[mwebber_82]

for those of you who know the East coast better than I do (which isn't difficult), here is 2 options for you (well, for me really!):

1) from cairns, travel overland to brisbane, then fly the remainder of the coast to sydney.

2) from ciarns, fly to brisbane, then travel overland to sydney

which would you pick?!

I've got about 6weeks to kill and because I don't want to spend the whole time driving down the entire coast, I'd planned on breaking it up a little. Which has the most interesting towns and scenery and things to do and to pass through etc? north from brisbane or south from brisbane?

thanks very much...

[poppageorge]

Consider going over to Darwin then visit kakadu / litchfield travel on down from darwin and alic then over to Sydney. Visit coober pedy for opals and underground stay. Quite the oz exp.

[Tim Uden]

I would definitely go for the first option.

There is so much more to see between Cairns and Brisbane as opposed to Brisbane to Sydney.

Between Cairns and Brisbane you can see Mission Beach and Dunk Island, Townsville, Magnetic Island, Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands, Great Keppel Island, Fraser Island, Noosa and the Sunshine Coast.

The only big destinations between Brisbane and Sydney are Surfers Paradise and Byron Bay and both these places are close enough to Brisbane to still be able to include in your trip.