Queensland Road Trip Planner

Queensland Road Trip and Day Trip Planner

We've listed Queensland's best road trips, weekend trips and day trips out of Brisbane, Airlie Beach, Cairns, Townsville and the Gold Coast. For each road trip we include an itinerary, map, drive times, great camping spots, and things to do. It's the perfect trip planner for campervan travelers.

Camperman has campervan hire depots at each of the road trip start and end points, so you don't have to back track. Simply pick up your campervan at the beginning of your journey and drop it off at the end.

Option 1: Choose a departure Point.

• Cairns - 9 road trips 
• Cairns - 9 Day Trips and Weekenders
• Townsville - 10 road trips
• Airlie Beach - 9 road trips 
• Day trips from Airlie Beach
  
• Brisbane / Gold Coast - 10 road trips
• Brisbane/Gold Coast - 13 day trips and weekenders
• Hidden Gems within a day trip from Brisbane
  
  

Option 2: Pick Road Trips from the Map

Option 3: Choose from our faves:

• Airlie Beach to Brisbane 
  1,120 km | 7 days
  Highlights include Cape Hillsborough National Park where kangaroos enjoy the beach as much as you will, Capricorn Caves, Agnes Water, Lady Musgrave Island, the whales of Hervey Bay, World Heritage listed Fraser Island, Rainbow Beach and the Great Sandy National Park, Noosa, the Hinterland and the Glasshouse Mountains.  
  
  
• Brisbane to Townsville OUTBACK
  2,900 | 7 days
  Brisbane to Cunnamulla | Cunnamulla to Townsville
  Detour west to travel through Queensland's outback before returning to the coast. This drive traverses a broad range of mostly uninhabited landscapes, rural towns steeped in history, red sand desert and wide open plains, and you'll never see stars like it at night. 
  
  
• Brisbane to Cairns drive
  1,740 km  | 11 days
  Highlights include Cape Hillsborough National Park where kangaroos enjoy the beach as much as you will, Capricorn Caves, Agnes Water, Lady Musgrave Island, the whales of Hervey Bay, World Heritage listed Fraser Island, Rainbow Beach and the Great Sandy National Park, Noosa, the Hinterland and the Glasshouse Mountains, Townsville, Magnetic Island, Babinda Boulders, Josephine falls, the pyramid hike, Paronella Park, Mission Beach, Hinchinbrook Island, Cairns, the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation and Port Douglas.
  
  
  
  
• Brisbane to Sydney drive 
  1,300 km | 10 - 15 days
  Detour via Lamington National park to Byron Bay and Nimbin, climb Mt. Warning, explore the Sapphire Coast and its national parks, walk through the ancient misty rainforest of Dorrigo National Park, take a scenic drive of Bellingen, kayak Myall Lakes, taste wine in the Hunter Valley and hike the Blue Mountains before arriving in Sydney.
  
  
  
  
• Cairns to Sydney drive 
  3,050 km | 21 - 26 days
  This journey gives you a diverse range of climates, landscapes and cultures from tropical laid-back north Queensland to the subtropics of Sydney, a vibrant and cosmopolitan city. Highlights include Cape Hillsborough National Park where kangaroos enjoy the beach as much as you will, Capricorn Caves, Agnes Water, Lady Musgrave Island, the whales of Hervey Bay, World Heritage listed Fraser Island, Rainbow Beach and the Great Sandy National Park, Noosa, the Hinterland and the Glasshouse Mountains, Townsville, Magnetic Island, Babinda Boulders, Josephine falls, the pyramid hike, Paronella Park, Mission Beach, Hinchinbrook Island, Cairns, the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation, Port Douglas, Lamington National park, Byron Bay, Nimbin, the Mt. Warning summit climb, the Sapphire Coast and its national parks, the ancient misty rainforest of Dorrigo National Park, pretty Bellingen, Myall Lakes, the Hunter Valley wine region, the Blue Mountains and Sydney.    
  
  
• Cairns to Adelaide via Darwin and Uluru
  6,000 km | 24 days
  Cairns to Darwin | Darwin to Adelaide
  The sparsely populated outback of Australia's north and centre is like  no place on earth. Highlights include Undara Lava Tubes, Mataranka Hot Springs, Katherine Gorge in Nitmiluk National Park, Litchfield National Park, Darwin, Devils Marbles, Uluru, the Olgas, the underground town of Coober Pedy and the city of Adelaide.
  
  
  
  
• Brisbane to Melbourne drive
  2,610 km | 19 - 30 days
  This journey of a life time hugs to coast most of the way. Highlights include the Gold Coast, Byron Bay, Nimbin, the Mt. Warning summit climb, the Sapphire Coast and its national parks, the ancient misty rainforest of Dorrigo National Park, scenic Bellingen, Myall Lakes, the Hunter Valley wine region, the Blue Mountains and a few days in Sydney, the rugged sandstone cliffs and bays of the Royal National Park,  the Sea Cliff Bridge, Nan Tien temple the southern hemisphere's largest Buddhist temple, the Pigeon House Mountain summit climb, lots of beaches, fresh oysters, local cheese, seals, the Gippsland Lakes and Wilsons Promontory, and the penguins of Phillip Island.  The journey between Sydney and Melbourne can either follow the coast, or veer inland to Australia's capital city Canberra and through the Snowy Mountains before rejoining the coast.