There are 8 ways to get from Inverness to Melbourne by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane INV - MEL
29h 5m$987–2,344Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane EDI - MEL
28h 53m$890–3,521Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane ABZ - MEL
31h 55m$1,077–3,701Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Stirlingtrain
- Take the train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane GLA - MEL
36h 19m$970–3,105Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane NCL - MEL
32h 50m$1,109–4,190Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Avalon Airport, bus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane INV - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
36h 19m$1,237–5,044Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to Stirlingtrain
- Take the train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane GLA - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
39h 38m$1,420–4,305Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane EDI - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
35h 8m$1,390–4,221
Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Melbourne is to train and bus and fly which costs $850 - $3,600 and takes 28h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Melbourne is to train and bus and fly which takes 28h 53m and costs $850 - $3,600.
The distance between Inverness and Melbourne is 16888 km.
It takes approximately 29h 5m to get from Inverness to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 9h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 12:58 PM in Inverness and 9:58 PM in Melbourne.
There are 3576+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
KLM, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) twice daily.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–1,400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Avalon Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Avalon Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Avalon Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–1,400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Avalon Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Avalon Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–6,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–6,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–6,000
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,900
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Avalon Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Avalon Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Avalon Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to Melbourne Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–180
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $150–280
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- 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
- $28
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
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