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Mount Gambier to Melbourne

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Mount Gambier to Melbourne. From €44.39, fastest 4h 4m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Mount Gambier to Melbourne costs €44.39 at the cheapest and takes 4h 4m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 379 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
379 km
Fastest
4h 4m
Average
4h 6m
Services per day
1
Cheapest
€44.39
CO2 per passenger
93.2 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 5m55m3h 10m€47.3493.2 kg1
  • 4h 5mFastest, by Flight
  • €47.34Cheapest, by Flight
  • 93.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 379 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€44.39
  1. Regional Express RE245006:4855m07:43Mount Gambier MGBMelbourne AVV

Door to door 4h 5mCO2 93.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

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Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Mount Gambier to Melbourne
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Mount Gambier to MelbourneSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€85.69€63.86€62.09€63.86€80.38€64.45€73.89€69.17€49.70€47.93€55.01€72.71€54.42€47.34

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €44.39

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A hotel room

A room in Melbourne for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Mount Gambier to Melbourne

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €52.6590 days
  2. €37.3160 days
  3. €33.7745 days
  4. €32.5930 days
  5. €49.7021 days
  6. €47.3414 days
  7. €73.897 days
  8. €62.093 days
  9. €85.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 163 percent. The most expensive point is €85.69, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€85.69€32.591371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €69.17Sun
  2. €49.70Mon
  3. €47.93Tue
  4. €55.01Wed
  5. €72.71Thu
  6. €54.42Fri
  7. €49.70Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €62.09Sep
  2. €54.42Oct
  3. €42.62Nov
  4. €48.52Dec
  5. €42.03Jan
  6. €34.36Feb

The route

Mount GambierMount GambierMelbourneMelbourne
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 379 km against 367 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Mount Gambier at 06:48 and the last at 06:48, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Mount Gambier

Rail
  • Mount Gambier railway station
Bus
  • Mount Gambier Bus Station
Air
  • MGB

Melbourne

Rail
  • North Melbourne
  • Melbourne Central
  • Kew railway station, Melbourne
Bus
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Williamstown
Air
  • MEL
  • AVV
Ferry
  • Spotswood
  • Como Landing
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Regional Express€44.394h 4m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Regional Express
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€30.0068%
Taxes€5.4012%
Supplier fees€7.0016%
Our service fee€1.994%
Total you pay€44.39100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Melbourne well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

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Questions about Mount Gambier to Melbourne

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Mount Gambier to Melbourne?

The fastest journey from Mount Gambier to Melbourne takes 4h 4m door to door, of which 55m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 6m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Mount Gambier to Melbourne?

The cheapest fare from Mount Gambier to Melbourne is €44.39, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €54.42. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Mount Gambier to Melbourne?

The cheapest way from Mount Gambier to Melbourne is by flight, at €47.34 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 5m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Mount Gambier to Melbourne?

Fares from Mount Gambier to Melbourne bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €32.59. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 163 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Mount Gambier to Melbourne?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Mount Gambier to Melbourne, at €47.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Mount Gambier to Melbourne?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mount Gambier to Melbourne, at €34.36 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Mount Gambier to Melbourne?

1 operators sell services from Mount Gambier to Melbourne across 1 mode: Regional Express. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Mount Gambier to Melbourne?

Every service we sell from Mount Gambier to Melbourne is direct, with around 1 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 4m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Mount Gambier to Melbourne use?

Services from Mount Gambier to Melbourne by flight leave from Mount Gambier MGB and arrive at Melbourne AVV. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Mount Gambier to Melbourne?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Mount Gambier to Melbourne allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Mount Gambier to Melbourne on September 12, 2026: 379 km of route against 367 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €44.39, and 4h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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