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Sydney–Broome Loop
Big, dusty, beachy Australia: a drive-only Sydney → Broome → Sydney loop with swimming holes, red dirt, coastal camps, and enough breaks that you’re not doing monster 1,000 km days.
15days
59stops
Day 1: Depart → … → Katoomba
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Wentworth Falls
11:00
Echo Point Lookout
14:30
Katoomba
17:00
Day 2: Depart → … → Dubbo
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Lithgow Blast Furnace
11:00
Wellington Caves
14:00
Dubbo
17:00
Day 3: Depart → … → Artesian Bore Baths
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Walgett
12:30
Lightning Ridge
14:30
Artesian Bore Baths
17:30
Day 4: Depart → … → Roma Bush Gardens
4 stops
Depart
09:00
St George
12:00
Roma
15:00
Roma Bush Gardens
17:30
Day 5: Depart → … → Carnarvon Gorge campground ar…
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Carnarvon Gorge Visitor Area
12:30
Moss Garden
15:30
Carnarvon Gorge campground area
17:30
Day 6: Depart → … → Emerald
4 stops
Depart
08:30
Ward's Canyon
11:00
Blackwater International Coal Centre
14:30
Emerald
17:00
Day 7: Depart → … → Charters Towers
4 stops
Depart
08:30
Clermont
11:30
Burdekin Dam Lookout
14:30
Charters Towers
17:30
Day 8: Depart → … → Townsville waterfront
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Castle Hill Lookout
11:00
The Strand
14:00
Townsville waterfront
17:00
Day 9: Depart → … → Airlie Beach
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Bowen
11:30
Airlie Beach Lagoon
15:00
Airlie Beach
17:30
Day 10: Whitsunday Islands day-tour d… → Airlie Beach Lagoon → Airlie Beach
3 stops
Whitsunday Islands day-tour departure area
10:00
Airlie Beach Lagoon
16:30
Airlie Beach
17:30
Day 11: Depart → … → Mackay
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Cape Hillsborough National Park
11:00
Mackay Bluewater Lagoon
14:30
Mackay
17:00
Day 12: Depart → … → Longreach
4 stops
Depart
07:30
Emerald
11:30
Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge
15:30
Longreach
17:30
Day 13: Depart → … → Musical Fence
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Australian Age of Dinosaurs
11:00
Winton
15:00
Musical Fence
17:00
Day 14: Depart → … → Mount Isa
4 stops
Depart
08:30
Cloncurry
11:30
Lake Moondarra
14:30
Mount Isa
17:00
Day 15: Depart → … → Barkly Homestead
4 stops
Depart
08:00
Camooweal Caves National Park
10:30
Northern Territory Border
13:30
Barkly Homestead
16:30
Heads Up
- 1. Day 4: 5h 15m driving — plan rest stops
- 2. Day 7: 5h 45m driving — plan rest stops
- 3. Day 12: 7h driving — plan rest stops
- 4. Day 14: 5h 30m driving — plan rest stops
- 5. 🛫 Route includes 0 flight + 1 rail segments. Map shows them as dashed lines (connection only, not real road).