What is the best way to get around in Australia?

Getting around by plane Flying is the best way to cover Australia's large distances in a short time. Australia's domestic airlines – including Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar and Rex – serve all state capital cities and many regional cities, making it an easy way to travel between Australia's iconic destinations.



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Public transport and tourist bus services Take the pressure off travelling around the city by utilising public transport and hop-on hop-off tourist buses. Services are inexpensive (children generally pay a concession fee) and will take you to all the major attractions without the hassle of finding parking.

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If you ONLY use the public transport and do not have a car it is a lot cheaper. If you do have a car the FIXED costs are high ( depreciation, insurance, registration) and the incremental costs are low. When you take public transport you are also paying for the fixed cost of that as well.

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To travel 25,000kms around Australia in one year, you'd need to have around $25,400 set aside for a car and caravan trip. We found about $17,400 of that would need to go towards paying for powered camping sites, while the remaining cost of close to $8,000 would go towards fuel.

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For those who can not or do not want to buy their own vehicle: do not panic! Australia has a large network of public transport, which is also relatively cheap. Travelling by bus or train can be fun, but it will take you a bit more time.

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The cheapest airfare tends to be during the low season, which runs from May 1 through the first week in June, and again from about the third week in July through the third week in September.

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