There are 8 ways to get from Geelong to Katherine by shuttle, plane, bus (Greyhound), train, bus, or car
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Shuttle to Melbourne Airport, fly to Katherine
best- Take a shuttle bus from Geelong station to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Katherine (KTR)plane MEL - KTR
11h 33m$1,069–2,084Shuttle to Melbourne Airport, fly to Darwin International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Geelong station to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Darwin International Airport (DRW)plane MEL - DRW
- Take the bus from Palmerston to Katherinebus
12h 58m$369–989Bus
- Take the bus from Geelong Station/Railway Tce to Ballarat Station/Lydiard Stbus
- Take the bus from Ballarat to Adelaidebus
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Alice Springsbus
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Katherinebus
2d 1h$456–1,003Train, bus
- Take the train from North Shore Station to Adelaide Stationtrain
- Take the train from Adelaide Station to Alice Springstrain
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Katherinebus
2d 7h$2,285–2,737Drive 3,398.1 km
- Drive from Geelong to Katherinecar 3,398.1 km
34h 11m$646–932Fly Avalon Airport to Katherine
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Katherine (KTR)plane AVV - KTR
18h 17m$829–3,003Fly Avalon Airport to Darwin International Airport, bus
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Darwin International Airport (DRW)plane AVV - DRW
- Take the bus from Palmerston to Katherinebus
16h 23m$439–1,558Shuttle to Melbourne Airport, fly to Kununurra, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Geelong station to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kununurra (KNX)plane MEL - KNX
- Take the bus from Kununurra to Katherinebus
16h 54m$833–1,527
Geelong to Katherine by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geelong to Katherine is to shuttle and fly and bus which costs $360 - $1,000 and takes 12h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Geelong to Katherine is to shuttle and fly which takes 11h 33m and costs $1,000 - $2,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Geelong station to Katherine. However, there are services departing from Geelong Station/Railway Tce and arriving at Katherine via Ballarat, Adelaide and Alice Springs. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Geelong and Katherine is 2948 km. The road distance is 3398.1 km.
The best way to get from Geelong to Katherine without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 1h and costs $450 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 11h 33m to get from Geelong to Katherine, including transfers.
Geelong to Katherine bus services, operated by V-Line Buses, depart from Geelong Station/Railway Tce.
The best way to get from Geelong to Katherine is to bus which takes 2 days 1h and costs $450 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $800 - $3,000 and takes 18h 17m.
Geelong to Katherine bus services, operated by V-Line Buses, arrive at Ballarat Station/Lydiard St.
Katherine is 1h 30m behind Geelong. It is currently 7:45 PM in Geelong and 6:15 PM in Katherine.
What companies run services between Geelong, VIC, Australia and Katherine, NT, Australia?
You can take a bus from Geelong Station/Railway Tce to Katherine via Ballarat, Adelaide, and Alice Springs in around 2d 1h. Alternatively, Jetstar and Airnorth fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Katherine (KTR) once daily.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Darwin International Airport via Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Darwin International Airport via Townsville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Avalon Airport to Darwin International Airport via Gold Coast
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Avalon Airport to Darwin International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kununurra via Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kununurra via Broome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kununurra via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
- Website
- flyairnorth.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Katherine via Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Katherine via Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Katherine via Sydney, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Avalon Airport to Katherine via Gold Coast, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Avalon Airport to Katherine via Sydney, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kununurra via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Darwin International Airport via Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from Avalon Airport to Darwin International Airport via Gold Coast
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Avalon Airport to Darwin International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Avalon Airport to Darwin International Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kununurra via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Train from North Shore Station to Adelaide Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–350
- Website
- https://www.journeybeyondrail.com.au/journeys/overland/
- Red Standard Readyrail
- $130–160
- Red Standard Everyday
- $180–210
- Red Premium Readyrail
- $240–280
- Red Premium Everyday
- $290–350
Train from Adelaide Station to Alice Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $1,988
- Book at
- https://bookings.greatsouthernrail.com.au/?_ga=2.27793852.1430812322.1538203551-1884130056.1538203551
- Saver Gold Single Cabin
- $1,988
- Everyday Gold Single Cabin
- $2,093
- Phone
- +61 3 5222 4966
- enquiries@gull.com.au
- Website
- gull.com.au
Shuttle from Geelong station to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $39
- Schedules at
- gull.com.au
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- customer.relations@vline.com.au
- Website
- vline.com.au
Bus from Geelong Station/Railway Tce to Ballarat Station/Lydiard St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–15
- 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
- 1300 730 740
- enquiries@fireflyexpress.com.au
- Website
- fireflyexpress.com.au
Bus from Ballarat to Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–99
- Website
- http://www.fireflyexpress.com.au
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Adelaide to Alice Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $200–500
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $200–300
- Advantage
- $250–380
- Flexible
- $330–500
Bus from Alice Springs to Katherine
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–390
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $160–240
- Advantage
- $200–300
- Flexible
- $250–390
Bus from Palmerston to Katherine
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $50–75
- Advantage
- $55–85
- Flexible
- $65–100
Bus from Kununurra to Katherine
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $80–120
- Advantage
- $90–140
- Flexible
- $110–170
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