Road Transport (Long Distance Operations) Award -- Wages Rates
Table of Agreed Distances and Times Print

Table B - Table of Agreed Distances and Times

(extract only of sub clauses 13.4(b) and 5(c) –see full Tables in LDO Award)

Point to point

Route

Kilometres

Times in hours

Sydney/Brisbane

New England Hwy

950

11.6

Sydney/Melbourne

Hume Hwy

858

10.5

Sydney/Adelaide

Bathurst/Sturt Hwy

1367

16.7

Sydney/Perth

Broken Hill

4044

47.6

Sydney/Darwin

Charleville/Dubbo

3987

46.8

Melbourne/Brisbane*

Newell Hwy

1682

18.5

Melbourne/Adelaide

Dukes/Western Hwy

731

8.9

Melbourne/Perth

Western/Eyre Hwy

3407

40.0

Melbourne/Darwin

Stuart/Western Hwy

3749

44.1

Adelaide/Brisbane

Broken Hill/Newell Hwy

2015

24.6

Adelaide/Perth

Eyre Hwy

2677

31.5

Adelaide/Darwin

Stuart Hwy

3019

35.5

Brisbane/Melbourne*

Pacific/Hume Hwy

1790

21.8

Brisbane/Perth

New England/Newell/Barrier

4314

50.7

Brisbane/Darwin

Roma

3417

40.2

Perth/Darwin

Nth West Coastal

4027

47.4

*Note that the Melbourne to Brisbane route (Newell Hwy) is different from reverse journey being the Brisbane to Melbourne route(Pacific/Hume Hwy) therefore distances and times differ. Otherwise, each of the reverse point to point routes are identical in distance and time.

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