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What is the best way to get from Sydney to Great Barrier Reef?

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What is the best way to get from Sydney to Great Barrier Reef?

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the barrier reef starts down just south of bundaberg which is 4 hours north of brisbane.

I suggest however that you fly to cairns or townsville the reef is more vibrant (colourwise) the warmer the enviroment,

you can fly to cairns or townsville directly or via brisbane, the options are bus and train.

generally if you book well in advance the airfares are the quickest and cheapest way to travel
check out
www.virginblue.com.au
www.jetstar.com.au
or www.qantas.com.au

once you get to cairns or townsville you there are operators to take you to the reef for the day. expect to pay around 200 per person which will include your lunch and snorkelling gear.

hope this helps and enjoy our precious reef Source(s): me- an queensland travel agent the last 9 years.

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I'm not sure, but watch out for the sting rays on the way there.
fastest fly 3 hours
the interesting way(to see a lot on the way) drive 3/4 days
Catch a flight or drive up to Cairns......
The "BEST" way is to fly. Driving will take at least one day from Sydney to Brisbane - depending on how fast and how constant you drive (which is NOT recommended!) but it is cheaper to fly considering the cost of petrol these days.
Fly to Cairns with Virgin Blue or Qantas. NEVER FLY JET STAR!!!!!! or if you want Island paradise, fly to Hamilton Island but only Virgin and Sh*t Star fly there. Here are the websites for the airline.

You can drive or bus but the drive is nearly 3000kms from Sydney so I dont recomend it!

If you have a friend in Brisbane that you can see, fly to Brisbane and catch the hight Speed Tilt Train. It get to Rockhampton in 6 hours, it goes to Cairns but I dont know how long from Rockhampton to Cairns!
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