Reaching Canberra

Canberra Airport
Canberra Airport does not receive international flights, but it has domestic flights from Sydney, Melbourne and several other cities. There is bus service operating every hour between the city centre and the airport. Canberra airport is 7km east of the CBD in Pialligo.

Canberra Trains
Canberra can be reached in a little over four hours by train from Sydney. From Melbourne, there are three different connecting routes, changing from train to bus at Cootamundra (Countrylink), Wodonga (V-Line) or Sale (V-Line). If you arrive by train from Sydney, you will be at the railway station some six kilometres from the city centre where buses connect to the city centre.

Canberra Buses
Canberra bus services from Sydney are operated by McCafferty's, Greyhound and Murray's. Average journey time is four hours. There are also services from Melbourne, Canberra, Wollongong, Batemans Bay and beyond, and the ski fields around Thredbo. If you arrive by bus, you will find yourself at the Jolimont Centre in the middle of the city.

By Car
Canberra is 300 km from Sydney and 650 km from Melbourne. Take the Hume Highway which connects Sydney and Melbourne and then the Canberra turnoff just after Yass onto the Barton Highway, from Melbourne or at Goulburn onto the Federal Highway, from Sydney and then another 40 minutes drive to Canberra .