| No. | Entrant | Driver | Country/ State | Co-driver | Country/ State | Car |
| 1 | Nissan Motor Australia | Rauno Aaltonen | Finland | Jeff Beaumont | Tas | Datsun Stanza |
| 2 | Nissan Motor Australia | Harry Kallstrom | Sweden | Claes Billstram | Sweden | Datsun Stanza |
| 3 | Volkswagen Australia | Andrew Cowan | Scotland | Wayne Gregson | ACT | VW Golf GTi |
| 4 | Ford Motor Co. of Aust. | Greg Carr | ACT | Fred Gocentas | ACT | Ford Escort RS1800 |
| 5 | Nissan Motor Australia | Ross Dunkerton | WA | Adrian Mortimer | SA | Datsun Stanza |
| 6 | Nissan Motor Australia | George Fury | Vic | Monty Suffern | Vic | Datsun Stanza |
| 7 | Ford Motor Co. of Aust. | Colin Bond | NSW | John Dawson-Damer | NSW | Ford Escort RS1800 |
| 8 | Marlboro HDT | Wayne Bell | NSW | George Shepheard | NSW | Holden Gemini |
| 9 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Mitsuo Ayabe | Japan | Mamoru Namiki | Japan | Toyota Levin TE-47 |
| 11 | Peter Janson | Vic | Paul Paterson | Vic | TBN | 12 | Gosford Dyno-Tune/Rallyequip | Ian Hill | NSW | Ann Heaney | ACT | Mitsubishi Lancer |
| 13 | Adrian Taylor | Qld | Greg Weale | Qld | Honda Civic | |
| 14 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Shigeru Kanno | Japan | Kiyoshi Kawamura | Japan | Mitsubishi Lancer |
| 15 | Bruce Cheeseman | NSW | Allan Horsley | NSW | Mitsubishi Lancer | |
| 16 | Brian Hilton | NSW | Barry Lake | NSW | Toyota Celica | |
| 17 | Mazcars Croydon | Gary Mecak | NSW | Bruce Partridge | NSW | Mazda |
| 18 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Iwao Suzuki | Japan | Toshihiro Hashimoto | Japan | Toyota Levin TE-25 |
| 19 | Bob Holden Shellsport | Bob Holden | NSW | Ken Smith | NSW | Ford Escort RS2000 |
| 20 | Shellsport | Ron Marks | NSW | Alan Cummine | NSW | Lancia Stratos |
| 21 | Channel 9 / 6KY | Frank Johnson | WA | Bill Clark | WA | Mazda RX3 |
| 22 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Shinya Yamauchi | Japan | Toshiaki Fukui | Japan | Toyota Levin TE-25 |
| 23 | Gosford Dyno-Tune/Rallyequip | Frank Neale | NSW | Phil Dodd | NSW | Mitsubishi Lancer |
| 24 | Stones Corner Motors | Henk Kabel | Qld | Simon Kabel | Qld | Mazda 323 |
| 25 | Apex Batteries Pty Ltd | Garry Meehan | NSW | Graham Roser | NSW | Toyota Celica |
| 26 | Jim Reddiex | Qld | TBN | Citroen CX2400 | ||
| 27 | Dany Blancher | New Caledonia | Yvette Polonyi | ACT | Mitsubishi Lancer | |
| 28 | Dante Silverio | Phil | "Boy" Fuertes | Phil | Toyota Corolla | |
| 29 | Peter Nelson | NSW | Greg Nelson | NSW | Mitsubishi Lancer | |
| 30 | Safari M.S.C. | Hideya Satoh | Japan | Barry Jarman | ACT | Isuzu B-PF60 |
| 31 | Gosford Dyno-Tune/Rallyequip | Mike Bell | NSW | Peter Pattenden | NSW | Mitsubishi Lancer |
| 32 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Manukazu Wakamatsu | Japan | Takashi Yubune | Japan | Nissan Bluebird H510 |
| 33 | Bob Moore | ACT | Graeme Pigram | ACT | Mitsubishi Galant | |
| 34 | Team Route 6 | Kazyuaki Suaimoto | Japan | Yosui Aoyama | Japan | Honda |
| 35 | Arthur Tuason | Phil | Francisco Eusebio | Phil | Ford Escort RS2000 | |
| 36 | Stewart McKenzie | NZ | Warwick Bell | NSW | Datsun 1200GX Coupe | |
| 37 | Minoru Yoneda | Japan | Yoichiro Yamazaki | Japan | Isuzu Gemini | |
| 38 | Stephen Taylor | NSW | Greg Pepper | NSW | Mitsubishi Galant | |
| 39 | Pacific Ford | Ross Webber | NSW | Sonja Kable-Cumming | NSW | Ford Escort RS2000 |
| 40 | Allan Lawson | Qld | Paul Cadel | Qld | TBN | |
| 41 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Michio Nakamoto | Japan | Tamotsu Sekigushi | Japan | Nissan Sunny PB210 |
| 42 | Stephen Blair | NSW | Ross Ferguson | NSW | Datsun 180B SSS | |
| 43 | Peter Fenner | Qld | Russell Jordan | Qld | Ford Escort | |
| 44 | John Pascual | Phil | Ernesto Echauz | Phil | Toyota Corolla | |
| 45 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Eichi Suzuki | Japan | Masashi Tan | Japan | Mitsubishi Lancer |
| 46 | Alick Millea | NSW | Terrence Green | NSW | Skoda S110R Coupe | |
| 47 | Radames Ocampo | Phil | Pastor Saycon | Phil | Toyota Corolla | |
| 48 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Nobuhiro Tajima | Japan | Shoichi Hara | Japan | Toyota Levin TE-25 |
| 49 | Bill Johnston | Vic | Geof Gadston | Vic | Saab | |
| 50 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Toshihisa Akimoto | Japan | Katsuhisa Torita | Japan | Mitsubishi Lancer |
| 51 | John Berne | NSW | David Peiti | NSW | Ford Escort RS2000 | |
| 52 | Dennis Mitchell | ACT | Steven James | ACT | Ford Escort RS2000 | |
| 53 | Route 6 Japan | Wayne Griffiths | NSW | Tooru Tsunoda | Japan | Honda Civic |
| 54 | Brian Cleverly | NSW | Brian Lidbury | NSW | Triumph Dolomite Sprint | |
| 55 | Tony Jewels | Qld | David Kortland | Qld | Subaru A22 Leone | |
| 56 | Doug Carmen | NSW | Joe Chanton | NSW | Datsun H510 |
