There are 5 ways to get from Monkey Mia to Melbourne by plane, car, bus, or train
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Fly to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Shark Bay Airport (MJK) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane MJK - MEL
9h 48m$683–2,193Fly to Avalon Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shark Bay Airport (MJK) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane MJK - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
18h 21m$529–1,483Drive, bus, train
- Drive from Monkey Mia to Wooramel Roadhousecar
- Take the bus from Wooramel Roadhouse to Joondalup Winton Roadbus
- Take the train from Perth to Central Stationtrain
- Take the train from Central Station to Southern Crosstrain
4d 18h$1,090–12,506Drive 4,062.7 km
- Drive from Monkey Mia to Melbournecar 4,062.7 km
43h 18m$731–1,056Drive, bus, train via Katherine
- Drive from Monkey Mia to Wooramel Roadhousecar
- Take the bus from Wooramel Roadhouse to Roebuck Plainsbus
- Take the bus from Roebuck Plains to Katherinebus
- Take the train from Katherine to Adelaide Stationtrain
- Take the train from Adelaide Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
5d 3h$3,660–4,349
Shark Bay Airport (MJK) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Monkey Mia to Melbourne is to drive which costs $700 - $1,100 and takes 43h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Monkey Mia to Melbourne is to fly which takes 9h 48m and costs $650 - $2,200.
The distance between Monkey Mia and Melbourne is 3253 km. The road distance is 4062.7 km.
It takes approximately 9h 48m to get from Monkey Mia to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 2h ahead of Monkey Mia. It is currently 7:48 AM in Monkey Mia and 9:48 AM in Melbourne.
Yes, the driving distance between Monkey Mia to Melbourne is 4063 km. It takes approximately 43h 18m to drive from Monkey Mia to Melbourne.
There are 5305+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Monkey Mia, WA, Australia and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Regional Express and Qantas fly from Shark Bay Airport (MJK) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) once daily.
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Shark Bay Airport to Avalon Airport via Carnarvon, Perth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Shark Bay Airport to Avalon Airport via Carnarvon, Perth, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Shark Bay Airport to Avalon Airport via Carnarvon, Perth, Gold Coast
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Shark Bay Airport to Avalon Airport via Carnarvon, Perth, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Shark Bay Airport to Melbourne Airport via Carnarvon, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Shark Bay Airport to Avalon Airport via Carnarvon, Perth, Gold Coast
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Shark Bay Airport to Avalon Airport via Carnarvon, Perth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
- Phone
- 1800 703 357
- [email protected]
- Website
- journeybeyondrail.com.au
Train from Perth to Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $863–12,000
- Book at
- https://bookings.journeybeyondrail.com.au/
- Everyday Daynighter Seat
- $863
- Advanced Gold Single Cabin
- $1,400–2,000
- Low Gold Single Cabin
- $1,500–2,100
- Everyday Gold Single Cabin
- $1,800–2,400
- GOLD TWIN
- $3,600–6,500
- GOLD SINGLE
- $3,300–6,000
- PLATINUM
- $7,500–12,000
- GOLD PREMIUM TWIN
- $4,300–7,500
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Train from Central Station to Southern Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–250
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
- Book at
- https://transportnsw.info/regional/regional-train-coach-facilities/xpt-regional-trains
- Economy
- $75–100
- First
- $100–140
- Sleeper
- $210–250
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $8–12
- Phone
- 1800 703 357
- [email protected]
- Website
- journeybeyondrail.com.au
Train from Katherine to Adelaide Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $2,999
- Book at
- https://bookings.greatsouthernrail.com.au/?_ga=2.27793852.1430812322.1538203551-1884130056.1538203551
- Saver Gold Single Cabin
- $2,999
- Everyday Gold Single Cabin
- $3,157
- Phone
- 1800 703 357
- [email protected]
- Website
- journeybeyondrail.com.au
Train from Adelaide Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $140–380
- Website
- https://www.journeybeyondrail.com.au/journeys/overland/
- Red Standard Readyrail
- $140–170
- Red Standard Everyday
- $190–230
- Red Premium Readyrail
- $260–310
- Red Premium Everyday
- $320–380
- Phone
- +61 (0) 8 9274 7464
- [email protected]
- Website
- integritycoachlines.com.au
Bus from Wooramel Roadhouse to Joondalup Winton Road
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–190
- Schedules at
- integritycoachlines.com.au
Bus from Wooramel Roadhouse to Roebuck Plains
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $250–360
- Schedules at
- integritycoachlines.com.au
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Roebuck Plains to Katherine
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $230–550
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $230–330
- Advantage
- $290–420
- Flexible
- $360–550
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