There are 7 ways to get from Mackay to Busselton by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Mackay to Busselton Airport
best- Fly from Mackay (MKY) to Busselton Airport (BQB)plane MKY - BQB
10h 53m$501–1,658Fly Mackay to Perth Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Mackay (MKY) to Perth Airport (PER)plane MKY - PER
- Take the bus from Perth Airport International Terminal T1 T2 to Busseltonbus
12h 10m$443–527Train, bus
- Take the train from Mackay to Roma Streettrain
- Take the bus from Roma Street Station, Stand F to Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1bus
- Take the train from Sydney Central Station to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Cockburn Central Station to Busseltonbus
4d 12h$1,051–12,665Drive 4,583.3 km
- Drive from Mackay to Busseltoncar 4,583.3 km
2d 3h$826–1,193Train to Whitsunday Coast Airport, fly to Busselton Airport
- Take the train from Mackay to Proserpinetrain
- Fly from Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP) to Busselton Airport (BQB)plane PPP - BQB
23h 58m$656–2,562Bus to Great Barrier Reef Airport, fly to Busselton Airport
- Take the bus from Mackay to Airlie Beachbus
- Fly from Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) to Busselton Airport (BQB)plane HTI - BQB
27h 13m$719–2,377Bus, train
- Take the bus from Mackay to Brisbane Coach Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Roma Street Station, Stand F to Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1bus
- Take the train from Sydney Central Station to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth Elizabeth Quay Busport to Busseltonbus
4d 16h$1,076–9,369
Mackay to Busselton by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mackay to Busselton is to fly and bus which costs $440 - $550 and takes 12h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Mackay to Busselton is to fly which takes 10h 53m and costs $500 - $1,700.
The distance between Mackay and Busselton is 3621 km. The road distance is 4583.3 km.
The best way to get from Mackay to Busselton without a car is to train and bus which takes 4 days 12h and costs $1,000 - $13,000.
It takes approximately 10h 53m to get from Mackay to Busselton, including transfers.
Busselton is 2h behind Mackay. It is currently 9:07 PM in Mackay and 7:07 PM in Busselton.
Yes, the driving distance between Mackay to Busselton is 4583 km. It takes approximately 2 days 3h to drive from Mackay to Busselton.
There are 757+ hotels available in Busselton.
What companies run services between Mackay, QLD, Australia and Busselton, WA, Australia?
Qantas, Jetstar, and Virgin Australia fly from Mackay (MKY) to Busselton Airport (BQB) once daily.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Mackay to Busselton Airport via Brisbane, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Mackay to Busselton Airport via Brisbane, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Busselton Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Busselton Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Busselton Airport via Sydney, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Busselton Airport via Brisbane, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Busselton Airport via Cairns, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Mackay to Perth Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Mackay to Perth Airport via Rockhampton, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Mackay to Perth Airport via Brisbane, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Busselton Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Busselton Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Busselton Airport via Brisbane, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Busselton Airport via Sydney, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Mackay to Busselton Airport via Brisbane, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Busselton Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Busselton Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Busselton Airport via Brisbane, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Whitsunday Coast Airport to Busselton Airport via Cairns, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Busselton Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Busselton Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Busselton Airport via Sydney, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Great Barrier Reef Airport to Busselton Airport via Brisbane, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Mackay to Perth Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–470
Flights from Mackay to Perth Airport via Brisbane, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–470
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Mackay to Roma Street
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–3,519
- 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
- $100–140
- AChoice
- $170–230
- Gold Class
- $2,810
- Heritage Class
- $3,519
Train from Mackay to Proserpine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–453
- 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
- $24–45
- AChoice
- $22–29
- Gold Class
- $362
- Heritage Class
- $453
Train from Sydney Central Station to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $863–9,000
- Book at
- https://bookings.journeybeyondrail.com.au/
- Everyday Daynighter Seat
- $863
- Advanced Gold Single Cabin
- $1,400–2,000
- Low Gold Single Cabin
- $1,500–2,100
- Everyday Gold Single Cabin
- $1,800–2,400
- GOLD TWIN
- $2,700–4,800
- GOLD SINGLE
- $2,500–4,400
- PLATINUM
- $6,000–9,000
- GOLD PREMIUM TWIN
- $3,300–6,000
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Bus from Roma Street Station, Stand F to Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
- Phone
- +61 (0)8 9753 7700
- bookings@swcl.com.au
- Website
- southwestcoachlines.com.au
Bus from Cockburn Central Station to Busselton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://southwestcoachlines.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://southwestcoachlines.com.au/express-coach-travel/routes/
- Book at
- https://apps.customlinc.com.au/southwesttransitgroup/BookingExpress/ExFromTo/?
Bus from Perth Airport International Terminal T1 T2 to Busselton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://southwestcoachlines.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://southwestcoachlines.com.au/express-coach-travel/routes/
- Book at
- https://apps.customlinc.com.au/southwesttransitgroup/BookingExpress/ExFromTo/?
Bus from Perth Elizabeth Quay Busport to Busselton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://southwestcoachlines.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://southwestcoachlines.com.au/express-coach-travel/routes/
- Book at
- https://apps.customlinc.com.au/southwesttransitgroup/BookingExpress/ExFromTo/?
- Phone
- 1300 662 205
- info@transwa.wa.gov.au
- Website
- transwa.wa.gov.au
Bus from Cockburn Central Station to Busselton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.transwa.wa.gov.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.transwa.wa.gov.au/tickets-times/train-timetables
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- customerservice@greyhound.com.au
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Mackay to Airlie Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $35–55
- Advantage
- $35–55
- Flexible
- $40–60
- Phone
- 13 34 10
- reservations@premierms.com.au
- Website
- premierms.com.au
Bus from Mackay to Airlie Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://premierms.com.au/
- Website
- flixbus.com.au
Bus from Mackay to Brisbane Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–220
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.au
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