Driving Distances Outback

How far is my planned Outback tour?

Driving Distances Outback is the section to plan your Outback Australia travel experience. Hopefully, you'll find your answer here. If not, don't hesitate to ask me!

The Australian Outback is such a huge place, it is hard to make a decision where to go at all, right? But that is your homework. You have to decide where to go. However, the Outback Guide shall help you make your decision.

Please note: driving distances given in the tables below are only approximately. Every time when I plan a trip to Australia I go crazy because diverse maps and sources always come up with different numbers.

Also, there are often several routes to choose from, hence the different numbers for distances betwees towns.

The rampart of Wilpena Pound

The first table lists the travel distances to the Flinders Ranges and the Oodnadatta Track. Adelaide is the closest city with an international airport to begin a journey to this area.

The table shows the shortest connection from Adelaide to Hawker, straight through South Australia's mid north. The route via Port Augusta on the Spencer Gulf and Quorn is another option to go to the Flinders Ranges. With approx. 426 km it is slightly longer.

Driving distances to the following destinations further north ara also based on the quickest connection to Hawker.

Location	Adelaide	Hawker	Wilpena	Leigh Creek	Marree	Oodnadatta	Marla
Adelaide	---	395	451	550	667	1074	1284
Hawker	395	---	56	155	272	678	889
Wilpena	451	56	---	158	275	681	891
Leigh Creek	550	155	158	---	117	523	733
Marree	667	272	275	117	---	406	616
Oodnadatta	1074	678	681	523	406	---	210
Marla	1284	889	891	733	616	210	---

All distances are shown in kilometres. Distance chart Outback South Australia.

Convert from kilometres to miles

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The second table covers South Australia's north-east, and Queensland's far south-west. Now you are going along the Birdsville Track into Outback Queensland. It also shows the distances to places beyond Birdsville. Boulia is another great place in this part of the world.

Location	Marree	Mungerannie	Birdsville	Bedourie	Boulia	Windorah
Marree	---	199	508	701	895	888
Mungerannie	199	---	309	502	696	689
Birdsville	508	309	---	193	387	380
Bedourie	701	502	193	---	194	411
Boulia	895	696	387	194	---	605
Windorah	888	689	380	411	605	---

All distances are shown in kilometres. Distances from Outback South Australia into Outback Queensland.

The third table of driving distances Outback covers the Matilda highway and its byways in Outback Queensland. Cloncurry, Winton and Longreach are the major towns along this route.

Location	Brisbane	Birdsville	Cloncurry	Longreach	Mt.Isa	Windorah	Winton
Brisbane	---	1577	1691	1172	1808	1197	1348
Birdsville	1577	---	803	691	686	380	745
Cloncurry	1691	803	---	519	117	830	343
Longreach	1172	691	519	---	636	311	176
Mt. Isa	1808	686	117	636	---	904	460
Windorah	1197	380	830	311	904	---	487
Winton	1348	745	343	176	460	487	---

All distances are shown in kilometres. Distances when you travel Queensland's Outback.

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For more driving distances in Australia see the driving distances Australia chart for the major cities.

Want to know where to stay while you're out there? The Outback travel tips section has lists of facilities for each area covered in the Outback guide.

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