The AusBus Journal
Practical guides for travelling Australia by coach. Route comparisons, multi-week itineraries, planning notes and destination write-ups, written by people who actually use the buses, fact-checked against operator timetables, and updated when fares change.
The NSW coast between Sydney and Byron is the slow, scenic half of the east-coast run. Here's how to break it into a proper trip by coach, stop by stop, rather than blasting it overnight.
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Two weeks rushes the east coast. A month lets you actually do it: K'gari, the Whitsundays, the reef, and the slow stops in between. Here's the four-week plan, by coach.
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Canberra is close enough to Sydney to do in a day by coach, if you time it right. Here's how to plan the buses and what you can realistically fit in before heading home.
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Byron is the obvious weekend escape from Brisbane, and the bus makes it effortless. Here's how to time the coaches, where to base yourself, and how to spend two car-free days.
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Sydney to Cairns is the great Australian coastal bus run: roughly 3,000km up the east coast. Here's how the route breaks down, leg by leg, and how to plan it.
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Two weeks, one ticket type, three thousand kilometres. The east coast bus run done as a real itinerary, including the days we'd cut, the legs that genuinely justify an overnight, and what it actually costs.
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