There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Brisbane by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane EDI - BNE
26h 41m$735–2,543Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane GLA - BNE
26h 44m$1,063–3,805Fly Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Gold Coast Airport (OOL)plane EDI - OOL
- Take the train from Varsity Lakes station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 3train
31h 47m$870–2,420Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane MAN - BNE
29h 45m$1,125–3,591Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY)plane EDI - MCY
- Take the train from Landsborough station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 5train
37h$921–2,521Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane BHX - BNE
29h 51m$1,131–4,556Fly Edinburgh Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (WTB)plane EDI - WTB
- Take the bus from Toowoomba to Brisbanebus
31h 17m$1,515–4,153
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Brisbane is to fly which costs $700 - $2,600 and takes 26h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Brisbane is to fly which takes 26h 41m and costs $700 - $2,600.
The distance between Edinburgh and Brisbane is 16353 km.
It takes approximately 26h 41m to get from Edinburgh to Brisbane, including transfers.
Brisbane is 10h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:52 PM in Edinburgh and 2:52 AM in Brisbane.
There are 2361+ hotels available in Brisbane.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Brisbane, QLD, Australia?
Emirates and Qantas fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) 3 times a day.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport via Dubai, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport via Doha, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brisbane Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,400
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brisbane Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 13 12 30
- Website
- translink.com.au
Train from Varsity Lakes station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
Train from Landsborough station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 5
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $150–270
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $200–340
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- (61) 13 22 51
- enquiries@murrays.com.au
- Website
- murrays.com.au
Bus from Toowoomba to Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Schedules at
- murrays.com.au
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- customerservice@greyhound.com.au
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Toowoomba to Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $30–45
- Advantage
- $30–45
- Flexible
- $30–50
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