quickest route from Broken Hill to Brisbane

Broken Hill to Brisbane

Dian, make it as quick as you want to Broken Hill, then to Cobar, Nevertire, turn left to go to Gilgandra, then on up through Coonabarabran and the Newell Highway to Brisbane.
Depends what sort of vehicle your in and how much driving you want to do at night.
I live in Broken Hill and the roos are plentifull around here at night, and from here to Cobar especially, is 'avoid the night if possible, else about 80Kph I reckon.
No accommodation between here and Cobar except Wilcannia, and that's only 2 hours from Broken Hill.
Not too long ago I think we did Broken Hill to Coonabarabran in about 12 hours with a couple of wee stops. Didn't go all the way to Brisbane but it would be another long day.
Hope you have good seats in your vehicle.
Dave

Try - " target="EOF" class="lbg">www.mynrma.com.au/travel_planner.asp . You can print out the results and detailed driving directions. If you click onto the “Adv Route” you can type in house number and street details and get detailed directions at the Brisbane end.

This gives a distance of 1550km and travelling time of nearly 19 hours. Perth – Brisbane is 4339.77 kms or 51:27 Hours

PeterD

I'll go with what has been suggested. I have driven from Adelaide to Broken Hill to Brisbane and return 3 times in the last 2 years . I think it's the most direct route, 20 hours in my commodore and 28 hours in my Pathfinder. (yes, stopped for rest breaks.) Coming home with your van - who knows.

We went from Bridgetown to Bundaberg in 4 days to get our caravan, stopping at dusk and starting at first light. We went Broken Hill, Cobar, Warren, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran and up the Newell. We even took a nice drive through the Warrumbungles when i took a wrong turn out of Gilgandra. We were going to sleep in the swag but as it rained in the early part, we stopped at Motels (at Balladonia stopping early because the rain was so heavy) motel at Minnippa, a cabin at Cobar and on site van at Dalby (north of Brisbane), getting to Bundy mid morning. We did not book accommodation - just stopped at the best option without driving in 'kangaroo - cow - goat time'. Jim did most of the driving, and i drove for a bit after lunch while he had a catnap - trouble is i would stop to take photos and he would wake up a take over the driving. I hope you enjoy the drive as much as we did - it was our first trip east. We came back on a slightly different route coming back to Wilcannia from Bourke, then back home the same way.

In the Adv Route calculations you can type "Wagga Wagga" into one of the "Via" boxes and compare the results and see how many days it will take.

PeterD

Hi Bill,
We went the way Cruiser says, last year.
1st leg Brissie to B'Hill 17hrs straight (night stuff Bris to Gigandra). Then strictly dawn to dusk, B'Hill to Ceduna, Ceduna to Norseman (well, left 1/2 hr b4 sunup for that leg), then easy day Noerseman to perth with kalgoorlie detour. That's without van.

You'll need more fuel stops on your return of course; probably need an extra night stop between Norseman/Ceduna - that's 1200k - also at Gilgandra too.

It's a great drive - enjoy!