Brisbane to 1770 road trip: Distance, driving time & best stops
A stop in Bundaberg?
The route towards 1770 then skims past Bundaberg. Here, you can taste rum on the Bundaberg Rum distillery tours, go strawberry-picking at Tinaberries, see turtles at Mon Repos and hit the beach at Bargara.
Excellent value Bundaberg accommodation includes the Villa Mirasol Motor Inn, Bundaberg Spanish Motor Inn and Bundaberg Big4 Cane Village Holiday Park.
6 Bundaberg experiences to make the most of your free time
- (Highly recommended ✅) Tour – with tastings – at the Bundaberg rum distillery.
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Day trip to Lady Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
- Fly out to Lady Elliot Island for a day on the reef.
- See migrating humpbacks – on a four hour whale watching cruise with lunch.
- Brewery tasting tour – including the famous Bundaberg ginger beer.
- Farm life experience at Splitters Farm.
The quickest route from Bundaberg to 1770 runs up Rosedale Road and Tableland Road. It skirts closer to the coast, via Meadowvale, Avonvale, Yandaran and Watalgan, on the way to Rosedale. Moore Park Beach is one potential breakaway beach stop on this section of the journey.
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