There are 10 ways to get from Brisbane to Warrnambool by plane, shuttle, train, bus, or car
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Fly Brisbane Airport to Melbourne Airport, shuttle, train
best- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BNE - MEL
- Take a shuttle bus from Melbourne Airport to Geelong station
- Take the train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Stationtrain
8h 56m$204–411Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Roma Street Station, Stand F to Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1bus
- Take the bus from Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1 to Southern Cross Coach Terminal, Spencer Stbus
- Take the bus from Southern Cross Coach Terminal/Spencer St to Ballarat Station/Lydiard Stbus
- Take the bus from Ballarat Station/Lydiard St to Warrnambool Station/Merri Stbus
34h 37m$130–223Train via Sydney
- Take the train from Roma Street Station to Central Stationtrain 32
- Take the train from Central Station to Southern Crosstrain 623 / ...
- Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Warrnambool Stationtrain
30h 40m$171–489Drive 1,865.7 km
- Drive from Brisbane to Warrnamboolcar 1,865.7 km
21h 22m$340–490Fly Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane BNE - AVV
- Take the train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Stationtrain
8h 55m$147–544Train to Gold Coast Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport, shuttle, train
- Take the train from Roma Street to Varsity Lakes station, platform 2train
- Fly from Gold Coast Airport (OOL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane OOL - MEL
- Take a shuttle bus from Melbourne Airport to Geelong station
- Take the train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Stationtrain
10h 33m$156–502Train to Gold Coast Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, train
- Take the train from Roma Street to Varsity Lakes station, platform 2train
- Fly from Gold Coast Airport (OOL) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane OOL - AVV
- Take the train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Stationtrain
10h 32m$140–596Train to Sunshine Coast Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport, shuttle, train
- Take the train from Central station, platform 6 to Landsborough station, platform 1train
- Fly from Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane MCY - MEL
- Take a shuttle bus from Melbourne Airport to Geelong station
- Take the train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Stationtrain
11h 47m$218–528Fly Brisbane Airport to Mount Gambier Airport, bus
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Mount Gambier Airport (MGB)plane BNE - MGB
- Take the bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Warrnambool Station/Merri Stbus
10h 10m$287–844Train
- Take the train from Brisbane to Southern Crosstrain
- Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Warrnambool Stationtrain Geelong
2d 7h$2,696–3,696
Brisbane to Warrnambool by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Brisbane to Warrnambool is to bus which costs $130 - $230 and takes 34h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Brisbane to Warrnambool is to fly and train which takes 8h 55m and costs $140 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Brisbane station to Warrnambool station. However, there are services departing from Roma Street Station, Stand F and arriving at Warrnambool Station/Merri St via Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1, Southern Cross Coach Terminal/Spencer St and Ballarat Station/Lydiard St. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Brisbane station to Warrnambool station. However, there are services departing from Roma Street Station and arriving at Warrnambool Station via Central Station and Southern Cross Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 40m.
The distance between Brisbane and Warrnambool is 1669 km. The road distance is 1865.7 km.
The best way to get from Brisbane to Warrnambool without a car is to train via Sydney which takes 30h 40m and costs $170 - $490.
It takes approximately 8h 56m to get from Brisbane to Warrnambool, including transfers.
Brisbane to Warrnambool bus services, operated by NSW TrainLink, depart from Roma Street Station, Stand F.
Brisbane to Warrnambool train services, operated by NSW TrainLink XPT, depart from Roma Street Station.
The best way to get from Brisbane to Warrnambool is to train via Sydney which takes 30h 40m and costs $170 - $490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $130 - $230 and takes 34h 37m.
What companies run services between Brisbane, QLD, Australia and Warrnambool, VIC, Australia?
You can take a train from Roma Street Station to Warrnambool Station via Central Station and Southern Cross Station in around 30h 40m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Roma Street Station, Stand F to Warrnambool Station/Merri St via Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1, Southern Cross Coach Terminal/Spencer St, and Ballarat Station/Lydiard St in around 34h 37m.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–410
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–600
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Avalon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Sunshine Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–1,400
Flights from Sunshine Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport via Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Avalon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Sunshine Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–480
Flights from Sunshine Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–480
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–350
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–400
Flights from Sunshine Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–470
Flights from Sunshine Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–470
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Newcastle, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Sydney, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Wagga Wagga, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Canberra, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- V-Line
Train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
Train from Southern Cross Station to Warrnambool Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
Train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
Train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
Train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
Train from Geelong Station to Warrnambool Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
Train from Southern Cross Station to Warrnambool Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- NSW TrainLink XPT
Train from Roma Street Station to Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Book at
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Economy
- $85–110
- First
- $120–140
- Sleeper
- $220–250
Train from Central Station to Southern Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Website
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Book at
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Economy
- $80–110
- First
- $110–140
- Sleeper
- $220–240
Train from Roma Street to Varsity Lakes station, platform 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Train from Roma Street to Varsity Lakes station, platform 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Train from Central station, platform 6 to Landsborough station, platform 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 1800 703 357
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Southern
Train from Brisbane to Southern Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $2,690–3,690
- Book at
- Great Southern
- Website
- Great Southern
- Gold Premium
- $3,690
- Gold
- $2,690
- Phone
- +61 3 5222 4966
- [email protected]
- Website
- gull.com.au
Shuttle from Melbourne Airport to Geelong station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $39
- Schedules at
- gull.com.au
Shuttle from Melbourne Airport to Geelong station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $39
- Schedules at
- gull.com.au
Shuttle from Melbourne Airport to Geelong station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $39
- Schedules at
- gull.com.au
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- NSW TrainLink
Bus from Roma Street Station, Stand F to Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- NSW TrainLink
Bus from Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1 to Southern Cross Coach Terminal, Spencer St
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- NSW TrainLink
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- [email protected]
- Website
- V/Line
Bus from Southern Cross Coach Terminal/Spencer St to Ballarat Station/Lydiard St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1–16
- Website
- V/Line
- Schedules at
- V/Line
- Book at
- V/Line
Bus from Ballarat Station/Lydiard St to Warrnambool Station/Merri St
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $2–22
- Website
- V/Line
- Schedules at
- V/Line
- Book at
- V/Line
Bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Warrnambool Station/Merri St
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Booking & Getting There
Brisbane to Warrnambool bus services, operated by NSW TrainLink, arrive at Central Station, Forecourt, Coach Bay 1.
Warrnambool is 1h ahead of Brisbane. It is currently 11:43 AM in Brisbane and 12:43 PM in Warrnambool.
Brisbane to Warrnambool train services, operated by NSW TrainLink XPT, arrive at Central Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brisbane to Warrnambool is 1866 km. It takes approximately 21h 22m to drive from Brisbane to Warrnambool.
There are 384+ hotels available in Warrnambool.

















