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Cairns
Bus Travel
Greyhound Australia operates daily express buses from major southern cities to Cairns. By bus, Cairns to Brisbane takes around 30 hours, to Sydney it's just under 48 hours, and to Melbourne it's a gargantuan trip of more than 66 hours, best broken into bearable segments.
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