International Itinerary

The Melbourne 2006 Queen's Baton travelled more than 180,000 kilometres and visited all 71 nations of the Commonwealth in one year and one day. This was a world first: no Games relay has ever visited all member nations. This made the Melbourne 2006 Queen’s Baton Relay the world’s longest, most inclusive relay.

For information about the relay route in Australia please use the link below.

Go to the Australian Sector Itinerary	Go to the Calendar of Events

Please note: the distances listed below are approximations, based on the transit of the baton from country to country and should be used as a guide only. Within each destination, the batton will travel additional kilometres by relay runners and on various modes of transport.

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Date	Country	The Baton travels
14 March 2005	England	231km West to reach Cardiff, Wales
18 March 2005	Wales	309km North on to Douglas, Isle of Man
21 March 2005	Isle of Man	106kms North to reach Belfast, Northern Ireland
24 March 2005	Northern Ireland	178km South East and on to Glasgow, Scotland
27 March 2005	Scotland	722km South to reach Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
31 March 2005	Guernsey	1499kms South towards Gibraltar
03 April 2005	Gibraltar	3,509km East and on to Larnaca, Cyprus
07 April 2005	Cyprus	1,734km West towards Valetta, Malta
10 April 2005	Malta	2,001km North West in the direction of St Helier, Jersey
12 April 2005	Jersey	295km North back to London, England
15 April 2005	England	4,487km South West and on to Banjul, Gambia
20 April 2005	The Gambia	661km South East towards Freetown, Sierra Leone
23 April 2005	Sierra Leone	1,474km South East to reach Accra, Ghana
25 April 2005	Ghana	618km North East and on to Abuja, Nigeria
29 April 2005	Nigeria	1,169km South East in the direction of Douala, Cameroon
01 May 2005	Cameroon	2,370km South East towards Entebbe, Uganda
04 May 2005	Uganda	508km east-southeast and on to Nairobi, Kenya
07 May 2005	Kenya	3,188km South West in the direction of Windhoek, Namibia
10 May 2005	Namibia	2,850km North West towards Jamestown on the remote island of St Helena
17 May 2005	St Helena	7,855km east-southeast on its way to Port Louis, Mauritius
01 June 2005	Mauritius	1,732km North in the direction of Victoria, Seychelles
05 June 2005	Seychelles	1,752km West and on to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
10 June 2005	Tanzania	2,464km South West approaching Johannesburg, South Africa
13 June 2005	South Africa	1,483km North East towards Lilongwe, Malawi
18 June 2005	Malawi	613km West in the direction of Lusaka, Zambia
20 June 2005	Zambia	1256kms South East and on to Maputo, Mozambique
22 June 2005	Mozambique	686kms South West approaching Gaborone, Botswana
24 June 2005	Botswana	555km east-southeast to arrive in Manzini, Swaziland
26 June 2005	Swaziland	432km South towards Maseru, Lesotho
28 June 2005	Lesotho	10,499km North West and on to Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
01 July 2005	Trinidad and Tobago	565km South East and approaches Georgetown, Guyana
05 July 2005	Guyana	718km North towards Bridgetown, Barbados
08 July 2005	Barbados	259kms West in the direction of St Georges, Grenada
11 July 2005	Grenada	133km north-northeast to St Vincent, St Vincent & The Grenadines
14 July 2005	St Vincent and the Grenadines	72km north-northeast towards Castries, St Lucia
17 July 2005	St Lucia	150km North in the direction of Roseau, Dominica
20 July 2005	Dominica	100km North approaching Plymouth, Montserrat
23 July 2005	Montserrat	110km West in the direction of Kingston, Jamaica
27 July 2005	Jamaica	784km North towards Nassau, Bahamas
30 July 2005	Bahamas	759km east-southeast to the islands of Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos
02 August 2005	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,093km West towards George Town, Cayman Islands
05 August 2005	Cayman Islands	846km west-southwest arriving in Belmopan, Belize
08 August 2005	Belize	2853kms East and on to St Johns, Antigua & Barbuda
12 August 2005	Antigua and Barbuda	423km East towards Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis
15 August 2005	St Kitts and Nevis	107km North in the direction of The Valley, Anguilla
18 August 2005	Anguilla	300km West approaching Road Town, British Virgin Islands
21 August 2005	British Virgin Islands	1,350km North and on to Hamilton, Bermuda
24 August 2005	Bermuda	9,343km South towards Stanley, Falkland Islands
28 August 2005	Falkland Islands	10,902km north-northwest in the direction of Ottawa, Canada
03 September 2005	Canada	10,685km East towards Islamabad, Pakistan
10 September 2005	Pakistan	679km South East and on to New Delhi, India
13 September 2005	India	1,426km South East in the direction of Dhaka, Bangladesh
17 September 2005	Bangladesh	2183kms South West and approaches Colombo, Sri Lanka
20 September 2005	Sri Lanka	766km West towards Male, Maldives
23 September 2005	Maldives	3133kms East and on to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
26 September 2005	Malaysia	1481kms North East in the direction of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
30 September 2005	Brunei Darussalam	1,294km South West and approaches Singapore
03 October 2005	Singapore	4,949km South East towards Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
09 October 2005	Papua New Guinea	2,505km east-southeast and on to Port Vila, Vanuatu
15 October 2005	Vanuatu	850km South East towards Funafuti, Tuvalu
24 October 2005	Tuvalu	950km South East and arrives in Apia, Samoa
31 October 2005	Samoa	611km South West approaching Alofi, Niue
07 November 2005	Niue	599kms South East until arriving in Nuku’alofa, Tonga
14 November 2005	Tonga	North West to Honiara, Solomon Islands
18 November 2005	Solomon Islands	800km North East and on to Nauru
21 November 2005	Nauru	9,750km East across to Tarawa, Kiribati
24 November 2005	Kiribati	8,000km South East towards isolated Australian Antarctic Territory
02 December 2005	Australian Antarctic Territory	More than 7,000km North East towards Suva, Fiji
03 January 2006	Fiji	11,191km East across to Rarotonga, Cook Islands
06 January 2006	Cook Islands	4,850km South West and on to Kingston, Norfolk Island
15 January 2006	Norfolk Island	950km South on the direction of Auckland, New Zealand
18 January 2006	New Zealand	2,157km North West approaching its final destination, Australia
24 January 2006	Australia	Australian Sector Itinerary

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