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Melbourne to Cairns car route

Driving directions from Melbourne, Australia to Cairns, Australia distance

Melbourne, Australia
Head south on Elizabeth St toward Bourke St 0.1 km
Turn right onto Little Collins St 0.2 km
Turn right onto Queen St 0.6 km
Turn left onto La Trobe St 0.4 km
Turn right onto King St/Princes Hwy/A60/State Route 60
Continue to follow Princes Hwy/A60/State Route 60
 2.0 km
Turn left toward Flemington Rd/Princes Hwy/A60/State Route 60 71 m
Turn left onto Flemington Rd/Princes Hwy/A60/State Route 60
Continue to follow A60/State Route 60
 1.5 km
Turn right onto the Citylink/State Rte 43 ramp to Bendigo/Hume Hwy
Toll road
 1.1 km
Merge onto Citylink/M2
Toll road
 7.3 km
Keep right at the fork to continue on Tullamarine Fwy/M2, follow signs for State Rte 43/M31/Melbourne Arpt/Hume Fwy 2.7 km
Keep right to continue on M2 0.9 km
Take exit 16 to merge onto Metropolitan Ring Rd/Western Ring Rd/M80 toward M31/Hume Fwy/Greensborough 6.5 km
Keep right to stay on Metropolitan Ring Rd/Western Ring Rd/M80 2.2 km
Take the Hume Fwy/National Hwy M31 exit toward Seymour/Sydney 1.3 km
Continue onto Hume Fwy/National Highway M31 87.0 km
Take the exit onto Goulburn Valley Fwy/Shepparton - Seymour Rd/M39 toward Shepparton 59.2 km
Continue onto Shepparton - Seymour Rd/National Highway A39 9.7 km
Turn right onto River Rd/C391
Continue to follow C391
 9.4 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Doyles Rd/C391 1.2 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Doyles Rd/C391 6.0 km
Turn right onto Old Grahamvale Rd 48 m
Turn left to stay on Old Grahamvale Rd 2.5 km
Turn right onto Katamatite-Shepparton Main Rd/C363
Continue to follow C363
 15.0 km
Turn left onto Labuan Rd 10.5 km
Turn right onto Katamatite-Nathalia Rd/C361 32 m
Turn left onto Labuan Rd 11.1 km
Turn right onto Sandmount Rd 35 m
Turn left onto Labuan Rd 8.2 km
Turn right onto National Highway A39 5.2 km
Slight left toward National Highway A39 0.1 km
Slight left onto National Highway A39
Entering New South Wales
 14.1 km
Continue onto Dean St/Newell Hwy/Strand Willson Bridge/A39 19.3 km
Continue straight to stay on Newell Hwy/A39 53.0 km
Turn left onto Kidman Way/B87 80.9 km
Turn left onto Sturt Hwy/A20/B87 0.2 km
Turn right onto Kidman Way/B87
Continue to follow B87
 4.0 km
Turn left onto Uri St/B87
Continue to follow B87
 27.9 km
Turn left onto Beaumont Rd 1.4 km
Turn right onto Murrumbidgee Ave 4.1 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Merrigal St
Go through 1 roundabout
 0.7 km
Continue onto Merrigal St 0.6 km
Turn left onto Griffin Ave/B87
Continue to follow B87
 47.7 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kidman Way/B87 59.7 km
Turn right onto The Springs Rd 0.4 km
Turn left onto Cowper St 1.2 km
Turn right onto Kidman Way/B87
Parts of this road may be closed at certain times or days
 253 km
Turn left onto Barrier Hwy/Nyngan Rd/A32/B87 0.5 km
Turn right onto Lewis St/Louth Rd/B87
Continue to follow Louth Rd/B87
 0.7 km
Turn right onto Bourke Rd/B87
Continue to follow B87
 159 km
Continue onto Mitchell Hwy/Richard St/B71 0.6 km
Turn right onto Mitchell St/B71 0.7 km
Turn left at the 3rd cross street onto Mitchell Hwy/Warraweena St/B71
Continue to follow Mitchell Hwy/B71
 5.5 km
Turn right onto Darling St/Mitchell Hwy/B71
Continue to follow Mitchell Hwy
Entering Queensland
 249 km
Turn right onto Mary St/Mitchell Hwy/A71
Continue to follow Mitchell Hwy/A71
 276 km
Turn left onto Landsborough Hwy/A2 330 km
Turn right onto Capricorn Highway/Oak St/A4 0.2 km
Turn left onto Birch St/State Route 19
Continue to follow State Route 19
 66.9 km
Turn left onto Booker St/State Route 19
Continue to follow State Route 19
 21.7 km
Slight right onto Aramac Torrens Creek Rd/State Route 18
Continue to follow State Route 18
 247 km
Turn right onto Flinders Hwy/Russell St/A6
Continue to follow Flinders Hwy/A6
 282 km
Slight left onto Stuart Dr 4.1 km
Turn left onto Bruce Hwy/University Rd/A1
Continue to follow Bruce Hwy/A1
 4.6 km
Keep right to continue on A1, follow signs for Bruce Hwy/Cairns/Ingham 258 km
Slight left onto Bruce Hwy/River Ave/A1 1.1 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bruce Hwy/Ernest St/A1
Continue to follow Bruce Hwy/A1
 81.8 km
Take the exit toward A1/Bruce Hwy 0.7 km
Merge onto Ray Jones Dr 1.6 km
Turn left onto Lyons St 0.5 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Lyons St
Go through 1 roundabout
 0.9 km
Turn right onto Bruce Hwy/Lyons St/Mulgrave Rd/A1
Continue to follow Bruce Hwy/Mulgrave Rd/A1
 2.0 km
Turn left onto Draper St 70 m
Turn right onto Maranoa St
Destination will be on the right
 56 m
Cairns, Australia
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Melbourne to Cairns road map

Melbourne to Cairns flight distance miles / km

1,444.2 mi / 2,324.3 km
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Melbourne to Cairns car distance km / miles

2,816.6 km / 1,750.2 miles

Melbourne to Cairns driving time

1 days 6 hours 33 minutes

Melbourne to Cairns average speed

92.2 km/h

Fuel consumption calculator

211.25 liters

Fuel price calculator

316.87 €
€/L