There are 8 ways to get from Perth to Lizard Island by plane, unknown, train, or bus
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Fly to Cooktown Airport, travel
best- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane PER - CTN
- Walk from Cooktown Airport (CTN) to Lizard Islandunknown
10h 7mTrain, bus, travel
- Take the train from Perth to Sydney Central Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1 to Roma Street Station, Stand Fbus
- Take the train from Roma Street to Cairns Central Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
- Walk from Cooktown to Lizard Islandunknown
5d 17hFly to Cairns, bus, travel
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Cairns (CNS)plane PER - CNS
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
- Walk from Cooktown to Lizard Islandunknown
14h 28mFly to Coen, travel
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Coen (CUQ)plane PER - CUQ
- Walk from Coen (CUQ) to Lizard Islandunknown
19h 59mFly to Weipa Airport, travel
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Weipa Airport (WEI)plane PER - WEI
- Walk from Weipa Airport (WEI) to Lizard Islandunknown
17h 58mFly to Lockhart River Airport, travel
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Lockhart River Airport (IRG)plane PER - IRG
- Walk from Lockhart River Airport (IRG) to Lizard Islandunknown
19h 3mTrain, bus, travel via Brisbane
- Take the train from Perth to Sydney Central Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1 to Roma Street Station, Stand Fbus
- Take the bus from Brisbane Roma Street to Cairns Central Stationbus
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
- Walk from Cooktown to Lizard Islandunknown
5d 21hTrain, bus, travel via Cairns
- Take the train from Perth to Sydney Central Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1 to Roma Street Station, Stand Fbus
- Take the bus from Brisbane to Cairnsbus
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
- Walk from Cooktown to Lizard Islandunknown
5d 22h
Perth Airport (PER) to Cooktown Airport (CTN) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Perth and Lizard Island is 3581 km.
The best way to get from Perth to Lizard Island without a car is to train and bus and travel which takes 5 days 17h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 7m to get from Perth to Lizard Island, including transfers.
Lizard Island is 2h ahead of Perth. It is currently 3:10 PM in Perth and 5:10 PM in Lizard Island.
There are one+ hotels available in Lizard Island.
What companies run services between Perth, WA, Australia and Lizard Island, QLD, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Perth to Lizard Island. However, you can take the train to Airport Central Stn Platform 2, walk to Perth Airport (PER) airport, fly to Cooktown Airport (CTN), then travel to Lizard Island. Alternatively, you can take a train from Perth to Lizard Island via Sydney Central Station, Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1, Roma Street Station, Stand F, Roma Street, Cairns Central Station, Cairns, and Cooktown in around 5d 17h.
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Perth Airport to Cooktown Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Perth Airport to Cooktown Airport via Alice Springs, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Cooktown Airport via Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–2,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Cooktown Airport via Melbourne, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–2,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Coen via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Perth Airport to Coen via Melbourne, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–2,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Coen via Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–2,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Coen via Adelaide, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Coen via Alice Springs, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Lockhart River Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Perth Airport to Lockhart River Airport via Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Perth Airport to Cairns via Alice Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Cairns via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Weipa Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Weipa Airport via Alice Springs, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Perth Airport to Weipa Airport via Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Weipa Airport via Melbourne, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Perth Airport to Lockhart River Airport via Melbourne, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Lockhart River Airport via Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–2,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Lockhart River Airport via Cairns, Aurukun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Lockhart River Airport via Adelaide, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Cairns via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- skytrans.com.au
Flights from Perth Airport to Lockhart River Airport via Melbourne, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Lockhart River Airport via Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Lockhart River Airport via Cairns, Aurukun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- flyairnorth.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Cairns via Alice Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Train from Perth to Sydney Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $863–11,000
- 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
- $3,300–6,000
- GOLD SINGLE
- $3,000–5,500
- PLATINUM
- $7,000–11,000
- GOLD PREMIUM TWIN
- $4,000–7,000
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Roma Street to Cairns Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–6,171
- 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
- $170–230
- AChoice
- $310–390
- Gold Class
- $4,927
- Heritage Class
- $6,171
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Bus from Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1 to Roma Street Station, Stand F
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cairns to Cooktown
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
- Phone
- 13 34 10
- reservations@premierms.com.au
- Website
- premierms.com.au
Bus from Brisbane Roma Street to Cairns Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–320
- Website
- https://premierms.com.au/
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- customerservice@greyhound.com.au
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Brisbane to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–650
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $280–400
- Advantage
- $350–550
- Flexible
- $440–650
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