Home from the harbour. Disembarkation transfers to Cawdor — the farming valley south of Camden, where the road runs along the creek and the paddocks come right to the verge — one vehicle, your party only, and a boot that fits the cases you left with.
Wollondilly Airport Shuttle meets disembarking cruise passengers at both Sydney terminals and drives them home to Cawdor (NSW 2570) — a fixed-fare private transfer, not a shared shuttle. White Bay Cruise Terminal at Rozelle is 69 km from the Cawdor Road junction, about 59 min; the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 71 km, about 1 hr 4 min. The fare is $209 one way for one or two passengers, rising to $309 for eleven in one vehicle, and it matches the sail-day fare exactly. Disembarkation is released by luggage tag rather than a published time, so there is no booked minute to miss: you message from the terminal doors and the driver comes in, with no meter running while you queue. Nothing is payable in advance. Book it with the outbound leg and the whole trip is settled. Quote on 0427 143 612.
Fixed fare each way; pickups add $10
$209 for a couple, rising only with the seat count. Which terminal your ship docks at makes no difference.
| Passengers | Vehicle | Fixed fare (one way) | Typical booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Sedan | $209 | one or two travellers |
| 3 | Kia Carnival | $229 | a small family |
| 4 | Kia Carnival | $229 | four with luggage |
| 5 | People Mover | $249 | holiday departures |
| 6 | People Mover | $249 | two families travelling together |
| 7 | Minibus | $289 | extended families |
| 8 | Minibus | $289 | cruise passengers with full cases |
| 9 | Minibus | $309 | guests travelling as one group |
| 10 | Minibus | $309 | group and club travel |
| 11 | Minibus | $309 | the largest single vehicle |
No weekend loading; pickups before 6am add $20 and extra bags beyond one suitcase and one carry-on per passenger are $5 each. The quoted number is the number. Nothing is charged at booking and no card is held; the fare is paid at your door. Fares reviewed August 2026.
One booking, both ends. Most people arrange the return at the same time as the outbound — nothing to organise from a ship's wifi at sea.
Waiting when you land
Tell us the case count when you book — a cruise comes home heavier than it left, and the vehicle is chosen for that.
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, and there is no meter while you clear the terminal. The only thing that changes between cards is how many people and how much luggage fit.
The drive home
Allow about 59 min for the 69 km from White Bay at Rozelle to the Cawdor Road junction, and about 1 hr 4 min for the 71 km from the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay. Coming home, the valley is usually clear by mid-morning. Properties are set well back with long approaches, so leave a light on if the arrival is late.
Getting out of the terminal precinct is the slow part on disembarkation morning, not the motorway. Once past the Anzac Bridge the run usually clears, and the whole of that allowance is inside the fare rather than on a meter.
Sailing out rather than home? Boarding-window timing and the sail-day fare are on the Cawdor cruise transfers page.
How the morning actually runs
A ship does not release everyone at once, so a cruise pickup cannot be booked to a minute. It is arranged around your message from the terminal doors instead. Here is how each part of the morning works.
There is no arrival time to get wrong, because ships do not release everyone at once. The pickup runs off your message from the terminal doors.
A late berthing or a slow customs hall costs you nothing. There is no meter and no waiting fee.
An itinerary change is a phone call, not a problem — and because no deposit was taken, there is nothing to claw back.
The ship name and date are what we need in advance; your message on the day is what triggers the pickup.
Where we meet you
Rozelle's White Bay releases passengers in waves by luggage tag. We hold nearby and pull in on your message, which is the only arrangement that survives a slow morning.
The Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay has the tightest kerb in Sydney, so the same arrangement applies: we hold nearby and come to the doors when you message.
From there it is one run home — no interchange, no shared loop, and nobody else to drop off first. Valley properties set back from the road with long approaches. Leave a light on if you can — in fog even a familiar gate is hard to pick.
The two terminals
White Bay at Rozelle is 69 km from Cawdor and the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 71 km. Your cruise documents name the one your ship berths at; both are met on the same terms and at the same fare.
about 59 min · Rozelle, via James Craig Rd
Coming home, the valley is usually clear by mid-morning. Properties are set well back with long approaches, so leave a light on if the arrival is late. Full detail on the White Bay transfers page.
about 1 hr 4 min · Circular Quay, tightest kerb of the two
The city terminal, right on the harbour, with almost no waiting room at the kerb — which is why the driver holds nearby and comes in on your message.
$209 from either terminal. Rozelle or Circular Quay, weekday or weekend, early release or late — the fare was set by your suburb and your group size.
Get Free QuoteGetting home from the harbour
A whole ship empties into one rank inside about two hours, and the luggage rules out most of the alternatives. Worth reading before you sail rather than while you are standing there.
| Option | Typical cost (2 adults) | Door to terminal | What it actually involves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private transfer (us) | $209 fixed | ~59 min, door to door | a car that is on the sheet rather than hoped for, whatever the morning looks like |
| Train and a walk | Opal fares, plus a lift at the far end | 2 hrs or more, with the cases | White Bay has no station at all, and from Circular Quay it is a change and then still a car at the Cawdor end — with a fortnight of luggage |
| Rideshare or taxi | metered, and surge-dependent | ~59 min if a car accepts | valley fog after a long flight is exactly the combination you do not want to be driving yourself through |
| Drive and park | fuel and tolls plus from about $190 a week in budget long-stay parking | ~59 min plus retrieving the car | neither terminal has long-stay parking, so it means a fortnight of inner-west parking fees and then finding the car with the cases |
Neither cruise terminal has long-stay parking of its own, and neither is reachable from Cawdor without a car at one end. The honest summary: a solo traveller with a cabin bag can make the train from Circular Quay work; two people with a fortnight of luggage cannot.
Landing as a group
Eleven disembarking passengers travel home in one vehicle for $309 — about $28 a seat, against three cars from a rank an entire ship is queuing at. Everyone leaves together, which on that morning is worth more than the saving.
Send the ship, the date, the headcount and an honest bag count. Groups coming off a cruise routinely have more luggage than the seat count implies, and it is far better to know that now than at the terminal.
The rank, honestly
Disembarkation concentrates demand into about two hours, which is exactly when a rank cannot cope.
Nobody can tell you what a metered trip of this length will cost until it ends. Our figure was fixed at booking.
Cruise cases beat most boots. The vehicle we send was picked from your case count.
Why book the arrival
Two minutes at home saves the worst hour of the trip back.
Ships release by tag colour over a couple of hours, so we work off your word instead.
Customs, the hall and the queue for the lift are all free time on this booking.
Card, cash or PayID when you get home, with an invoice by email if you want one.
Duty free, gifts and a fortnight of washing all have to fit somewhere.
Capsules and boosters installed in advance.
The route home
Out of Rozelle and south-west — this is the line we drive from White Bay home to Cawdor.
Nearby drop-offs
Each surrounding suburb has a page of its own, measured from both terminals.
Somewhere else in Wollondilly, Macarthur or the Southern Highlands? The full suburb list.
Who you are booking with
A Wollondilly-based service with its own vehicles and drivers, rostered for disembarkation mornings.
ABN: 51 939 227 384
P2P service provider no: BSP-439561
Wollondilly Shire, Macarthur and the Southern Highlands, each suburb with a published cruise fare.
Sedans, Kia Carnivals, people movers and eleven-seat minibuses, chosen from your case count.
Every disembarkation, every hour — including weekends and public holidays.
One published price per suburb, the same at both terminals, with tolls and GST inside it; pickups from the terminal add $10. Nothing payable in advance.
Arrival questions
A fixed $209 one way for one or two passengers, up to $309 for eleven in one vehicle. It is the sail-day fare plus the $10 terminal pickup fee, and any time-of-day fee.
There is no fixed pickup time, because there is nothing reliable to fix it to. The driver is nearby from early and pulls in on your text.
No meter and no clock. The fare was fixed before you sailed and the wait does not change it.
White Bay is 59 min from home, Circular Quay 1 hr 4 min. Both are door-to-door figures.
Both terminals, same price. The OPT has the tighter kerb, which is why we wait nearby and come in on your message rather than sitting on it.
Tell us the bags when you book and we size the vehicle to them. On a disembarkation run the luggage usually outranks the passenger count.
Nothing in advance. The fare is settled when you get home, which also means a changed itinerary costs you nothing.
Yes, that is the whole point of it. Valley properties set back from the road with long approaches. Leave a light on if you can — in fog even a familiar gate is hard to pick.
Two things a rank cannot give you: a boot chosen for cruise luggage, and a known price on a long run out of the city.
Eleven is the maximum in one vehicle at $309. Groups off a ship usually have more luggage than the seat count suggests, so mention the cases at booking.
Capsules, forward-facing seats and boosters, all fitted before we arrive and all at no cost. We need the ages when you book.
Realistically no. It is not the distance, it is doing it with a fortnight of luggage.
Both, and most people book them together. Boarding-window timing, terminal drop detail and the fare are on the Cawdor cruise transfers page.
Yes, provided they are close together. Two or three stops in the same suburb is normal and does not change the fare; stops in different towns are quoted separately so nobody is surprised.
Tell us and it moves at no cost. Nothing is charged in advance, so there is no cancellation fee and nothing to refund.
Message us when you are actually out. Nothing before that matters, because the release order is by luggage tag and no one can predict it.
Camden Park, Grasmere, Cobbitty, Bringelly and the rest of the district — all 75 suburbs across Wollondilly Shire, Macarthur and the Southern Highlands, each with its own published fare and its own distance from both terminals.
All Cawdor transfer pages
Every route we run for Cawdor has its own page, with its own distances, timings and pickup notes.
One price of $209 home from either terminal, one suitcase and one carry-on each included, and no card taken at booking.
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.