Visitors can get to Mount Gambier by car 450 kilometres from Melbourne and Adelaide. Bus services run from both cities. These services terminate at the Lady Nelson Tourist Information Centre. The Lady Nelson is not a bus terminal, but it does have toilets, shelter and a temporary taxi rank only when buses arrive.
From/To Adelaide
Bus tickets for Adelaide can be purchased at the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre cash or cheque only. The bus service to Adelaide is ran by Premier Stateliner. It can be just as easy to make a phone booking with Premier Stateliner. Thursdays and Fridays you can get from Adelaide to Mt Gambier in the morning 8.15 or evening 5.30. Sundays the bus leaves Adelaide at 2.45pm. Other days the service leaves at 8.15am. the bus trip takes about six hours.From/To Melbourne
The V-Line service runs Melbourne to Warrnambool on the train, then from Warrnambool to Mt Gambier as a coach service it also goes via Portland. V-Line services from Mt Gambier are 'no reserve', you pay the driver on the day - bring exact change. V-Line services are generally not busy except during school holidays. They run once a day.Airlines
REX is the only airline which flies to Mt Gambier from Adelaide at the moment. The tickets vary widely in price from $120 to $270. Mt Gambier's airport is about 10 minutes from the town.