A fixed price, published before you book, for the 142 km run from Burrawang to the Sydney cruise terminals — Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay and White Bay. No deposit, and you pay the driver after drop-off.
One-way fare. Tolls, fuel and GST included. No deposit — you pay the driver after drop-off. Pickups before 6am +$20, after 8pm +$10, after 10pm +$20.
A private transfer from Burrawang to the Sydney cruise terminals costs $339 one way for one to two passengers. The trip is 142 km and takes about 2 hr 22 min. Tolls, fuel and GST are included, and no deposit is required — you pay the driver after drop-off.
Door to door, Burrawang in the Wingecarribee Shire to the Sydney cruise terminals — Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay and White Bay is 142 km, which we plan at 2 hr 22 min of driving. Out through the southern and eastern Highlands the roads are quieter but the distance is real, so the pickup times matter more here than almost anywhere we serve.
You pay $339 one way — published and fixed. Tolls, fuel and GST are already in it; an airport pickup adds $10 and a pickup before 6am adds $20.
Booking costs you nothing. We do not take a deposit and we do not keep your card details; payment happens at the end of the trip, not the start.
Cruise lines usually open boarding around four to five hours before departure and close it 60 to 90 minutes before. We work back from your boarding window, the 28 min drive from Burrawang and a fifteen-minute buffer, so you arrive inside the first hour of boarding rather than in the last-minute queue.
| Ship Departs | Boarding Typically Opens | We Collect You At |
|---|---|---|
| 3:00pm | 10:30am | 10:15am |
| 4:00pm | 11:30am | 11:15am |
| 5:00pm | 12:30pm | 12:15pm |
| 6:00pm | 1:30pm | 1:15pm |
| 7:00pm | 2:30pm | 2:15pm |
Tell us the ship, the terminal and your boarding window when you book and we confirm the exact pickup in writing. Those pickups are the standard $339, plus $20 for any pickup before 6am. There is no weekend loading.
Sydney has two cruise terminals and your ticket tells you which one. The Overseas Passenger Terminal sits at Circular Quay under the Opera House; White Bay is on the western harbour at Rozelle. The fixed fare from Burrawang is $339 to either.
| Terminal | Where It Is | Which Ships | Fixed Fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overseas Passenger Terminal (OPT) | Circular Quay, Sydney CBD | Ships too tall to pass under the Harbour Bridge — most of the large ones | $339 |
| White Bay Cruise Terminal | Rozelle, inner west | Ships that fit under the Harbour Bridge | $339 |
Not sure which one? Send us the ship name and sailing date and we will confirm the terminal with the booking. Drop-off at both is at the terminal set-down zone, a short walk with your bags to check-in.
There is no scheduled shuttle bus from Burrawang to the Sydney cruise terminals. What people usually mean by a cruise shuttle here is a private door-to-door transfer, which is what we run: we collect you and your luggage from your address rather than a stop, and the vehicle is yours alone.
Compared with a metered taxi from Burrawang, the advantage is that you know the number before you get in and there is room for full-size cruise cases. Compared with a shared shuttle, you are not waiting for other passengers or being dropped third on sailing day. The fare is $339 either way.
Of the 54 suburbs we serve, 16 are further from Sydney than Burrawang and 37 are closer. That puts this run in the middle of our range. The nearest comparison points are Werai at 128 km and Exeter at 131 km, so if you have been quoted for one of those you already know roughly where this sits. Within the South & East Highlands zone the typical run is 128 km; yours is 14 km longer than that.
Worked as a rate, this run costs about $2.39 per kilometre against a network median of $2.50. We publish every suburb so you can check that logic yourself rather than take our word for it.
Split between passengers, the Burrawang run works out cheaper the more of you travel. Every tier allows one check-in bag and one carry-on each.
| Group Size | One Way | Per Person | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 passengers | $339 | $170 – $339 | $678 |
| 3–4 passengers | $369 | $92 – $123 | $738 |
| 5–6 passengers | $399 | $66 – $80 | $798 |
| 7–8 passengers | $439 | $55 – $63 | $878 |
| 9–11 passengers | $479 | $44 – $53 | $958 |
All fares include tolls, fuel and GST. A return trip is twice the one-way fare.
We will tell you when we are not the cheapest. This is the real picture for the 142 km run out of Burrawang.
| Option | Typical Cost | Door to Door | Pre-Dawn | Baby Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drive and park near the terminal | $170–$374 a week | Yes | Yes | Your own |
| Metered taxi | $435–$510+ | Yes | If available | Not guaranteed |
| Rideshare | $312–$414 with surge | Yes | Rarely available | No |
| Southern Highlands Transfer | $339 fixed | Yes | Every day (+$20 before 6am) | Free, fitted |
Taxi and rideshare figures are indicative ranges for a run of this distance, not quotes. Ours is the only fixed number on that table.
$339 one way as a fixed fare for one to two passengers, tolls and GST included. A return trip is $678. Larger groups move up a vehicle tier and each tier has its own published price on this page.
Yes. Pre-dawn departures are the bulk of our work, seven days. A 12:18am pickup is a normal booking for us: the $339 fare plus our $20 early-pickup fee (any pickup before 6am).
Up to eleven passengers in a single minibus, so a wedding party or a family group travels together on one fare instead of being split across cars that arrive at different times.
About 2 hr 22 min for the 142 km run in normal conditions. We add time for weekday morning traffic and we plan backwards from your flight or ship time rather than from a fixed departure.
Yes, by 32 km and about 28 minutes each way. When WSI opens on 25 October 2026 the fare from Burrawang will be $269 against $299 to Mascot, a saving of $30 per trip.
A 10pm landing gets you home around 1:07am allowing for baggage. It is the $339 fare plus $20 for a pickup after 10pm and $10 for an airport pickup. We track the flight, so if it lands late we are still there.
No, and we would rather be straight about it than invent a discount. A return is simply two one-way fares: $678 for one to two passengers. The advantage is that the price is fixed in both directions, including the leg home at midnight.
Yes. We serve all 54 suburbs across the Southern Highlands, Wollondilly, Goulburn Mulwaree and Kangaroo Valley, and every one of them has its own published fare rather than a zone estimate.
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