7.88 km
38. Keep left onto Yaamba Road (Bruce Highway), A1 298.97 km
39. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Bruce Highway, A1 16.78 km
40. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Mackay Ring Road 2.56 km
41. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Mackay Ring Road 8.93 km
42. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Bruce Highway, A1 290.99 km
43. Continue onto Bruce Highway, A1 898 m
44. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Bruce Highway, A1 332 m
45. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Queen Street / Bruce Highway, A1 586 m
46. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Queen Street / Bruce Highway, A1 238 m
47. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Queen Street / Bruce Highway, A1 239 m
48. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Bruce Highway, A1 118 m
49. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Bruce Highway, A1 495 m
50. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Bruce Highway, A1 85.51 km
51. Keep right onto The Ring Road, A1 165.06 km
52. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Victoria Street, A1 93.77 km
53. Keep right onto Bruce Highway 54 m
54. Turn left onto River Avenue 1.03 km
55. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ernest Street, A1 81.75 km
56. Keep left 4.26 km
57. Keep left onto Comport Street 411 m
58. Turn right onto Kenny Street 1.30 km
59. Continue onto Sheridan Street 526 m
60. Continue onto Sheridan Street, A1, 1 14 m
61. Make a U-turn onto Sheridan Street, A1, 1 27 m
62. Continue onto Sheridan Street 105 m
63. Turn left 78 m
64. Arrive at destination 0 m
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