There are several routes Melb to Canberra. They include Hume Highway (the most direct) & Princes Highway via East Gippsland - very scenic. Both take the best part of the day to travel - say between 7 & 10 hours? About 400 or so miles - depending on how and which way you travel. There is a train & connecting bus service via Gippsland and other routes.
From Perth to Canberra is a distance of 3723 kilometres by road. By air, it is 3106 kilometres.
Canberra is generally colder than Perth. Canberra is also closer to the Australian alps than any other major city
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Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney
It appears that Perth may have named for Perth in Scotland rather than a person. Also Canberra is an Aboriginal word.
From Canberra to Cooma is a distance of about 113 km.
From Cowra to Canberra is a distance of 191km by road.
Perth, Australia or Perth, Scotland?
Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane.
4 HoursThe flight time is 3 hours, 52 minutes.