Travel Information
You’ll find our country an hour from Brisbane, two hours from the Gold Coast and a two hour drive from the Sunshine Coast.
Spread over a large swathe of countryside, there are an abundance of ways to discover Queensland Country and explore our mountain ranges, western plains, lakes and rivers, national parks and more than 120 towns and villages. Choose your best mode of transport and pack a bag, your next adventure awaits.
Accessing Queensland Country is easy by air, road, coach or rail.
Air
Easy access to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, Emerald Airport, Brisbane Airport, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast Airports. Most country towns also have airstrips for private planes too.
Coach
Prefer to take the passenger seat?
Soak up the scenery onboard one of the coaches that service the region. Regular bus services operate between Brisbane, Toowoomba, Warwick, Stanthorpe and beyond, with connections to air, rail and local buses.
- Bus Queensland
P 07 4633 1177 | busqld.com.au - Crisps Coaches
P 07 4661 8333 | crisps.com.au - Greyhound Australia
P 1300 473 946 | greyhound.com.au - Murrays Coaches
P 13 22 51 | murrays.com.au
Road
All roads lead to Queensland Country, including the Cunningham, New England, Warrego, Leichhardt, D’Aguilar, Brisbane Valley, Gore, Capricorn and Gregory Highways and the Great Inland Way and the Adventure Way.
Our well-maintained highways and quiet country backroads make driving holidays one of the best ways to enjoy your Queensland Country escape. Check road conditions at qldtraffic.qld.gov.au before you travel as they can change quickly.
There is a range of electric vehicle chargers throughout Queensland Country, click here for more information.
To plan your journey, check out our itineraries and travel guides.
Rail
Ride the rails through our country.
Queensland Rail operates two trains into our region. The Westlander travelling across the Great Dividing Range to Toowoomba, through the rich farmlands of the Darling Downs, before continuing onto its final destination, Charleville. The Spirit of the Outback travelling from Brisbane to Longreach through the heart of Central Highlands stopping at Duaringa, Bluff, Blackwater, Emerald and Anakie.