Buses in Australia

588 routes and 2 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

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We sell 588 Buses routes in Australia, serving 46 places through 2 operators. 0 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £8.63 and the median route runs 436 km.

Priced for 25 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Buses in Australia, in numbers

  • £8.63 to £58.59Fare range
  • 588Routes we sell
  • 46Places served
  • 2Operators
  • 588Domestic routes
  • 0Cross border routes
  • 436 kmMedian route
  • 2,618 kmLongest route

£8.63 to £58.59 for one passenger across the 32 routes priced below, all of them on 25 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Routes

The busiest Buses routes in Australia

The routes we sell in Australia, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Brisbane to Gold Coast bus£8.631h 54m71 km
Gold Coast to Brisbane bus£8.631h 53m71 km
Brisbane to Sunshine Coast bus£8.632h90 km
Sunshine Coast to Brisbane bus£8.632h 4m90 km
Gold Coast to Logan City bus£8.631h 37m51 km
Logan City to Gold Coast bus£8.631h 36m51 km
Brisbane to Toowoomba bus£8.632h 15m106 km
Toowoomba to Brisbane bus£8.632h 14m106 km
Newcastle to Sydney bus£8.632h 38m117 km
Sydney to Newcastle bus£8.632h 42m117 km
Canberra to Sydney bus£12.404h 9m247 km
Sydney to Canberra bus£12.404h 9m247 km
Canberra to Melbourne bus£19.946h 50m466 km
Melbourne to Canberra bus£19.946h 55m466 km
Gold Coast to Sydney bus£28.909h 44m686 km
Sydney to Gold Coast bus£28.909h 41m686 km
Melbourne to Sydney bus£29.3710h 14m713 km
Sydney to Melbourne bus£29.3710h 14m713 km
Brisbane to Sydney bus£30.3110h 29m733 km
Sydney to Brisbane bus£30.3110h 22m733 km
Brisbane to Newcastle bus£31.739h 17m619 km
Newcastle to Brisbane bus£31.739h 15m619 km
Melbourne to Newcastle bus£33.1412h 26m822 km
Newcastle to Melbourne bus£33.1411h 2m822 km
Sydney to Toowoomba bus£40.2111h 2m705 km
Toowoomba to Sydney bus£40.2111h 21m705 km
Brisbane to Canberra bus£43.9813h 5m944 km
Canberra to Brisbane bus£43.9811h 30m944 km
Brisbane to Melbourne bus£53.4018h 35m1,375 km
Melbourne to Brisbane bus£53.4018h 31m1,375 km
Gold Coast to Melbourne bus£58.5918h 17m1,346 km
Melbourne to Gold Coast bus£58.5918h 10m1,346 km

12Go fares in Australia

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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Day trips out of Sydney and across Australia

Day trips that leave Sydney in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km16428%Hervey Bay, 29 km
200 to 600 km19233%Melbourne, 202 km
600 to 1,500 km20835%Logan City, 602 km
Over 1,500 km244%Brisbane, 1563 km

Bus destinations

Common questions about Buses in Australia

What Buses routes are there in Australia?

We sell 588 Buses routes in Australia, serving 46 places run by 2 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Buses tickets in Australia cost?

The cheapest Buses fare in Australia is £8.63 for one passenger, across the 588 routes we sell there. The median route runs 436 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of Australia by Buses?

0 of the Buses routes we sell touching Australia cross a border and 588 stay inside it, reaching 0 other countries including . Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Buses services in Australia?

2 operators run Buses services on routes we sell in Australia: Translink SEQ, Transport for New South Wales. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Buses route in Australia?

The longest Buses route we sell touching Australia runs from Adelaide to Darwin, 2,618 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 436 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

The coach gets you into Sydney. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

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A room in Sydney for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from North Sydney railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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