There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Brisbane by plane, train, bus, or taxi
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)EDI - BNE
26h 48m$886–2,144Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)GLA - BNE
27h 1m$1,052–2,377Fly Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Gold Coast Airport (OOL)EDI - OOL
- Take the train from Varsity Lakes station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 3
30h 41m$1,121–3,421Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)MAN - BNE
29h 42m$1,022–3,145Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY)EDI - MCY
- Take the train from Landsborough station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 5
38h 34m$1,022–2,122Fly Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK)EDI - BNK
- Take the bus from Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, Southern Cross Dr to Byron Bay Interchange, Stand B
- Take the bus from Byron Bay Bus Interchange Station to Brisbane Roma Street
34h 9m$1,084–2,297Fly Edinburgh Airport to Hervey Bay, taxi, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hervey Bay (HVB)EDI - HVB
- Take the taxi from Hervey Bay (HVB) to Howard
- Take the train from Howard to Roma Street
34h 6m$1,633–5,949Fly Edinburgh Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (WTB)EDI - WTB
- Take the bus from Toowoomba to Brisbane
31h 17m$1,796–3,729
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Brisbane is to train and fly which costs $1,000 - $2,400 and takes 27h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Brisbane is to fly which takes 26h 48m and costs $850 - $2,200.
The distance between Edinburgh and Brisbane is 16353 km.
It takes approximately 26h 48m to get from Edinburgh to Brisbane, including transfers.
Brisbane is 10h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 9:33 PM in Edinburgh and 7:33 AM in Brisbane.
There are 2299+ 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
- qantas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hervey Bay via Dubai, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hervey Bay via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hervey Bay via Dubai, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport via Doha, Melbourne, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport via Doha, Melbourne, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,200
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brisbane Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
- 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
- $2,000–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport via Doha, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brisbane Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- 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
- $800–5,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brisbane Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–36
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–36
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $420–460
- Sleeper Seat
- $120–160
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $460–550
- 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
- Hourly
- 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
- $50–220
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Howard to Roma Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–1,056
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $85–200
- AChoice
- $14–70
- Gold Class
- $843
- Heritage Class
- $1,056
- Phone
- +61 (0)2 6686 2144
- info.farnorthcoast@cdcbus.com.au
- Website
- blanchs.com.au
Bus from Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, Southern Cross Dr to Byron Bay Interchange, Stand B
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.blanchs.com.au/
- Phone
- +61 (0)2 6685 7447
- info@byronbus.com
- Website
- brisbane2byron.com
Bus from Byron Bay Bus Interchange Station to Brisbane Roma Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Schedules at
- brisbane2byron.com
- 13
- $60–70
- Phone
- +612 6685 7447
- info@byronbus.com
- Website
- byronbayshuttle.com.au
Bus from Byron Bay Bus Interchange Station to Brisbane Roma Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Website
- https://www.byronbayshuttle.com.au
- 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
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Toowoomba to Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $30–45
- Advantage
- $30–45
- Flexible
- $28–45
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Torquay Taxi Service
- Phone
- +61 3 5277 9000
- Website
- 131008.com
Geelong Taxi Network
- Phone
- 131008
- Website
- geelongtaxis.com.au
Hervey Bay Taxi Service
- Phone
- +61 7 5561 2670
- Website
- 131008.com
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