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How to get fromWhitsunday Islands to Uluruby plane, bus, train, or car

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There are 6 ways to get from Whitsunday Islands to Uluru by plane, bus, train, or car

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  1. Fly from Great Barrier Reef Airport

    best
    1. Fly from Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) to Ayers Rock Airport (AYQ)plane plane HTI - AYQ
    21h 24m
    $800–1,883

  2. Drive  2,667.2 km

    cheapest
    1. Drive from Bowen to Ulurucar car 2,667.2 km
    26h 48m
    $482–695

  3. Bus, train

    1. Take the bus from Airlie Beach to Brisbane Roma Streetbus bus
    2. Take the train from Brisbane to Southern Crosstrain train
    3. Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Adelaide Stationtrain train
    4. Take the bus from Adelaide to Alice Springsbus bus
    5. Take the bus from Alice Springs to Mutitjulubus bus
    4d 17h
    $3,385–5,140

  4. Fly from Whitsunday Coast Airport

    1. Fly from Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP) to Ayers Rock Airport (AYQ)plane plane PPP - AYQ
    19h 34m
    $600–1,402

  5. Bus to Mackay, fly

    1. Take the bus from Airlie Beach to Mackaybus bus
    2. Fly from Mackay (MKY) to Ayers Rock Airport (AYQ)plane plane MKY - AYQ
    20h 55m
    $673–2,067

  6. Train, bus

    1. Take the train from Proserpine to Roma Streettrain train
    2. Take the train from Brisbane to Adelaidetrain train
    3. Take the train from Adelaide Station to Alice Springstrain train
    4. Take the bus from Alice Springs to Yularabus bus
    6d 4h
    $5,647–24,423

Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) to Ayers Rock Airport (AYQ) flights

Calendar14Weekly Planes
Duration22hAverage Duration
Ticket$710Cheapest Price
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  • Distance: 1,944.1 km
  • Duration: 21h 24m

What companies run services between Whitsunday Islands, QLD, Australia and Uluru, NT, Australia?

Qantas, Virgin Australia, and Jetstar fly from Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) to Ayers Rock Airport (AYQ) twice daily.

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