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

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

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Routes from melbourne-victoria to cairns-queensland
Cheapest
Car
33h 28m
2809 km
cost $561
Fastest
Truck
33h 28m
price $561
Others
Walk
23d 8h 43m
distance 2803 km
Bike
6d 23h 57m
distance 2818 km

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

Choose 1 of the options below and start your journey
Cheapest
Car
33h 28m
2809 km
cost $561
Fastest
Truck
33h 28m
price $561
Others
Walk
23d 8h 43m
distance 2803 km
Bike
6d 23h 57m
distance 2818 km

Route instructions

1. Continue onto Bourke Street 6 m
2. Make a U-turn onto Bourke Street 25 m
3. Turn right onto Elizabeth Street 728 m
4. Turn right onto Franklin Street 231 m
5. Turn left onto Swanston Street 1.17 km
6. Keep left onto Swanston Street 397 m
7. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Cemetery Road East, 83 377 m
8. Keep left 3.46 km
9. Keep left onto Holmes Street 2.16 km
10. Keep left 596 m
11. Turn right onto Pentridge Boulevard 724 m
12. Keep right onto Sydney Road, 55 90.54 km
13. Keep left onto Goulburn Valley Freeway Onramp 59.24 km
14. Continue onto Goulburn Valley Highway, A39 9.66 km
15. Turn right onto C391 9.41 km
16. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Doyles Road, C391 1.21 km
17. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Doyles Road, C391 285 m
18. Continue onto Doyles Road (Shepparton Alternative Route), C391 1.16 km
19. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Grahamvale Road, C391 6.88 km
20. Turn right onto Goulburn Valley Highway, A39 120 m
21. Turn right onto Katamatite - Shepparton Main Road, C363 36.19 km
22. Turn left onto Benalla - Tocumwal Road, C361, C371 19.86 km
23. Turn left onto Murray Valley Highway, B400 86 m
24. Turn right onto Goulburn Valley Highway, A39 14.65 km
25. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Dean Street, A39 20.89 km
26. Continue onto Murray Street, A39, B58 35.02 km
27. Turn right onto Jerilderie Street, A39 15.96 km
28. Turn left onto Kidman Way, B87 80.87 km
29. Turn left onto Sturt Highway, A20, B87 234 m
30. Turn right onto Kidman Way, B87 4.01 km
31. Turn left onto Uri Street, B87 31.46 km
32. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Willandra Avenue 841 m
33. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Willandra Avenue 768 m
34. Turn left onto Benerembah Street, B87 392 m
35. Keep left onto Griffin Avenue, B87 142 m
36. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Griffin Avenue, B87 48.16 km
37. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Kidman Way, B87 60.49 km
38. Turn right onto High Street, B87 607 m
39. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Keats Street, B87 253.91 km
40. Turn left onto Nyngan Road, A32, B87 523 m
41. Turn sharp right onto Lewis Street, B87 68 m
42. Turn slight left onto Louth Road, B87 578 m
43. Turn right onto Bourke Road, B87 158.97 km
44. Turn right onto Anson Street, B71 231 m
45. Turn left onto Glen Street 584 m
46. Turn right onto Mitchell Street, B71 462 m
47. Turn left onto Warraweena Street, B71 5.52 km
48. Turn right onto Mitchell Highway, B71 249.06 km
49. Turn right onto Mary Street, A71 275.62 km
50. Turn left onto Landsborough Highway, A2 330.46 km
51. Turn right onto Oak Street, A4 231 m
52. Turn left onto Willow Street North, 19 66.89 km
53. Turn left onto Booker Street, 19 21.92 km
54. Turn right onto Aramac Torrens Creek Road 247.16 km
55. Turn right onto Flinders Highway, A6 161.74 km
56. Turn right onto Flinders Highway, A6 119.90 km
57. Keep left onto Stuart Drive 3.61 km
58. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Stuart Drive 514 m
59. Keep left 4.27 km
60. Keep right onto The Ring Road, A1 165.06 km
61. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Victoria Street, A1 93.77 km
62. Keep right onto Bruce Highway 54 m
63. Turn left onto River Avenue 1.03 km
64. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ernest Street, A1 81.75 km
65. Keep left 4.26 km
66. Keep left onto Comport Street 411 m
67. Turn right onto Kenny Street 1.30 km
68. Continue onto Sheridan Street 526 m
69. Continue onto Sheridan Street, A1, 1 14 m
70. Make a U-turn onto Sheridan Street, A1, 1 27 m
71. Continue onto Sheridan Street 105 m
72. Turn left 78 m
73. Arrive at destination 0 m
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