Australia’s East Coast is one of the most iconic travel routes in the world, spanning over 2,500 kilometers from Cairns in the north to Sydney in the south. While there’s still some debate about whether it’s better to travel the coast from north to south or vice versa, I’ve done it both ways – first with a three-week trip from Brisbane to Sydney in January, and later with a one-week journey from Brisbane to Cairns in mid-July.