Brisbane to Bundaberg road trip: Distance, drive time & best stops

Childers or Bingera National Park?

On the final leg from Maryborough to Bundaberg, decent options for a road trip stop include historic town Childers. Attractions here include the Snakes Downunder reptile park. But the quickest route to Bundaberg branches off the Bruce Highway just before Childers. You’ll go past Bingera National Park along Goodwood Road instead.

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.

Things to do in Bundaberg once you get there include strawberry-picking at Tinaberries, watching turtles at Mon Repos, going to the beach at Bargara and rum-tasting on the Bundaberg Rum distillery tours.

If you don’t fancy driving, you can always take the Bundaberg train instead.

6 supreme Brisbane day trips that will improve your holiday

Moreton Island day trip – with kayaking, sandboarding and snorkelling or with dolphin-feeding and desert dunes adventure.
Springbrook National Park glowworms and rainforest tour – including Tamborine Skywalk.
Eumundi Markets day trip – Australia’s best markets, plus the Sunshine Coast Hinterland and Noosa.
North Stradbroke Island day tour – with cruise, wildlife spotting and guided walk.
Tamborine Mountain winery tour – with gourmet lunch.
Maialia rainforest walking and wildlife tour – visit lesser-known D’Aguilar National Park.