Cairns to Bribane is 2000 kms. Brisbane to Sydney is only 1000 kms, so one
alternative is twice as much driving as the other.
Basically the trip Cairns - Brisbane is pretty dull, at least until you get
to within a few hundred kms of Brisbane. The towns are widely separated, and
survive on mixtures of sugar processing, heavy industry, and providing
tourist access to the reef. Few of them are worth spending any time at. The
offshore islands are fantastic, but you will probably get your fill of this
in in Cairns. Having said that, its still only 2 days drive straight through
(1000 kms a day which is pushing it but do-able), so you are only "blowing"
2 extra days of your vacation by driving - indeed, flying will take 0.5 days
with stuffing about, so really only a day and a half extra travelling time.
Unlike the other poster, I think Brisbane - Sydney on the coast has lots of
attractions. The Gold Coast (1.5 hours south of Brisbane) is an interesting
experience, as is Byron Bay and the hinterland (Nimbin etc). There are lots
of coastal communities which are worth visistting - Coffs Harbour, South
West Rocks, Hawkes Nest, Hat Head, places like that, and lost of inland
places that are very accessible - Warrumbungles, Hunter Valley, etc etc.
Basically NSW has a far higher popultaion density that North Queensland, and
so has more towns that are closer together and a little more variety.
Like the other poster said, a lot of this is weather related. In June or
July I would lean far more towards QLD; in summer the other way round. With
6 weeks you can do both - 3,000 kms in 42 days is only driving an average of
70 kms a day - really not so bad.
"mwebber_82" wrote in message
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for those of you who know the East coast better than I do (which isn't
difficult), here is 2 options for you:
1) from cairns, travel overland to brisbane, then fly the remainder of
the coast to sydney.
2) from ciarns, fly to brisbane, then travel overland to sydney
which would you pick?!
I've got about 6weeks to kill and because I don't want to spend the
whole time driving down the entire coast, I'd planned on breaking it up
a little. Which has the most interesting towns and scenery to pass
through? north from brisbane or south from brisbane?
thanks very much...
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