The driving distance is approximately 2,512 km. The driving time will be about 1 day and 7 hours.
From Townsville to Mackay is a distance of 390km and takes around five hours to drive.
2065 kilometres
It takes just under two and a half hours to drive the 199 kilometres between Townsville and Bowen.
It takes around 8 hours to travel from Cooktown to Townsville. The distance is 656km.
From the Gold coast to Townsville QLD is a 1,414 km trip and takes about 18 hours 12 minutes.
It takes around 5.5 hours to drive from Melbourne to Mt Gambier.
It takes around 10 hours to drive the 1015 km from Melbourne to Newcastle.
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Without breaks, it is about a 14 hour trip. The distance from Townsville to Hervey Bay is 1116 km. It is a trip best undertaken over two days.
The drive from Melbourne to Warrnambool, via Colac, is about 3 hours 20 minutes. It is a distance of 255 km.
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To drive from Melbourne's CBD to Townsville in northern Queensland is a distance of 2470km, if one takes the shortest route through the inland towns of Echuca, Cobar, Barcaldine and Aramac. Actual driving time is estimated at 31 hours, without breaks. One should take at least 4 days to do such a trip. Travelling inland through Victoria and then along the coastline, via Sydney and Brisbane, would be a much longer journey. It is a distance of about 3145km, and would take closer to 40 hours of actual driving time.