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
The driving distance between Airlie Beach and Mackay is 149km. It is about a two-hour drive.
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 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
From Mackay to Bowen is a distance of 191 km by road.
Mackay in Brisbane :)