There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Edithburgh by train, car, bus, plane, shuttle, or car ferry
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Train, drive
best- Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Adelaide Stationtrain The Overland
- Drive from Adelaide Station to Edithburghcar
13h 3m$183–439Bus via Southern Cross Coach Terminal/Spencer St
cheapest- Take the bus from Southern Cross Coach Terminal/Spencer St to 85 Franklin Stbus
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Port Wakefieldbus
- Take the bus from Port Wakefield to Edithburghbus
17h 8m$76–153Bus
- Take the bus from Southern Cross Coach Terminal to Adelaidebus
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Port Wakefieldbus
- Take the bus from Port Wakefield to Edithburghbus
15h 33m$160–194Drive 945.9 km
- Drive from Melbourne to Edithburghcar 945.9 km
10h 46m$180–260Fly Melbourne Airport to Adelaide Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane MEL - ADL
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Port Wakefieldbus
- Take the bus from Port Wakefield to Edithburghbus
8h 47m$188–478Train, bus
- Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Adelaide Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Port Wakefieldbus
- Take the bus from Port Wakefield to Edithburghbus
16h 11m$208–469Bus to Avalon Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminalbus
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane AVV - ADL
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Port Wakefieldbus
- Take the bus from Port Wakefield to Edithburghbus
9h 23m$428–868Fly Melbourne Airport to Kingscote, shuttle, car ferry, drive
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kingscote (KGC)plane MEL - KGC
- Take a shuttle bus from Kingscote to Penneshaw
- Take the car ferry from Kangaroo Island Penneshaw to Cape Jerviscarferry
- Drive from Cape Jervis to Edithburghcar
12h 29m$518–928
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Adelaide Airport (ADL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Edithburgh is to bus via Southern Cross Coach Terminal/Spencer St which costs $75 - $160 and takes 17h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Edithburgh is to fly and bus which takes 8h 47m and costs $180 - $480.
No, there is no direct bus from Melbourne to Edithburgh. However, there are services departing from Southern Cross Coach Terminal and arriving at Edithburgh via Adelaide and Port Wakefield. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 33m.
The distance between Melbourne and Edithburgh is 1037 km. The road distance is 945.9 km.
The best way to get from Melbourne to Edithburgh without a car is to bus which takes 15h 33m and costs $160 - $200.
It takes approximately 13h 3m to get from Melbourne to Edithburgh, including transfers.
Melbourne to Edithburgh bus services, operated by Firefly Express, depart from Southern Cross Coach Terminal station.
Melbourne to Edithburgh bus services, operated by Firefly Express, arrive at Adelaide station.
Edithburgh is 30 min behind Melbourne. It is currently 8:39 PM in Melbourne and 8:09 PM in Edithburgh.
Yes, the driving distance between Melbourne to Edithburgh is 946 km. It takes approximately 10h 46m to drive from Melbourne to Edithburgh.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Edithburgh, SA, Australia?
You can take a bus from Southern Cross Coach Terminal to Edithburgh via Adelaide and Port Wakefield in around 15h 33m.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–350
Flights from Avalon Airport to Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kingscote via Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–750
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–420
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–300
Flights from Avalon Airport to Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–700
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Adelaide Airport via Mount Gambier
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–650
Train from Southern Cross Station to Adelaide Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $140–380
- Website
- https://www.journeybeyondrail.com.au/journeys/overland/
- Red Standard Readyrail
- $140–170
- Red Standard Everyday
- $190–230
- Red Premium Readyrail
- $260–310
- Red Premium Everyday
- $320–380
- Phone
- 1300 730 740
- enquiries@fireflyexpress.com.au
- Website
- fireflyexpress.com.au
Bus from Southern Cross Coach Terminal to Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–99
- Website
- http://www.fireflyexpress.com.au
- Phone
- 1300 851 345
- admin@premierstateliner.com.au
- Website
- stateliner.com.au
Bus from Adelaide to Port Wakefield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://stateliner.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://stateliner.com.au/bus-timetables-bookings/
- Phone
- 08 8821 2755
- enquiries@ypcoaches.com.au
- Website
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
Bus from Adelaide to Port Wakefield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $38–44
- Schedules at
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
Bus from Port Wakefield to Edithburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Schedules at
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- customer.relations@vline.com.au
- Website
- vline.com.au
Bus from Southern Cross Coach Terminal/Spencer St to 85 Franklin St
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $11–60
- 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 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
- Phone
- 08 8821 2755
- enquiries@ypcoaches.com.au
- Website
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
Shuttle from Kingscote to Penneshaw
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22
- Schedules at
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
Car ferry from Kangaroo Island Penneshaw to Cape Jervis
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $49–65
- Schedules at
- sealink.com.au
- Passengers
- $65
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