There are 11 ways to get from Gladstone to Tennant Creek by plane, bus, train, car, or taxi
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Fly Gladstone Airport to Tennant Creek
best- Fly from Gladstone Airport (GLT) to Tennant Creek (TCA)plane GLT - TCA
22h 43m$852–2,202Drive 2,089.1 km
cheapest- Drive from Gladstone to Tennant Creekcar 2,089.1 km
22h$371–535Bus, train via Melbourne
- Take the bus from Gladstone to Brisbane Coach Terminalbus
- Take the train from Brisbane to Southern Crosstrain
- Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Adelaide Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Alice Springsbus
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creekbus
4d 7h$3,131–4,907Fly Gladstone Airport to Alice Springs Airport, bus
- Fly from Gladstone Airport (GLT) to Alice Springs Airport (ASP)plane GLT - ASP
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creekbus
17h 26m$766–2,526Train to Bundaberg, fly to Tennant Creek
- Take the train from Gladstone to Bundabergtrain
- Fly from Bundaberg (BDB) to Tennant Creek (TCA)plane BDB - TCA
27h 26m$1,331–4,951Train, taxi to Hervey Bay, fly to Tennant Creek
- Take the train from Gladstone to Howardtrain
- Take the taxi from Howard to Hervey Bay (HVB)taxi
- Fly from Hervey Bay (HVB) to Tennant Creek (TCA)plane HVB - TCA
27h 27m$1,635–5,897Bus, bus to Rockhampton, fly to Tennant Creek
- Take the bus from Gladstone to Rockhamptonbus
- Take the bus from Rockhampton Police Complex to Park Street at Yeppoon Central Shopping Centrebus
- Take the bus from Park Street at Yeppoon Central Shopping Centre to Terminal Dr at Rockhampton Airportbus
- Fly from Rockhampton (ROK) to Tennant Creek (TCA)plane ROK - TCA
24h 41m$1,230–3,746Bus, bus to Biloela, fly to Tennant Creek
- Take the bus from Gladstone to Rockhamptonbus
- Take the bus from Rockhampton to Biloelabus
- Fly from Biloela (ZBL) to Tennant Creek (TCA)plane ZBL - TCA
30h 12m$808–2,099Bus, bus to Rockhampton, fly to Alice Springs Airport
- Take the bus from Gladstone to Rockhamptonbus
- Take the bus from Rockhampton Police Complex to Park Street at Yeppoon Central Shopping Centrebus
- Take the bus from Park Street at Yeppoon Central Shopping Centre to Terminal Dr at Rockhampton Airportbus
- Fly from Rockhampton (ROK) to Alice Springs Airport (ASP)plane ROK - ASP
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creekbus
19h 9m$745–2,271Train, bus
- Take the train from Gladstone to Landsboroughtrain
- Take the train from Landsborough station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 5train
- Take the train from Brisbane to Southern Crosstrain
- Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Adelaide Stationtrain
- Take the train from Adelaide Station to Alice Springstrain
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creekbus
4d 10h$4,864–7,866Bus, train
- Take the bus from Gladstone to Brisbane Coach Terminalbus
- Take the train from Brisbane to Adelaidetrain
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Alice Springsbus
- Take the bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creekbus
5d 17h$3,671–18,847
Gladstone to Tennant Creek by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gladstone to Tennant Creek is to drive which costs $370 - $550 and takes 22h.
The fastest way to get from Gladstone to Tennant Creek is to fly and bus which takes 17h 26m and costs $750 - $2,600.
The distance between Gladstone and Tennant Creek is 1836 km. The road distance is 2089.1 km.
The best way to get from Gladstone to Tennant Creek without a car is to bus and train via Melbourne which takes 4 days 7h and costs $3,100 - $5,000.
It takes approximately 22h 43m to get from Gladstone to Tennant Creek, including transfers.
Tennant Creek is 30 min behind Gladstone. It is currently 3:39 PM in Gladstone and 3:09 PM in Tennant Creek.
Yes, the driving distance between Gladstone to Tennant Creek is 2089 km. It takes approximately 22h to drive from Gladstone to Tennant Creek.
There are three+ hotels available in Tennant Creek.
What companies run services between Gladstone, QLD, Australia and Tennant Creek, NT, Australia?
Qantas, Airnorth, and Virgin Australia fly from Gladstone Airport (GLT) to Tennant Creek (TCA) once daily.
- Website
- flyairnorth.com
Flights from Gladstone Airport to Tennant Creek via Brisbane, Sydney, Alice Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Gladstone Airport to Tennant Creek via Brisbane, Adelaide, Alice Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–4,300
Flights from Bundaberg to Tennant Creek via Brisbane, Sydney, Alice Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,300
Flights from Bundaberg to Tennant Creek via Brisbane, Adelaide, Alice Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Hervey Bay to Tennant Creek via Melbourne, Alice Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Hervey Bay to Tennant Creek via Sydney, Alice Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Rockhampton to Tennant Creek via Brisbane, Sydney, Alice Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Biloela to Tennant Creek via Brisbane, Adelaide, Alice Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Biloela to Tennant Creek via Brisbane, Sydney, Alice Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Gladstone Airport to Alice Springs Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Gladstone Airport to Alice Springs Airport via Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,600
Flights from Rockhampton to Alice Springs Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Rockhampton to Alice Springs Airport via Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
- 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
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
Train from Brisbane to Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 22h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $3,290–18,000
- Book at
- Great Southern
- Website
- Great Southern
- Gold
- $3,290
- Gold Premium
- $4,390
- Suites
- $15,000–18,000
- Phone
- 1800 703 357
- [email protected]
- Website
- Journey Beyond
Train from Southern Cross Station to Adelaide Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $140–380
- Website
- Journey Beyond
- Red Standard Readyrail
- $140–170
- Red Standard Everyday
- $190–230
- Red Premium Readyrail
- $260–310
- Red Premium Everyday
- $320–380
Train from Southern Cross Station to Adelaide Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $140–380
- Website
- Journey Beyond
- Red Standard Readyrail
- $140–170
- Red Standard Everyday
- $190–230
- Red Premium Readyrail
- $260–310
- Red Premium Everyday
- $320–380
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
Train from Gladstone to Bundaberg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–649
- Book at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Schedules at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- BQuick
- $29–50
- AChoice
- $30–45
- Gold Class
- $519
- Heritage Class
- $649
Train from Gladstone to Howard
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–867
- Book at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Schedules at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- BQuick
- $35–60
- AChoice
- $40–55
- Gold Class
- $692
- Heritage Class
- $867
Train from Gladstone to Landsborough
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–1,617
- Book at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Website
- Queensland Rail Travel
- Schedules at
- Queensland Rail Travel
- BQuick
- $55–80
- AChoice
- $80–110
- Gold Class
- $1,291
- Heritage Class
- $1,617
Train from Landsborough station, platform 2 to Central station, platform 5
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 1800 703 357
- [email protected]
- Website
- journeybeyondrail.com.au
Train from Adelaide Station to Alice Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $1,988
- Book at
- Great Southern Rail - The Ghan
- Saver Gold Single Cabin
- $1,988
- Everyday Gold Single Cabin
- $2,093
- Website
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Gladstone to Brisbane Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Gladstone to Brisbane Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
Bus from Adelaide to Alice Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $220–500
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $220–310
- Advantage
- $270–400
- Flexible
- $350–500
Bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $80–120
- Advantage
- $95–150
- Flexible
- $120–180
Bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $80–120
- Advantage
- $95–150
- Flexible
- $120–180
Bus from Gladstone to Rockhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $30–45
- Advantage
- $28–45
- Flexible
- $30–45
Bus from Gladstone to Rockhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $30–45
- Advantage
- $28–45
- Flexible
- $30–45
Bus from Rockhampton to Biloela
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $35–50
- Advantage
- $30–50
- Flexible
- $35–55
Bus from Gladstone to Rockhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $30–45
- Advantage
- $28–45
- Flexible
- $30–45
Bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $80–120
- Advantage
- $95–150
- Flexible
- $120–180
Bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $80–120
- Advantage
- $95–150
- Flexible
- $120–180
Bus from Adelaide to Alice Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $220–500
- Website
- Greyhound Australia
- Schedules at
- Greyhound Australia
- Early Bird
- $220–310
- Advantage
- $270–400
- Flexible
- $350–500
Bus from Rockhampton Police Complex to Park Street at Yeppoon Central Shopping Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Park Street at Yeppoon Central Shopping Centre to Terminal Dr at Rockhampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Rockhampton Police Complex to Park Street at Yeppoon Central Shopping Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Park Street at Yeppoon Central Shopping Centre to Terminal Dr at Rockhampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +61 8 8953 0127
- [email protected]
- Website
- centrebushbus.com.au
Bus from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $160–200
- Schedules at
- centrebushbus.com.au
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Black & White Taxis Maryborough
- Phone
- +61 7 3860 1861
- Website
- 131008.com
Hervey Bay Taxi Service
- Phone
- +61 7 5561 2670
- Website
- 131008.com
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