Brisbane to Airlie Beach road trip: Distance, drive time & stops
Brisbane to Airlie Beach road trip: Bundaberg and Childers
The next likely detour is Bundaberg, where you can go rum-tasting on the Bundaberg Rum distillery tours. You can also choose strawberry-picking at Tinaberries, turtle-spotting at Mon Repos and beach relaxation 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.
Stick with the Bruce Highway, though, and you’ll come to heritage town Childers. It’s home to the Snakes Downunder reptile park. Further along, you canvisit the Good Night Scrub National Park from Gin Gin, and go fishing at Lake Monduran.
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