Roads and highway planner Driving QLD
Highways
Got an adventurous spirit, and like to travel at your own pace? Then you've come to the right place. This page is dedicated to Queensland's main touring routes. Remember: all these highway pages are also available in brochure format.
Australia's Country Way
| Trip Length: 5 days Total Distance: 896 km Road Conditions: All sealed roads | |||||||||||||||||
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| Wallangarra | Toowoomba | Kingaroy | Gayndah | Biloela | Rockhampton | ||||||||||||
If the idea of travelling in sight of some amazing granite formations, lush green orchards, rugged gorge country, and historic homesteads appeals to you, then try travelling the Country Way.
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Capricorn Highway
| Trip Length: 3 days Total Distance: 567 km Road Conditions: All sealed roads | |||||||||||
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| Rockhampton | Blackwater | Emerald | Barcaldine | ||||||||
Travel along the Tropic of Capricorn on the Capricorn Highway for a journey of discovery, adventure, and surprises.
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Great Inland Way
| Trip Length: 6 days Total Distance: 1863 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hebel |
St George |
Roma | Injune | Emerald | Clermont |
Charters Towers |
Ravenshoe | Atherton | Mareeba | Cairns | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Great Inland Way - a jewel in Queensland's crown of highways - takes you from the ochre coloured outback to the crystal clear waters of the Coral Sea.
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Leichhardt Highway
| Trip Length: 2 days Total Distance: 678 km Road Conditions: All sealed roads | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Goondiwindi |
The Gums |
Miles | Taroom | Banana | Rockhampton | Yeppoon | ||||||||||||||
Blaze a trail in the steps of Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, more commonly known as Ludwig Leichhardt or L.
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Matilda Highway
| Trip Length: 4 days Total Distance: 1812 km Road Conditions: All sealed roads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Barringun | Cunnamulla | Charleville | Blackall | Barcaldine | Longreach | Winton | Cloncurry | Normanton | Karumba | ||||||||||||||||||||
Travel a few kilometres to the west of any coastal town or city and some would have it that you are in the Outback.
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Overlander's Way
| Trip Length: 6 days Total Distance: 1081 km Road Conditions: All sealed roads | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Townsville |
Charters Towers |
Hughenden |
Julia Creek |
Mount Isa |
Camooweal |
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"Pass the billy round boys, don't let the pint pot stand there," for you're about to follow in the steps of pioneering men and women along the famous Overlander's Highway.
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Pacific Coast Touring Route
| Trip Length: 4 days Total Distance: 1703 km Road Conditions: All sealed roads | ||||||||||||||
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| Brisbane | Bundaberg | Mackay | Townsville | Cairns | ||||||||||
Stretching from Brisbane to Cairns the Pacific Coast Touring Route could be the backbone of your Queensland driving adventure.
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Savannah Way
| Trip Length: 5 days Total Distance: 1138 km Road Conditions: Some unsealed roads | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cairns | Atherton | Ravenshoe | Georgetown | Croydon | Normanton | Burketown |
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From the colourful corals of the east to the pristine pearls of the west, The Savannah Way leads you across the vast tropical savannah grasslands of northern Australia on absolutely one of the best adventure drives in the country.
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Warrego Highway
| Trip Length: 3 days Total Distance: 744 km Road Conditions: All sealed roads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brisbane | Ipswich | Toowoomba | Dalby | Chinchilla | Miles | Roma | Mitchell | Morven | Charleville | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Travel west young man" was an adage used in the past that enticed folks into the outback - a world full of adventure and mystery.
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Great Tropical Drive
Offering world-class ecotourism and indigenous experiences, choose from 13 Discovery Trails - each one a unique itinerary that will give you a taste of Tropical Australia: from overnight drives onto the Highlands, to week-long 4WD and campervan adventures into the goldfields.
Alternatively, follow the Great Tropical Drive for 12 days and 2,079 kilometres to some of Australia's best known attractions - the Great Barrier Reef, Daintree Rainforest, Hinchinbrook Island and Undara Lava Tubes.
For more information visit www.greattropicaldrive.com.au.
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