We run Woodlands to the Sydney cruise terminals — Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay and White Bay most weeks. The fare is $315, fixed, and it is the same number whether you are leaving at 2am or 2pm.
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 Woodlands to the Sydney cruise terminals costs $315 one way for one to two passengers. The trip is 120 km and takes about 2 hr 8 min. Tolls, fuel and GST are included, and no deposit is required — you pay the driver after drop-off.
Door to door, Woodlands in the Wingecarribee Shire to the Sydney cruise terminals — Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay and White Bay is 120 km, which we plan at 2 hr 8 min of driving. You're in the heart of the Highlands, where the bulk of our early-morning international work comes from — we run this stretch of the Hume most days of the week.
The published price is $315 one way. It is the same figure at 1am as at 1pm, it includes tolls and GST, and it is confirmed in writing before you commit.
Nothing is charged when you book. There is no deposit, no card held on file and no cancellation fee — you settle with the driver once you have been dropped off.
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 Woodlands is $315 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 | $315 |
| White Bay Cruise Terminal | Rozelle, inner west | Ships that fit under the Harbour Bridge | $315 |
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.
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 2 hr 8 min drive from Woodlands 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 | 8:35am |
| 4:00pm | 11:30am | 9:35am |
| 5:00pm | 12:30pm | 10:35am |
| 6:00pm | 1:30pm | 11:35am |
| 7:00pm | 2:30pm | 12:35pm |
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 $315, plus $20 for any pickup before 6am. There is no weekend loading.
Split between passengers, the Woodlands 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 | $315 | $158 – $315 | $630 |
| 3–4 passengers | $345 | $86 – $115 | $690 |
| 5–6 passengers | $375 | $62 – $75 | $750 |
| 7–8 passengers | $425 | $53 – $61 | $850 |
| 9–11 passengers | $455 | $41 – $51 | $910 |
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 120 km run out of Woodlands.
| Option | Typical Cost | Door to Door | Pre-Dawn | Baby Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drive and park near the terminal | $160–$352 a week | Yes | Yes | Your own |
| Metered taxi | $409–$480+ | Yes | If available | Not guaranteed |
| Rideshare | $294–$390 with surge | Yes | Rarely available | No |
| Southern Highlands Transfer | $315 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.
Of the 54 suburbs we serve, 34 are further from Sydney than Woodlands and 19 are closer. That puts this run in the middle of our range. The nearest comparison points are Renwick at 107 km and Berrima at 112 km, so if you have been quoted for one of those you already know roughly where this sits. Within the Central Highlands zone the typical run is 113 km; yours is 7 km longer than that.
Worked as a rate, this run costs about $2.62 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.
There is no scheduled shuttle bus from Woodlands 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 Woodlands, 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 $315 either way.
$315 one way as a fixed fare for one to two passengers, tolls and GST included. A return trip is $630. Larger groups move up a vehicle tier and each tier has its own published price on this page.
About 2 hr 8 min for the 120 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.
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.
We wait at the terminal's designated pick-up point rather than inside the arrivals hall. We text you the exact spot before you land, and we monitor the flight so a delay costs you nothing.
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.
A 10pm landing gets you home around 12:53am allowing for baggage. It is the $315 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.
Yes. Pre-dawn departures are the bulk of our work, seven days. A 12:32am pickup is a normal booking for us: the $315 fare plus our $20 early-pickup fee (any pickup before 6am).
No, and we would rather be straight about it than invent a discount. A return is simply two one-way fares: $630 for one to two passengers. The advantage is that the price is fixed in both directions, including the leg home at midnight.
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