There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Gold Coast by plane, train, bus, or taxi
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane EDI - BNE
- Take the train from International Airport Station to Helensvale station, platform 1train
28h 27m$890–2,148Fly Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Gold Coast Airport (OOL)plane EDI - OOL
28h 47m$1,121–3,421Fly Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK)plane EDI - BNK
- Take the bus from Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, Southern Cross Dr to Byron Bay Interchange, Stand Bbus
- Take the bus from Byron Bay to Surfers Paradisebus
33h 49m$1,034–2,482Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane MAN - BNE
- Take the train from International Airport Station to Helensvale station, platform 1train
31h 21m$1,025–3,148Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Brisbane Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Brisbane Airport (BNE)plane BHX - BNE
- Take the train from International Airport Station to Helensvale station, platform 1train
31h 47m$1,225–2,566Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY)plane EDI - MCY
- Take the bus from Mooloolaba to Brisbanebus
- Take the bus from Brisbane to Surfers Paradisebus
34h 21m$1,164–3,591Fly Edinburgh Airport to Hervey Bay, taxi, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hervey Bay (HVB)plane EDI - HVB
- Take the taxi from Hervey Bay (HVB) to Howardtaxi
- Take the train from Howard to Roma Streettrain
- Take the train from Roma Street to Helensvale station, platform 1train
35h 55m$1,635–6,051Fly Edinburgh Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (WTB)plane EDI - WTB
- Take the bus from Toowoomba to Brisbanebus
- Take the train from Roma Street to Helensvale station, platform 1train
33h 6m$1,798–4,031
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brisbane Airport (BNE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Gold Coast is to fly and train which costs $850 - $2,200 and takes 28h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Gold Coast is to fly and train which takes 28h 27m and costs $850 - $2,200.
The distance between Edinburgh and Gold Coast is 16436 km.
It takes approximately 28h 27m to get from Edinburgh to Gold Coast, including transfers.
Gold Coast is 10h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:38 PM in Edinburgh and 12:38 AM in Gold Coast.
There are 2604+ hotels available in Gold Coast.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Gold Coast, QLD, Australia?
Emirates and Jetstar fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Gold Coast Airport (OOL) once daily.
- 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
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Gold Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
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
- $1,200–3,800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hervey Bay via Dubai, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hervey Bay via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,900
- 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
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hervey Bay via Dubai, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport via Doha, Melbourne, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport via Doha, Melbourne, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Brisbane Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brisbane Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunshine Coast Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
- 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
- $2,000–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport via Doha, Brisbane Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,900
- 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
- $800–5,500
- 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
- 13 12 30
- Website
- translink.com.au
Train from International Airport Station to Helensvale station, platform 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
Train from Roma Street to Helensvale station, platform 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- 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
- +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
- $100–550
- 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
- $130–170
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $430–460
- Sleeper Seat
- $130–170
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $550–700
- 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
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.blanchs.com.au/
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Byron Bay to Surfers Paradise
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $25–40
- Advantage
- $24–40
- Flexible
- $20–35
Bus from Mooloolaba to Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $27–40
- Advantage
- $26–40
- Flexible
- $22–35
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
Bus from Byron Bay to Surfers Paradise
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Schedules at
- byronbayexpress.com.au
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Bus from Byron Bay to Surfers Paradise
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
- Phone
- 13 34 10
- reservations@premierms.com.au
- Website
- premierms.com.au
Bus from Brisbane to Surfers Paradise
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- https://premierms.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
- 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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