Drivers can rent or buy vehicles (cars, four-wheel drives and campervans). There are a number of rental companies that cater for backpackers and dealers that specialise in low-cost vehicles.
Second hand vehicles are also advertised on hostel notice boards.
DISTANCES
Car- Coastal
- Brisbane-Gold Coast 100km
- Brisbane-Sunshine Coast 110km
- Sunshine Coast-Hervey Bay 190km
- Hervey Bay-Rockhampton 470km
- Rockhampton-Mackay 335km
- Mackay-Airlie Beach 150km
- Airlie Beach-Townsville 280km
- Townsville-Cairns 350km
- Cairns-Cape Tribulation 150km
- Cape Tribulation-Cooktown (4WD only) 100km
- Cooktown-Cape York Peninsula (4WD only) 815km
Car- Outback
- Brisbane – Longreach 1180 km
- Rockhampton – Longreach 680 km
- Longreach – Mt. Isa 650 km
- Townsville – Mt.Isa 900 km
- Cairns – Normanton (the Gulf) 700 km
GETTING THERE
