There are 9 ways to get from Sydney to Mataranka by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound), train, or car
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Fly Sydney International Airport to Katherine, bus
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Katherine (KTR)plane SYD - KTR
- Take the bus from Katherine to Matarankabus
12h 20m$1,175–2,207Fly Sydney International Airport to Mac Arthur River, drive
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Mac Arthur River (MCV)plane SYD - MCV
- Drive from Mac Arthur River (MCV) to Matarankacar
15h 53m$313–902Bus
- Take the bus from Central Station to Alburybus
- Take the bus from Albury Station/Hume Hwy to 85 Franklin Stbus
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Alice Springsbus
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Matarankabus
2d 12h$483–1,113Train, bus
- Take the train from Sydney Central Station to Adelaide Parklandstrain
- Take the train from Adelaide Station to Alice Springstrain
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Matarankabus
2d 22h$2,547–6,638Drive 3,547.1 km
- Drive from Sydney to Matarankacar 3,547.1 km
36h 31m$633–914Fly Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Darwin International Airport (DRW)plane SYD - DRW
- Take the bus from Palmerston to Katherinebus
- Take the bus from Katherine to Matarankabus
14h 41m$330–877Fly Sydney International Airport to Kununurra, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Kununurra (KNX)plane SYD - KNX
- Take the bus from Kununurra to Katherinebus
- Take the bus from Katherine to Matarankabus
19h 2m$744–1,465Drive to Orange Airport, fly to Katherine, bus
- Drive from Sydney to Orange-Airport-OAGcar
- Fly from Orange Airport (OAG) to Katherine (KTR)plane OAG - KTR
- Take the bus from Katherine to Matarankabus
16h 14m$602–2,150Train, bus via Adelaide
- Take the train from Sydney Central Station to Adelaide Parklandstrain
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Alice Springsbus
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Matarankabus
2d 16h$779–5,150
Sydney to Mataranka by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Mataranka is to fly and bus which costs $330 - $900 and takes 14h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Mataranka is to fly and bus which takes 12h 20m and costs $1,100 - $2,300.
No, there is no direct bus from Sydney station to Mataranka. However, there are services departing from Central Station and arriving at Mataranka via Albury Station/Hume Hwy, Adelaide and Alice Springs. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
The distance between Sydney and Mataranka is 3000 km. The road distance is 3547.1 km.
The best way to get from Sydney to Mataranka without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 12h and costs $480 - $1,200.
It takes approximately 12h 20m to get from Sydney to Mataranka, including transfers.
Sydney to Mataranka bus services, operated by FlixBus Australia, depart from Central Station.
Sydney to Mataranka bus services, operated by FlixBus Australia, arrive at Albury station.
Mataranka is 1h 30m behind Sydney. It is currently 3:55 PM in Sydney and 2:25 PM in Mataranka.
Yes, the driving distance between Sydney to Mataranka is 3547 km. It takes approximately 36h 31m to drive from Sydney to Mataranka.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Mataranka, NT, Australia?
You can take a bus from Central Station to Mataranka via Albury, Albury Station/Hume Hwy, Adelaide, and Alice Springs in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- flyairnorth.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Katherine via Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Katherine via Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Katherine via Gold Coast, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kununurra via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mac Arthur River via Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mac Arthur River via Adelaide, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mac Arthur River via Melbourne, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mac Arthur River via Brisbane, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mac Arthur River via Cairns, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mac Arthur River via Gold Coast, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Orange Airport to Katherine via Sydney International Airport, Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–3,700
Flights from Orange Airport to Katherine via Sydney International Airport, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,500
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Gold Coast
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kununurra via Broome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kununurra via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kununurra via Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kununurra via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Darwin International Airport via Gold Coast
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Train from Sydney Central Station to Adelaide Parklands
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $400–4,300
- Book at
- https://bookings.journeybeyondrail.com.au/
- Everyday Daynighter Seat
- $400
- Advanced Gold Single Cabin
- $650–900
- Low Gold Single Cabin
- $700–950
- Everyday Gold Single Cabin
- $850–1,100
- GOLD TWIN
- $1,100–2,000
- GOLD SINGLE
- $1,000–1,800
- PLATINUM
- $2,800–4,300
- GOLD PREMIUM TWIN
- $1,400–2,400
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
- 1300 473946
- customerservice@greyhound.com.au
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Katherine to Mataranka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $30–45
- Advantage
- $27–40
- Flexible
- $30–45
Bus from Central Station to Albury
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $85–130
- Advantage
- $100–160
- Flexible
- $120–190
Bus from Adelaide to Alice Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $220–500
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $220–310
- Advantage
- $270–400
- Flexible
- $350–500
Bus from Alice Springs to Mataranka
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–360
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $160–230
- Advantage
- $190–290
- Flexible
- $250–360
Bus from Palmerston to Katherine
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $55–80
- Advantage
- $60–90
- Flexible
- $70–110
Bus from Kununurra to Katherine
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $85–120
- Advantage
- $95–150
- Flexible
- $120–180
- Website
- flixbus.com.au
Bus from Central Station to Albury
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.au
- Phone
- 1300 730 740
- enquiries@fireflyexpress.com.au
- Website
- fireflyexpress.com.au
Bus from Central Station to Albury
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–99
- Website
- http://www.fireflyexpress.com.au
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- customer.relations@vline.com.au
- Website
- vline.com.au
Bus from Albury Station/Hume Hwy to 85 Franklin St
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–70
- 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
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