Gympie to Bundaberg drive: Distance and road trip attractions
Road trip attractions on the 194km, 2h13m Gympie to Bundaberg drive include the Story Bank in Maryborough and heritage buildings in Childers.
The drive from Gympie to Bundaberg is one you’re likely to undertake as part of a longer Queensland road trip. It’s a leg on the drive from Brisbane to Townsville, or Brisbane to Cairns.
Gympie is the first sizable town on the Bruce Highway north of the Sunshine Coast. If you’ve been staying in Noosa, Marcoola, Mudjimba Beach or Caloundra, you’ll pass through Gympie on the way north.
Gympie is home to the Mary Valley Rattler steam train tours, while Bundaberg offers rum distillery tours, Lady Musgrave Island day trips, ginger beer brewery tastings and farm experiences.
Gympie to Bundaberg distance and driving time
The Gympie to Bundaberg drive is about two hours and 13 minutes long. The full Gympie to Bundaberg distance is 194km, and there are a couple of place worth stopping at along the way.
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.
Heading north, skip through Tiaro on the Gympie to Maryborough leg, but budget some time to explore Maryborough. Road trip attractions in this historic Mary River town include the Mary Poppins Museum inside the Story Bank, plus the Maryborough Mural Trail.
From Maryborough, most travellers will detour east to Hervey Bay. The highlight of the Fraser Coast is K’gari (Fraser Island) and Hervey Bay is where the River Heads ferry to Fraser Island departs from.
If you’re choosing to skip Fraser Island for some reason, the Maryborough to Bundaberg leg of the drive passes the Wongi State Forest.
Click through to the next section: Childers and Bingera National Park.