The Empty Quarter (Arabic: Rub'al-Khali) is the expansive desert in the southeastern interior of the Arabian Peninsula, the largest continuous body of sand in the world. Understand It's tempting to call the Empty Quarter no man's land, but that's not quite correct.
1 The average flight time from Brisbane to Melbourne is 2h 20min. 2  4 airlines fly direct from Brisbane to Melbourne. 3  Brisbane to Melbourne is 1,400 km.  The most popular airline flying from Brisbane to Melbourne last month was Qantas.
While Australia is a fair distance away, the flight is not nearly as daunting as you may think. The flight from Los Angeles to Sydney is around 14 hours, and the flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne is around 15 hours. When travelling to Australia from the United States, Los Angeles and San Francisco are your only 2 departure options.