Childers to Rockhampton drive: Distance, time & road trip stops
The Childers to Rockhampton drive covers a 324km distance in a driving time of around three hours and 42 minutes. Road trip stops to add to the itinerary include Lake Monduran and Tannum Sands.
The Childers to Rockhampton drive is a key leg on the drive up the Bruce Highway in Queensland, Australia. You’re likely to encounter it as part of a longer road trip – probably from Brisbane to Rockhampton or Noosa to Airlie Beach.
Rockhampton offers fascinating history walks and cave tours. To source the best Rockhampton accommodation deals, go here.
Childers to Rockhampton distance and driving time
By car, the distance from Childers to Rockhampton is 324km. That makes for a driving time of around three hours and 42 minutes, although that’ll be extended if you make any road trip detours.
Top experiences to book in and around Rockhampton
- (Highly recommended ✅) Great Keppel Island day trip – with lunch.
- Cathedral Cave tour at Capricorn Caves. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 90 minute Deep Vault Cave and Flower Pot tour at Capricorn Caves.
- Time Safaris walking tour.
The first logical detour from Childers is sugar industry town Bundaberg.
Things to do in Bundaberg include watching turtles at Mon Repos, strawberry-picking at Tinaberries, going to the beach at Bargara, and rum-tasting on the Bundaberg Rum distillery tours.
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.
Excellent value Bundaberg accommodation includes motels such as the Villa Mirasol Motor Inn and Bundaberg Spanish Motor Inn, plus the camper-friendly Bundaberg Big4 Cane Village Holiday Park.
Next up: Agnes Water and Gladstone.