How to get from Mount Isa to Cairns by car, truck, bike, walk

Distance between Mount Isa and Cairns is 785 kilometers (487 miles).
Driving distance from Mount Isa to Cairns is 1167 kilometers (724 miles)

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4 Ways from Mount Isa (Australia/Queensland) to Cairns (Australia/Queensland)

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Route instructions

1. Continue 39 m
2. Turn sharp right 79 m
3. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Simpson Street 238 m
4. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Rodeo Drive 1.98 km
5. Continue onto Barkly Highway, 83, A2 116.35 km
6. Keep left 148 m
7. Turn slight left onto Burke Developmental Road, 83 181.25 km
8. Keep right onto Burke Developmental Road, 83 191.56 km
9. Turn sharp right onto Normanton Croydon Road, 1 147.57 km
10. Turn sharp left onto Samwell Street, 1 421.95 km
11. Turn right onto East Evelyn Road, 24 10.70 km
12. Turn left onto Millaa Millaa Malanda Road, 25 19.41 km
13. Turn sharp right onto Malanda Lake Barrine Road 12.13 km
14. Turn right onto Gillies Highway, 52 39.21 km
15. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Riverstone Road, 52 982 m
16. Keep left onto Gillies Highway, 52 17.13 km
17. Keep left 4.26 km
18. Keep left onto Comport Street 411 m
19. Turn right onto Kenny Street 1.30 km
20. Continue onto Sheridan Street 526 m
21. Continue onto Sheridan Street, A1, 1 14 m
22. Make a U-turn onto Sheridan Street, A1, 1 27 m
23. Continue onto Sheridan Street 105 m
24. Turn left 78 m
25. Arrive at destination 0 m
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