591 miles
The air distance from Brisbane to Mackay, Australia is 803 km.
The driving distance from Mackay, Australia to Brisbane, Australia is 609 miles / 980 km
The closest I could find to Mackay was Brisbane. Distance between Manchester, England, United Kingdom and Brisbane, Australia, as the crow flies: 10246 miles (16489 km) (8903 nautical miles) However you could probably work out Brisbane to Mackay here http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/mackay/mackay-region_map.cfm?focusProductID=9004642
1,050 kilometres taking HIGHWAY 1 - BRISBANE.
Mackay to Cairns
From Brisbane to Mackay by road is a distance of 950km. It would take twelve hours of non-stop driving to travel this distance. It would be just a bit too far to drive in one day, unless the driving was shared.
The driving distance between Airlie Beach and Mackay is 149km. It is about a two-hour drive.
The distance from Brisbane to Noosa is about 160 k's.
The flight distance between Brisbane and Auckland is 1,424 miles, or 2,291 kilometres.
Mackay, Brisbane
Mackay in Brisbane :)
From Mackay to Bowen is a distance of 191 km by road.