There are 7 ways to get from Belfast to Melbourne by bus, plane, car ferry, or train
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Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
best- Take the bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane DUB - MEL
26h 15mFly Belfast International Airport to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BFS - MEL
2d$586–1,742Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BHD - MEL
29h 35m$1,023–2,423Car ferry, bus, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryancarferry
- Take the bus from Stena Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane EDI - MEL
32h 29m$929–1,770Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane DUB - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
31h 40mTrain to City Of Derry Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Lanyon Place to Colerainetrain
- Fly from City Of Derry Airport (LDY) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane LDY - MEL
31h 14m$1,541–4,550Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Mount Gambier Airport, bus, train
- Take the bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Mount Gambier Airport (MGB)plane DUB - MGB
- Take the bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard Stbus
- Take the train from Ballarat Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
37h 7m
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to Melbourne is to fly which costs $550 - $1,800 and takes 2 days 0h.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Melbourne is to fly which takes 29h 35m and costs $1,000 - $2,500.
The distance between Belfast and Melbourne is 17373 km.
It takes approximately 26h 15m to get from Belfast to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 11h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 1:42 PM in Belfast and 12:42 AM in Melbourne.
There are 5351+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Aer Lingus, Singapore Airlines, and five other airlines fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–1,900
Flights from Dublin Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–1,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Manchester, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–1,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to Melbourne Airport via Glasgow, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to Melbourne Airport via Glasgow, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to Melbourne Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,500
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to Melbourne Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,500
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Manchester, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–1,900
Flights from Dublin Airport to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Dublin Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Doha, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Melbourne Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,200
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Edinburgh Airport, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Lanyon Place to Coleraine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Ballarat Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $7–10
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Grand Central Bus Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Stena Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- 1300 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- customer.relations@vline.com.au
- Website
- vline.com.au
Bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $4–28
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Timetables/Train-coach-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Plan-trip-buy-tickets
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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