This depends entirely upon which part of Brisbane one is driving from, and which part of the Gold Coast one is driving to. From the southern end of Brisbane to the northern motorway end of the Gold Coast is little more than a fifteen minute drive. On average, though, allow an hour up to one and a half hours to get from one to the other.
It is just under an hour's drive from Brisbane's CBD to Ashmore, on the Gold Coast, depending on traffic.
As you depart the Gold Coast airport, look out for signs pointing to Brisbane. Once you are on the main Pacific Highway, proceed north for about 85 kilometres. There is no need to exit until several kilometres after crossing the Gateway Bridge over the Brisbane River. The necessary exit for the Brisbane Airport is clearly marked.
To drive from Emerald to the Gold Coast takes about ten and a half hours. The distance is 974km.
The Sunshine Coast is a wide-ranging area north of Brisbane, so the answer will vary depending on where you want to go. However, between Brisbane and Maroochydore, the unofficial centre of the Sunshine Coast, is a distance of 100km and a drive of around one hour and forty minutes, depending on traffic along the Gateway Motorway. If one is driving from Brisbane to Noosa, it is around two hours, and a journey of 136km.
This would be an unwise move. A large number of people live in the Gold Coast or along the Gold Coast-Brisbane corridor, and travel to Brisbane to work. Travelling in peak hour traffic each morning and afternoon can take in excess of the hour that it normally takes out of peak hour times. Traffic into Brisbane in the morning and out of Brisbane in the afternoon travels at an average of 35kph, according to the RACQ, Queensland's main motoring body. This means it can easily take two hours to commute one way.
About 20 hours
The drive from Brisbane to Tamworth is about 7 hours long, an easy single day's drive. The road distance is 570km.
about 8 hours
Well when your driving it is about 50 minutes to 1 hour so I would say only about 10 to 20 minutes to fly. It would be a waste of time and money. Also I don't think they do flights from Brisbane to the Gold Coast. Hope this helps.
The drive from Brisbane's CBD to Ipswich is about 45 minutes, depending on traffic.
From the Gold coast to Townsville QLD is a 1,414 km trip and takes about 18 hours 12 minutes.
It takes about 27 minutes to drive from the Brisbane Airport to Port of Brisbane.