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.
Driving from Brisbane CBD to Gold Coast takes between 45 minutes and an hour depending upon where in the Gold Coast you are going to. The northern end of the Gold Coast starts officially at just south of Beenleigh.
It takes about an hour to get to Surfers Paradise and about 1 hour and 5 minutes to get to Coolangatta airport from the Brisbane CBD.
The heart of the Gold Coast is just over an hour's drive from Brisbane, depending on traffic.
Brisbane is about 80 kms north of the Surfers Paradise, which is the heart of the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast is a "long" city which starts around 40 km south of Brisbane's CDB and extends to the NSW border at Coolangatta/Tweed Heads. The Theme Parks of Wet 'n' Wild, Movie World and Dreamworld are at the northern end, and it takes only around 40 minutes to reach these.
Coolangatta would be around 105 km from Brisbane's CBD.
From Brisbane Airport to Surfer's Paradise, the heart of the Gold Coast, is a distance of 87 km. Under ideal conditions (i.e. outside of peak hour traffic) the driving time is just over 45 minutes.
The driving distance from Brisbane QLD, Australia to Gold Coast QLD, Australia is 50.06mi / 80.57km
The road distance from Canberra to the Gold Coast is about 1,129 km. Estimated travel time is about 14.5 hours.
Flight distance is 901 km, or 560 miles.
The distance between from the Gold Coast to Bundaberg (QLD) is 447.2 KM. The driving time taking is 5 hours 6 mins
From the centre of Brisbane to Surfers Paradise, the heart of the Gold Coast, by road is a distance of 80km.
The driving distance from the Gold Coast to Maroochydore is 182 km. Travel time is an estimated 2 hours, depending on traffic.
From Canberra to the Gold Coast by road is a distance of 1122km. The journey would take around 12 hours, without breaks, so is best spread over two days.
The road distance between the Gold Coast and grain is 240 km. Travel time is an estimated three hours.
Coolangatta is actually part of the Gold Coast. However, from Coolangatta to Surfers Paradise in the heart of the Gold Coast is a distance of just 23 km.
The distance between the Gold Coast and Texas in Queensland is 375 km. Travel time is an estimated 6 hours.
From Ballina, NSW, to the heart of the Gold Coast (Surfers Paadise) is a distance of 114km and takes about an hour and a half to travel.
The distance between Newcastle and the Gold Coast is 710km. The trip would take around 9 hours.
About 2 Hours The distance between Adelaide and the Gold Coast is approx 2100km
The distance and travel time from the Gold Coast to Tannum Sands is 579 km. driving time is almost eight hours.
The road distance between the heart of the Gold Coast in Queensland and Grafton in New South Wales is 243km. Estimated travel time is almost three hours.
The distance from the Gold Coast to Murrurundi ia about 600 K's.
The road distance between Bundaberg and Townsville is 1038 km. Travel time is between 11 and 12 hours.
The distance from Surfer's Paradise, Gold Coast to Maroochydore, central area of the Sunshine Coast, is 182 kilometres. Depending on the time you are travelling, the trip should take around two and a half hours.