14 days · NSW + Queensland
Australia east coast itinerary for 2 weeks
Harbour and highlands, a flight or coastal hop, then Tropical North Queensland. Protect one reef day. Leave Uluru for another ticket.
- Sydney nights
- 3–4
- Mountains day
- 1
- Tropical nights
- 4–5
- The long gaps
- Fly
A workable two-week east-coast itinerary is three to four nights in Sydney with a Blue Mountains day, a hop via Byron or Brisbane, then four to five nights in Cairns, Port Douglas or the Whitsundays with one dedicated reef day.
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Questions
What travellers always ask
Sydney and the Blue Mountains, a hop north, then a reef launchpad. Fly Sydney–Cairns or Sydney–Proserpine rather than driving every kilometre.
Fly the boring kilometres
The holiday is the harbour, the highlands and one reef day — not the Pacific Highway as a trophy.