The Pacific Coast Way is an Australian road route from Sydney, New South Wales to

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. It has been designated by the

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as a

State Strategic Touring Route State Strategic Touring Routes (SSTR) are road routes in Queensland, Australia, which have been identified as significant to motoring tourists. These are the primary routes used by tourists as they provide the connections between popular tourist ...

The route

The route in New South Wales is generally via the Pacific Motorway / Pacific Highway to the

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at the Queensland border. The route in Queensland follows the Pacific Motorway to Brisbane and then the Bruce Highway to Cairns.

Tourism Queensland website

The organisation "

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" has established a website titled "Pacific Coast Way" that shows a map of the route from the Gold Coast to Cairns, with side trips to the

Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to: * Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia **Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region **Sunshine Coast Stadium * Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), geographic subregion of the Br ...

, Hervey Bay,

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, Airlie Beach and Mission Beach. It provides some information about each of the following segments: * Gold Coast to

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

(intersection with

Adventure Way The Adventure Way is an Australian outback route between Brisbane, Queensland and Innamincka, South Australia (and, in some publications, extending through to Adelaide via the Strzelecki Track). Using the Adventure Way, it is from Brisbane to I ...

and

Warrego Way The Warrego Way is an Australian road route from Brisbane to Birdsville in Queensland. Using the Warrego Way, it is 1578 km from Brisbane to Birdsville. The recommended journey time, allowing for some sightseeing, food and rest (including o ...

) * Brisbane to Maroochydore * Maroochydore to Gympie * Gympie to Hervey Bay * Hervey Bay to Bundaberg * Bundaberg to Gin Gin * Gin Gin to Gladstone * Gladstone to

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(intersection with Australia's Country Way, Leichhardt Way and Capricorn Way) * Rockhampton to Mackay * Mackay to Airlie Beach * Airlie Beach to

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* Bowen to

Home Hill Home Hill is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Home Hill had a population of 2,954 people. At the delta of the Burdekin River, it is a sugarcane growing area with underground wa ...

* Home Hill to Townsville (intersection with Overlanders Way) * Townsville to Ingham * Ingham to

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* Cardwell to Mission Beach * Mission Beach to Cairns

References

{{Road infrastructure in Queensland State Strategic Touring Routes in Queensland

The route

Tourism Queensland website

See also

References