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Sydney to Cairns.
Pick your length, we sort the rest.

Four semi-guided trips down the classic East Coast, same honest formula, different amounts of time. Every one bundles your bus pass, your beds and every headline adventure into a single booking, guided where it counts and free everywhere else.

Full Sydney → Cairns from $4,329 · 17-day trips from $2,999 · open-dated, valid 12 months · start Sydney or Cairns

East Coast Australia: 28-Day Semi-Guided Adventure A full month

28 days · The Relaxed Month

East Coast Australia: 28-Day Semi-Guided Adventure

Four weeks between Sydney and Cairns, every big East Coast moment booked, with spare days built in where the coast deserves them.

  • ✓Four weeks between Sydney and Cairns with spare days at the stops that earn them
  • ✓Learn to surf at a 3-day beachfront camp, then paddle the Noosa Everglades
  • ✓Drive a 4WD on K'gari, sail the Whitsundays on a racing maxi yacht, snorkel the outer reef
  • ✓Wild koalas on Magnetic Island and waterfall swims in the Atherton Tablelands

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$4,329 AUD pp

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The East Coast Classic: 33 Days, Sydney to Cairns, Every Icon Every icon

33 days · The East Coast Classic

The East Coast Classic: 33 Days

The trip you came to Australia for. 33 days between Sydney and Cairns, every icon on the coast, one booking.

  • ✓33 days between Sydney and Cairns: every icon on the coast in one booking
  • ✓Learn to surf at a beachfront camp, then paddle the glassy Noosa Everglades
  • ✓Drive a 4WD on 75-Mile Beach, sail the Whitsundays on a racing maxi yacht, snorkel the outer reef
  • ✓Gold Coast, Brisbane, Magnetic Island and Mission Beach on top of the big-ticket days

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$4,909 AUD pp

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Byron to Cairns: 17-Day Semi-Guided Adventure Skip the Sydney leg

17 days · The Byron Start

Byron to Cairns: 17-Day Semi-Guided Adventure

Skip the long southern haul: Byron, the Goldie and the reef, start at either end.

  • ✓Byron surf lesson, Gold Coast thrills, then every Queensland icon
  • ✓K'gari 4WD safari, Whitsundays sail, Magnetic Island koalas, Great Barrier Reef day
  • ✓Guides on every adventure, unguided free days between them
  • ✓15 nights of beds plus a hop-on-hop-off bus pass, valid 12 months, start Byron or Cairns

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$2,999 AUD pp

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Sydney to Cairns: 17-Day Semi-Guided Adventure Most popular

17 days · The Sweet Spot

Sydney to Cairns: 17-Day Semi-Guided Adventure

Noosa's glassy Everglades and Maggie's wild koalas, on top of every headline act.

  • ✓Sydney and Cairns, either way, with the Everglades and Magnetic Island on top of the big four
  • ✓Byron surf, K'gari 4WD safari, Whitsundays sail and a reef day
  • ✓14 nights of beds plus the bus pass, all pre-booked
  • ✓Guides on the big days, a set schedule for every stop

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$2,999 AUD pp

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Every tour, same promise

One booking. No surprises.

Whichever length you pick, the deal is the same: the components you'd book yourself, bundled and pre-arranged, at one all-in price. No enquiry forms, no "from" prices that balloon at checkout, no drip-fed booking fees.

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  • ✓ Guided for the headline days
  • ✓ Free time on every other day
  • ✓ One all-in AUD price, beds, bus pass & adventures
  • ✓ Card checkout online, usually confirmed within 24 hours
  • ✓ Open-dated, book now, travel within 12 months
  • ✓ You don't pay for any part we can't confirm

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