Brisbane to Rockhampton road trip: Distance, driving time & stops
Brisbane to Rockhampton road trip: Fraser Island and Bundaberg
At Maryborough, most travellers will branch off for Hervey Bay and the River Heads ferry to Fraser Island. Click through for separate guides – they deserve more than just a passing mention on longer road trip.
Book these 8 Hervey Bay experiences now
- 1. Great Sandy Strait wildlife cruise – with a great chance of spotting dingos or dugongs.
- 2. All-inclusive Fraser Island day tour – with pick-up at your accommodation.
- 3. Fraser Island two day tour – see much more.
- 4. Fun cruise – get close to dolphins and turtles while lounging in the boom netting.
- 5. Sunset cruise.
- 6. Dolphin sailing adventure.
- 7. Whale-watching – this is arguably the best place in Australia to spot humpback whales.
- 8. Fraser Island west coast cruise – with lunch & kayaking.
The next likely detour is Bundaberg, where you can taste on the Bundaberg Rum distillery tours. There’s are also strawberries to pick at Tinaberries, turtles to watch at Mon Repos and a marvellous beach at Bargara.
Great value Bundaberg accommodation includes motels such as the Villa Mirasol Motor Inn and Bundaberg Spanish Motor Inn, plus the roadtripper-friendly 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 to the Bruce Highway, though, and you’ll reach historic town Childers, home to the Snakes Downunder reptile park. Alternatively, you can visit the Good Night Scrub National Park from Gin Gin, and try fishing at Lake Monduran.
Click through for the next section: Miriam Vale to Gladstone.