Pacific Coast on a Budget: Sydney, NSW to Brisbane, Qld

Sydney to Brisbane. 1,100 km. 10 days. Good any time of year.

The coast run north is the trip most Australians do at least once, and it is also the one most people overpay for. Nine nights in coastal caravan parks will cost you well over $1,000. Done the way we have laid it out here, the same nine nights come in under $225, and you see more of the coast doing it.

What's inside

• Done-for-you, 10 legs, one day at a time, from Sydney to Brisbane via Newcastle, Bulahdelah, Kew, Macksville, Bellingen, Grafton and Woodburn
• 38 campsites along the way, every one personally checked by our team, with facilities, price and vehicle suitability
• Must see and do for each leg, plus the side trips worth the detour
• Heatley and Michelle's notes from driving it, including the stops we go back for
• A cover map with the suggested overnight stops marked
• Where to from here, for when you get to Brisbane and keep going

How a route guide works

Each leg is a suggested day. Take longer over one, or run two together. The route runs in one direction and reverses just as easily. Plan the days around your interests, the time of year and the weather.

Why you can trust it

We drove it first. Every campsite listed has been personally checked by our team against 12 criteria, and we have never taken a paid listing. Read the Personally Checked Standard.

Works best with

The Camps Australia Wide App for offline maps and live site details when you wander off the route, and CAMPS 13 or CAMPSPendium 2 open on the passenger seat.

Format

18 page PDF, downloaded straight after purchase. Yours to keep, on as many of your own devices as you like.