There are 7 ways to get from Gwangju to Melbourne by train, bus, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus to Incheon International Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
best- Take the train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Gwangmyeong Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1bus
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane ICN - MEL
15h 55m$509–1,217Bus to Yeosu/Suncheon Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Usquare Gwangju Bus Terminal to Yeocheon Intercity Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Yeosu/Suncheon Airport (RSU) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane RSU - MEL
19h 6m$426–1,168Train to Cheongju International Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Osong Stationtrain
- Fly from Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane CJJ - MEL
19h 7m$452–1,180Fly Gwangju to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from Gwangju (KWJ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane KWJ - MEL
17h 54m$450–980Train, train to Daegu International Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Osong Stationtrain
- Take the train from Osong Station to Dongdaegu Stationtrain
- Fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane TAE - MEL
19h 49m$559–1,528Train, bus to Busan / Gimhae International Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Osong Stationtrain
- Take the train from Osong Station to Dongdaegu Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Dongdaegu Terminal to Gimhae Int'l Airportbus
- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane PUS - MEL
19h 45m$632–4,634Train, bus to Incheon International Airport, fly to Avalon Airport
- Take the train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Gwangmyeong Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1bus
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane ICN - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
20h 23m$913–2,101
Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Gwangju to Melbourne is to fly which costs $450 - $1,000 and takes 17h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Gwangju to Melbourne is to train and bus and fly which takes 15h 55m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Gwangju and Melbourne is 8920 km.
It takes approximately 15h 55m to get from Gwangju to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 2h ahead of Gwangju. It is currently 1:00 PM in Gwangju and 3:00 PM in Melbourne.
There are 5511+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Gwangju, South Korea and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Korean Air, China Eastern Airlines, and nine other airlines fly from Gwangju (KWJ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Narita, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Avalon Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Osaka Kansai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Narita, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Gwangju to Melbourne Airport via Seoul Gimpo, Osaka Kansai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Avalon Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Avalon Airport via Brisbane, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from Yeosu/Suncheon Airport to Melbourne Airport via Seoul Gimpo, Osaka Kansai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Gwangju to Melbourne Airport via Cheju, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,000
Flights from Yeosu/Suncheon Airport to Melbourne Airport via Cheju, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Gwangju to Melbourne Airport via Cheju, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Yeosu/Suncheon Airport to Melbourne Airport via Cheju, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Gwangju to Melbourne Airport via Cheju, Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–950
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Gwangmyeong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $30–50
- First Class
- $45–70
Train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Osong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $23–35
- First Class
- $30–45
Train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Osong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $23–35
- First Class
- $30–45
Train from Osong Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $20–28
- First Class
- $28–40
Train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Osong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $23–35
- First Class
- $30–45
Train from Osong Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $20–28
- First Class
- $28–40
Train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Gwangmyeong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $30–50
- First Class
- $45–70
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- SRT
Train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Osong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- $27–45
- First Class
- $40–50
Train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Osong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- $27–45
- First Class
- $40–50
Train from Osong Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- $24–45
- First Class
- $35–45
Train from Gwangju Songjeong Station to Osong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- $27–45
- First Class
- $40–50
Train from Osong Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- $24–45
- First Class
- $35–45
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- V-Line
Train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–19
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–19
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- korail.com
Bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 1644 2992
- Website
- Bus Tago
Bus from Dongdaegu Terminal to Gimhae Int'l Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- Bus Tago
- Road
- $11–16
Bus from Usquare Gwangju Bus Terminal to Yeocheon Intercity Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Website
- Bus Tago
- Road
- $12–17
- Premium Excellence
- $22
- Premium Intercity
- $19
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