Cruise transfers from Willow Vale (a scatter of rural properties west of Mittagong, on the road toward Berrima) to both Sydney terminals, at one agreed fare with the boarding window built into the pickup time.
Wollondilly Airport Shuttle drives Willow Vale (NSW 2575) to both Sydney cruise terminals — a fixed-fare private transfer, not a shared shuttle. White Bay Cruise Terminal at Rozelle is 112 km from the Willow Vale Road corner, about 1 hr 49 min; the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 114 km, about 1 hr 53 min. The fare is $285 one way for one or two passengers, rising to $385 for eleven in one vehicle — the same at either cruise terminal, with Sydney Airport at $255. Boarding runs by deck and luggage tag rather than a published time, so the pickup is set against your boarding window. Nothing is payable in advance. Book it with the return leg and the whole trip is settled. Quote on 0427 143 612.
One fare, either terminal
One published fare covers both cruise terminals: $285 from Willow Vale for one or two passengers, to either one.
| Passengers | Vehicle | Fixed fare (one way) | Typical booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Sedan | $285 | one or two travellers |
| 3 | Kia Carnival | $305 | a small family |
| 4 | Kia Carnival | $305 | four with luggage |
| 5 | People Mover | $325 | holiday departures |
| 6 | People Mover | $325 | two families travelling together |
| 7 | Minibus | $365 | extended families |
| 8 | Minibus | $365 | cruise passengers with full cases |
| 9 | Minibus | $385 | guests travelling as one group |
| 10 | Minibus | $385 | group and club travel |
| 11 | Minibus | $385 | the largest single vehicle |
Tolls, GST, one suitcase and one carry-on per passenger and child restraints are inside that number; a pickup before 6am adds $20. Nothing is charged when you book. No advance payment and no card hold — you pay on the day of travel. Fares reviewed August 2026.
The fare does not change with the terminal. Rozelle or Circular Quay, the number was set by your suburb and your group size.
Sized for the cases
Four classes, and on a sail day the choice is nearly always driven by what is going in the back.
01
1–2 passengers
Toyota Camry, Lexus or similar
02
3–4 passengers
Kia Carnival or similar
03
5–6 passengers
LDV G10 or similar
04
7–11 passengers
Toyota HiAce or similar
Every class includes the same things. Tolls and GST are inside the fare, child restraints are fitted before we leave at no cost, arrivals are tracked by flight number, and there is no advance payment — you pay on the day of travel. The only thing that changes between cards is how many people and how much luggage fit.
Door to gangway
Allow about 1 hr 49 min for the 112 km from the Willow Vale Road corner to White Bay at Rozelle, and about 1 hr 53 min for the 114 km to the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay. A long cruise morning with a simple start. Rural and thinly populated, so the pickup itself is quick once the driveway is known.
The motorway section is the predictable part. What varies is the last two kilometres: James Craig Road into White Bay backs up when two ships turn around on the same morning, and the kerb at Circular Quay is short and heavily marshalled. Both allowances are already inside the pickup time we give you.
Coming home again? Disembarkation pickups are on the cruise terminal to Willow Vale page.
Boarding windows, not departure times
We plan the pickup from the boarding window on your documents. The terminal approach on a busy sail day is the part most people underestimate.
Rough figures until we have your documents. Once we do, the pickup is set against your actual window.
Where we set you down
White Bay sits at Rozelle, off James Craig Road. The approach queues on a sail day, so we allow for it rather than dropping you three streets short — the vehicle goes to the terminal doors and the cases come out there.
The OPT sits right on the Quay, which makes it the scenic terminal and the awkward one to drive into. We do it at the door anyway.
Pickup from the address you give us, early enough that the queue at the terminal is somebody else's problem.
The two terminals
White Bay at Rozelle is 112 km from Willow Vale and the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 114 km. Your cruise documents name the one you need; both cost the same and both are driven to the terminal doors.
about 1 hr 49 min · Victoria Rd and James Craig Rd
Where P&O and most of the shorter sailings go from. The approach up James Craig Road is the slow part on a busy morning, and it is already inside the time we quote. Full detail on the White Bay transfers page.
about 1 hr 53 min · into the city, tightest kerb of the two
The city terminal, right on the harbour, and the tighter of the two kerbs on a sail day. We drop at the entrance rather than several streets short.
$285 to either terminal. Rozelle or Circular Quay, weekday or weekend — the fare was set by your suburb and your group size, not by where the ship happens to be berthed.
Get Free QuoteThe honest comparison
The luggage is what rules most of these out. It is not the distance to the harbour, it is getting a fortnight's packing there without four changes.
| Option | Typical cost (2 adults) | Door to terminal | What it actually involves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private transfer (us) | $285 fixed | ~1 hr 49 min, door to terminal | agreed before you book, luggage carried, and paid only on the day you sail |
| Train and a walk | Opal fares, plus a drive to the station | 2 hrs or more, with the cases | White Bay has no station at all; Circular Quay has one, but reaching it from Willow Vale means a drive, a change and a walk with cruise luggage |
| Rideshare or taxi | metered, and surge-dependent | ~1 hr 49 min if a car accepts | rural and thinly populated, so nothing comes out here unbooked |
| Drive and park | fuel and tolls plus from about $190 a week in budget long-stay parking | ~1 hr 49 min plus finding somewhere to leave it | there is no long-stay parking at either terminal, so it means leaving a car somewhere in the inner west for the length of the cruise |
Neither cruise terminal has long-stay parking of its own, and neither is reachable from Willow Vale without a car at one end. The honest summary: for a solo traveller with a cabin bag the train to Circular Quay is possible; for two people with a fortnight of luggage it is not.
One vehicle, one fare
Eleven passengers and their luggage travel in one minibus for $385 — about $35 a seat, against three separate cars at whatever the apps are charging that morning. Everyone leaves at once and arrives at once.
Give us the headcount and a rough bag count when you book. If the group is flying out on two different flights, say so and we will either run two pickups or hold one vehicle — a much easier decision now than at 4am.
Booked car or app
A metered or surge-priced trip of 112 km has no ceiling until it ends. Yours was $285 the moment you booked.
An app at 4am in this district is a hope, not a plan. A pre-booked driver is on the sheet with your address and your flight number.
Cruise cases are bigger and there are more of them. A vehicle chosen from your case count beats one that happened to accept the job.
Why pre-book the western run
A cruise generates more luggage than a flight, and the vehicle is chosen from your case count rather than your headcount.
White Bay at Rozelle and the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay cost the same as each other.
Not to the departure time on the ticket, which is a different and less useful number.
No deposit and no card held. You pay the driver at the terminal, by card, cash or PayID.
James Craig Road and the Quay both queue on a sail day. That time is already inside the pickup we quoted.
Capsules, forward-facing seats and boosters fitted before we arrive.
Route & pickup area
North and east to the harbour — this is the line we drive from Willow Vale to White Bay.
Also on this corridor
The towns around here are each priced separately — White Bay and Circular Quay distances are on their own pages.
Somewhere else in Wollondilly, Macarthur or the Southern Highlands? The full suburb list.
Who you are booking with
A Wollondilly-based operator with its own fleet, rostering its own drivers for every terminal run.
ABN: 51 939 227 384
P2P service provider no: BSP-439561
Wollondilly Shire, Macarthur and the Southern Highlands — 75 suburbs, each with a published cruise fare.
Sedans, Kia Carnivals, people movers and eleven-seat minibuses.
Every sailing, every hour — including the early starts and public holidays.
One published price per suburb, the same to either terminal, with tolls and GST inside it. Nothing payable in advance.
Questions, answered plainly
$285 for a couple, rising in fixed steps to $385 for a full eleven-seat minibus. The cruise terminals have their own published fare, with no sail-day loading.
Both terminals, same price. White Bay (112 km from here) is the easier approach; the OPT at Circular Quay (114 km) has the tighter kerb but puts you right on the harbour.
112 km and roughly 1 hr 49 min to Rozelle; 114 km and about 1 hr 53 min to the Quay. Allow for the terminal approach on top of the drive — we do.
Backwards from your boarding window. Send the documents and we set the exact time; on a morning when two ships turn around together we start earlier.
That is the question that picks the vehicle. A cruise generates more luggage than a flight, so tell us the case count as well as the headcount and we send something with the boot for it — a sedan for a couple travelling light, a people mover or minibus for anything more.
No deposit and no card on file. Payment happens on the day you sail.
Yes, and most people book both at once. Disembarkation runs by luggage tag rather than a published time, so the return is worked off a message from you at the terminal doors — the detail is on the cruise terminal to Willow Vale page.
Eleven is the maximum in a single vehicle at $385. With a full cruise load we may suggest a second vehicle rather than promise something that will not close.
Not sensibly. White Bay has no rail station and the bus connections from Willow Vale involve several changes with your cruise luggage. Circular Quay has a station, but getting to it from here with the cases is the trip you were trying to avoid.
All three types, free, and installed before the vehicle leaves. Give us the ages at booking.
Any hour, including weekends and public holidays; set fees apply for pickups before 6am or after 8pm. Rural and thinly populated, so nothing comes out here unbooked.
That is most of what we do. Fares, drive times and leave-by tables for Sydney Airport are on the Willow Vale to Sydney Airport page, and Western Sydney International has its own page.
Twenty-four to forty-eight hours is comfortable, but the January and Christmas cruise season fills much earlier — for those, book when you book the cabin.
Several doors in the same town is an ordinary arrangement. Tell us the addresses at booking and we plan the order around the boarding window.
No fee either way. We move it to the new date and the fare stays the same.
The doors. Both terminals marshal the kerb hard on a sail day, which is exactly why the pickup time allows for it.
All Willow Vale transfer pages
Every route we run for Willow Vale has its own page, with its own distances, timings and pickup notes.
$285, agreed before you sail, door to gangway queue, with nothing payable until the day. Send us the sailing details.
Private, fixed-fare airport and cruise transfers from 75 suburbs across Wollondilly Shire, Macarthur and the Southern Highlands. A published fare per suburb for each destination, tolls and GST inside it, no deposit and no weekend loading — you pay the driver on the day of travel.
Sister services run by the same local team.