Itineraries
Plans built around the days you actually have
Each one is a day-by-day structure with distances, drive times and where you sleep — plus what to cut if your trip gets shorter.
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Trip length
Traveller type
Style
14 Days in the Red Centre
~2,200 km
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Solo
- Friends Group
3 Weeks in Western Australia
~4,600 km
- Couples
- Friends Group
10 Days on the East Coast
~1,100 km one way
- Fly & drive
- Backpacker
- Couples
- Friends Group
7 Days in Tasmania
~600 km one way
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
10 Days in the Whitsundays & Airlie Beach
Minimal driving — this is a fly-in, boat-based itinerary
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Friends Group
- Family
Fly into Uluru: The Red Centre Loop
~600 km loop from Yulara
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Solo
- First-Time
First Time in Australia: 2 Weeks
Three flight legs; minimal driving
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Couples
- Family
7 Days in South East Queensland
~300 km
- Fly & drive
- Family
- Couples
- First-Time
5 Days in Margaret River & the South West
~600 km round trip
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
10 Days on the Ningaloo & Coral Coast
~1,270 km one way
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
7 Days Kakadu & Litchfield
~625 km loop
- Fly & drive
- Family
- Couples
- Friends Group
2 Weeks Tasmania — Full Island Loop
~1,180 km loop
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
10 Days South Australia — Adelaide, Barossa & Flinders Ranges
~875 km loop
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Friends Group
- First-Time
7 Days Adelaide Hills, Barossa & Kangaroo Island
~400 km driving, plus the Cape Jervis–Penneshaw ferry crossing
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
5 Days Port Douglas & the Daintree
~270 km
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- First-Time
5 Days Canberra & the Snowy Mountains
~360 km round trip
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
4 Days in the Blue Mountains
~220 km round trip
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- First-Time
3 Weeks East Coast — Sydney to Cairns
~3,000 km if driven in full; substantially less if you fly the central Queensland gap
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Couples
- Friends Group
7 Days Outback Queensland — Longreach, Winton & Dinosaur Country
~360 km if flying into Longreach; add ~2,400 km return if driving from Brisbane
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Friends Group
- First-Time
3 Days in Sydney
Minimal driving — this is a walking, train and ferry itinerary
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Solo
- Couples
- Family
Long Weekend in the Hunter Valley
~320 km round trip from Sydney
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Friends Group
5 Days: Great Ocean Road & the Grampians
~800 km loop from Melbourne
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Friends Group
- Family
7 Days: Sunshine Coast & K'gari
~500 km round trip from Brisbane, plus a barge crossing to K'gari
- Fly & drive
- Family
- Couples
- Friends Group
- First-Time
5 Days in Cairns & Tropical North Queensland
~250 km total, mostly day trips from a single Cairns base
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Solo
- Couples
- Family
7 Days on Kangaroo Island
~500 km on-island driving, plus the Cape Jervis–Penneshaw ferry crossing
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
5 Days in Melbourne
Minimal driving — a tram, train and walking itinerary, with one optional day-trip drive
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Solo
- Couples
- Family
7 Days: Perth & Rottnest Island
~150 km optional mainland driving, plus the Rottnest Island ferry crossing
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
4 Days in Adelaide
Minimal driving for the city days; ~30–70 km if you add the Adelaide Hills or a Barossa day trip
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Solo
- Couples
- Family
4 Days in Hobart
~50 km if you add kunanyi/Mount Wellington by road
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Solo
- Couples
- Family
5 Days in Darwin
~300 km if you add the Litchfield day trip
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Solo
- Couples
- Family
4 Days in Brisbane
Minimal driving — a train, ferry and walking itinerary, with an optional day-trip drive
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Solo
- Couples
- Family
4 Days in Canberra
Minimal driving — most of this works on foot, by shared path or by bus; ~10 km if you add Mount Ainslie by road
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Solo
- Couples
- Family
7 Days: Sydney, Blue Mountains & Hunter Valley
~370 km round trip from Sydney
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Couples
- Friends Group
5 Days: Yarra Valley & Dandenong Ranges
~250 km round trip from Melbourne
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Friends Group
5 Days: NSW South Coast — Sydney to Jervis Bay
~330 km round trip from Sydney
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Couples
- Solo
5 Days: Launceston & Tamar Valley
~150 km round trip from Launceston
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Friends Group
- First-Time
5 Days: Limestone Coast & Coonawarra
~350 km round trip from Mount Gambier
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Friends Group
- First-Time
5 Days: Esperance & Cape Le Grand
~200 km local driving from an Esperance base
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
7 Days: Broome & the Dampier Peninsula
~400 km round trip from Broome
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- Friends Group
5 Days: Perth & Rottnest Island
~20 km optional mainland driving, plus the Rottnest Island ferry crossing
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Couples
- Family
5 Days: Bright, Mount Buffalo & the Victorian High Country
~180 km local driving from a Bright base
- Couples
- Family
- First-Time
5 Days: Kakadu & Litchfield from Darwin
~600 km loop
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- First-Time
5 Days: Gold Coast & Hinterland
~120 km local driving from a Gold Coast base
- Fly & drive
- First-Time
- Couples
- Family
5 Days: Albany, Denmark & the Great Southern
~380 km local driving from an Albany base
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- First-Time
4 Days: Coffs Coast & Nambucca
~110 km local driving from a Coffs Harbour base
- Fly & drive
- Family
- Couples
- First-Time
5 Days: Sunshine Coast, First Time
~180 km local driving
- Fly & drive
- Family
- Couples
- First-Time
4 Days: Newcastle & Hunter Valley
~140 km round trip if you add the Hunter Valley day
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Friends Group
- First-Time
5 Days: Yorke Peninsula
~450 km local driving around the peninsula
- Fly & drive
- Couples
- Family
- First-Time
5 Days: Port Stephens
~120 km local driving around Port Stephens
- Fly & drive
- Family
- Couples
- First-Time
5 Days: Bundaberg & the Southern Great Barrier Reef
~120 km local driving from a Bundaberg/Bargara base
- Fly & drive
- Family
- Couples
- First-Time
Prefer a fixed route over a full day-by-day plan? Browse the road trip guides. Need something built around your own dates and starting point? Try the trip planner.