The distance between Brisbane, capital of Queensland and Adelaide, capital of South Australia, varies according to e method if travel. The flight distance between Brisbane and Adelaide is 1,599 kilometres.
The driving distance between Brisbane and Adelaide is 2,025 km, travelling one of the more direct routes, through Dubbo and Balranald.
Travelling the inland route via Moree and central Queensland, the distance from Sydney to Cairns by road is a distance of 2420 km, or 1503 miles. Recommended driving time is 30 hours, and the trip is best spread over an absolute minimum of three days.
Travelling the coastal road route is a distance of 2639 km, or 1637 miles, for which you would need to allow 34 hours of actual driving time - the equivalent of four days' travel.
Flight distance is 1957 km or 1216 miles, and takes around 3 hours.
The time in Adelaide is UTC + 9.5 hrs. during Standard Time and UTC + 10.5 hrs. during Summer Time, which begins on the 1st Sunday of October and ends on the 1st Sunday of April.
The time in Cairns is always UTC + 10 hrs.
Therefore...
From the 1st Sunday of April to the 1st Sunday of October, Cairns is a half hour ahead of Adelaide.
From the 1st Sunday of October to the 1st Sunday of April, Adelaide is a half hour ahead of Cairns.
9:30 PM Central Standard Time = 10 PM Eastern Standard Time = 10:30 PM Central Summer Time
The road distance between Cairns and Townsville is about 350km, and takes four and a half hours to travel.
The road distance between Adelaide and Cairns is 2,648 km. The air distance is 2,120 km.
Brisbane is closer to Cairns.
Not if you are an Australian resident.
Yes. Seven days will be enough to enjoy a scenic drive from Sydney to Cairns, and to see some sights along the way.
Driving to Cairns QLD from Sydney NSW2,629 km - about 1 day 10 hours
No. Not directly. If you were determined to catch a train from Cairns to Ayers Rock/Uluru, you would need to do the following:Catch the train from Cairns to BrisbaneContinue on the train south to Sydney - part of the journey requires travelling by busCatch the Indian Pacific train from Sydney to AdelaideCatch the Ghan from Adelaide to Alice SpringsCatch a bus from Alice Springs to Ayers Rock
2138 miles
Car, bus, train, ship and plane
It takes around an hour and a half to drive the 115 km from Cairns to the Daintree. The road is not sealed all the way, and quite rough and corrugated in places.
200 miles
You cannot travel from Cairns to Darwin on the Ghan. You would have to travel from Cairns down to Brisbane, where you would then need to take another train to Sydney. At Sydney you could catch a train to Adelaide, and only at Adelaide could you catch the Ghan to Darwin. Total travel would be about five days.
Cairns is a city in far north Queensland, Australia, about 1680km (by road) north of Brisbane, on the eastern coast.
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