How to get from Ballina to Cairns by car, truck, bike, walk

Distance between Ballina and Cairns is 1549 kilometers (960 miles).
Driving distance from Ballina to Cairns is 1898 kilometers (1177 miles)

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Routes from ballina-new-south-wales to cairns-queensland
Cheapest
Car
22h 49m
1898 km
cost $379
Fastest
Truck
22h 49m
price $379
Others
Bike
4d 22h 47m
distance 2002 km
Walk
16d 20h 37m
distance 2023 km

4 Ways from Ballina (Australia/New South Wales) to Cairns (Australia/Queensland)

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Cheapest
Car
22h 49m
1898 km
cost $379
Fastest
Truck
22h 49m
price $379
Others
Bike
4d 22h 47m
distance 2002 km
Walk
16d 20h 37m
distance 2023 km

Route instructions

1. Continue onto Bentinck Street 148 m
2. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Cherry Street 824 m
3. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Bangalow Road 1.23 km
4. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Tamarind Drive 4.21 km
5. Turn left onto Tamarind Drive 26 m
6. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Tamarind Drive 65 m
7. Turn left onto Tamarind Drive 160 m
8. At roundabout, take exit 3 148.79 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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