There are 5 ways to get from Killarney to Great Barrier Reef by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Cork Airport, fly to Cairns
best- Take the train from Killarney to Mallowtrain
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Cairns (CNS)plane ORK - CNS
29h 45m$1,134–3,648Fly Kerry Airport to Cairns
cheapest- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Cairns (CNS)plane KIR - CNS
37h 50m$617–1,725Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the bus from Killarney Mission to Limerick Arthurs Qybus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cairns (CNS)plane SNN - CNS
30h 7m$1,036–7,546Train, train to Dublin Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Killarney to Mallowtrain
- Take the train from Mallow to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Cairns (CNS)plane DUB - CNS
32h 11m$749–2,178Train to Cork Airport, fly to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Take the train from Killarney to Mallowtrain
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane ORK - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairnsbus
2d$1,449–4,018
Cork Airport (ORK) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Killarney to Great Barrier Reef is to fly which costs $600 - $1,800 and takes 37h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Killarney to Great Barrier Reef is to train and fly which takes 29h 45m and costs $1,100 - $3,700.
The distance between Killarney and Great Barrier Reef is 15630 km.
It takes approximately 29h 45m to get from Killarney to Great Barrier Reef, including transfers.
Great Barrier Reef is 8h 30m ahead of Killarney. It is currently 1:31 PM in Killarney and 10:01 PM in Great Barrier Reef.
What companies run services between Killarney, Ireland and Great Barrier Reef?
Ryanair, Singapore Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Cairns (CNS) 6 times a week.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cairns via Manchester, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–8,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–8,000
Flights from Kerry Airport to Cairns via Manchester, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–4,300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cairns via Manchester, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–6,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Darwin
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Kerry Airport to Cairns via Dublin Airport, Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Cork Airport to Cooktown Airport via Frankfurt, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,800
Flights from Cork Airport to Cooktown Airport via Manchester, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–8,500
Flights from Cork Airport to Cooktown Airport via London Heathrow, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–8,500
Flights from Cork Airport to Cooktown Airport via Munich, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–8,500
Flights from Cork Airport to Cooktown Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–8,500
Flights from Cork Airport to Cooktown Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,800
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Cairns via Dublin Airport, Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cairns via Frankfurt, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–8,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
- Website
- airniugini.com.pg
Flights from Cork Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Killarney to Mallow
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $11–16
Train from Killarney to Mallow
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $11–16
Train from Mallow to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $30–50
Train from Killarney to Mallow
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $11–16
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- [email protected]
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Killarney Mission to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Single
- $18–25
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cooktown to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
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