The last leg of the cruise. From White Bay or the Overseas Passenger Terminal home to Darkes Forest (orchard country on the escarpment edge, closer to the Illawarra than to anywhere in the shire), booked before you sailed and priced before you left.
Wollondilly Airport Shuttle meets disembarking cruise passengers at both Sydney terminals and drives them home to Darkes Forest (NSW 2508) — a fixed-fare private transfer, not a shared shuttle. White Bay Cruise Terminal at Rozelle is 60 km from the Darkes Forest Road corner, about 1 hr 6 min; the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 62 km, about 1 hr 8 min. The fare is $239 one way for one or two passengers, rising to $339 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. Give us the sailing details and the pickup looks after itself. Quote on 0427 143 612.
Fixed fare each way; pickups add $10
$239 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 | $239 | solo flyers and couples |
| 3 | Kia Carnival | $259 | three with the cases |
| 4 | Kia Carnival | $259 | four adults, no squeeze |
| 5 | People Mover | $279 | family holidays |
| 6 | People Mover | $279 | two couples sharing the run |
| 7 | Minibus | $319 | larger family departures |
| 8 | Minibus | $319 | two families sharing one vehicle |
| 9 | Minibus | $339 | sports teams and club trips |
| 10 | Minibus | $339 | teams and work crews |
| 11 | Minibus | $339 | the most we fit in one vehicle |
A slow disembarkation costs you nothing. Nothing is added afterwards for waiting or for luggage. There is no deposit on a Darkes Forest disembarkation pickup — payment happens on the day. Fares reviewed August 2026.
No clock, no meter. The driver waits nearby and comes in when you message, and the queue at customs costs you nothing.
Waiting when you land
Four classes, and on a disembarkation run the boot is nearly always what decides it.
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
The difference is space, not service. All four come with tolls and GST in the fare, restraints at no cost, free waiting while the terminal empties, and payment on the day you get home to Darkes Forest.
The drive home
Allow about 1 hr 6 min for the 60 km from White Bay at Rozelle to the Darkes Forest Road corner, and about 1 hr 8 min for the 62 km from the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay. Home from the wharf is the longest return in the Campbelltown and Menangle district. Orchard entrances at the end, most identified by name rather than number.
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 Darkes Forest 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.
Cruise lines call passengers down by tag colour across a couple of hours. That is why we work off a text rather than a booked minute.
Delayed docking is normal and it is not charged for. We plan the morning around it rather than around the timetable.
If the cruise is cancelled or rerouted, tell us and the job moves free of charge.
Book against the sailing, then text on the morning. Trying to book a minute is what goes wrong with cruise pickups.
Where we meet you
White Bay has limited kerb space, so the vehicle waits a short distance away and comes in when you are actually out with the cases.
Circular Quay is the harder of the two to wait at. We manage that rather than asking you to hurry.
From the terminal it is one uninterrupted run to your street. Orchard entrances and long drives, most identified by name rather than number. Tell us both and leave the gate as you would like to find it.
The two terminals
White Bay at Rozelle is 60 km from Darkes Forest and the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 62 km. Your cruise documents name the one your ship berths at; both are met on the same terms and at the same fare.
about 1 hr 6 min · Rozelle, via James Craig Rd
Home from the wharf is the longest return in the Campbelltown and Menangle district. Orchard entrances at the end, most identified by name rather than number. Full detail on the White Bay transfers page.
about 1 hr 8 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.
$239 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) | $239 fixed | ~1 hr 6 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 Darkes Forest end — with a fortnight of luggage |
| Rideshare or taxi | metered, and surge-dependent | ~1 hr 6 min if a car accepts | darkes Forest is the far corner of our area and it has nothing — no station, no rank, no realistic rideshare |
| Drive and park | fuel and tolls plus from about $190 a week in budget long-stay parking | ~1 hr 6 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 Darkes Forest 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 $339 — about $31 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
Three thousand passengers come off at once and the queue reflects it. A booked driver is not in that queue.
Metered pricing on a run this long is decided by the traffic and the hour. Yours was agreed before you sailed.
A rank car that fits four people rarely fits four people's cruise luggage. Ours was chosen for it.
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
How the drive to Darkes Forest goes once the cases are in the boot and we leave the harbour.
Nearby drop-offs
Every suburb nearby has its own disembarkation page, with its own distance from both terminals and its own fixed fare.
Somewhere else in Wollondilly, Macarthur or the Southern Highlands? The full suburb list.
Who you are booking with
Locally owned and operated from the shire. The person waiting at the terminal works for this business.
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 $239 one way for one or two passengers, up to $339 for eleven in one vehicle. It is the sail-day fare plus the $10 terminal pickup fee, and any time-of-day fee.
By message rather than by clock. That is the only arrangement that survives a disembarkation, where the release order is by tag colour and not by cabin number.
No. The driver waits nearby at no charge, however long the hall takes. There is no meter on this booking and no waiting fee.
60 km and roughly 1 hr 6 min from Rozelle; 62 km and about 1 hr 8 min from the Quay. Once past the Anzac Bridge it usually runs clean.
We meet ships at both. Rozelle is 60 km from Darkes Forest; Circular Quay is 62 km. If the paperwork is not clear, send it to us and we will work out which.
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. One vehicle, your party only, terminal to door. Orchard entrances and long drives, most identified by name rather than number. Tell us both and leave the gate as you would like to find it.
The gap is widest exactly when you need it least — a whole ship emptying into one rank inside two hours. A pre-booked vehicle is not part of that.
One minibus takes eleven for $339, which beats three cars from the rank on both price and on everyone leaving together.
All three types, free, and installed before the vehicle leaves for the terminal.
There is no train at White Bay, and from Circular Quay to Darkes Forest is a long trip with several changes and a walk at both ends. The bags are what rule it out.
Both, and most people book them together. Boarding-window timing, terminal drop detail and the fare are on the Darkes Forest cruise transfers page.
Several doors in the same town is an ordinary arrangement — tell us at booking and we plan the order.
One message reschedules it, free. Itineraries move more often than flight times, which is one reason we take no deposit.
You text, we come in. No calling ahead, no guessing, and no charge for the time before the message arrives.
Menangle, Menangle Park, Appin, Campbelltown 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 Darkes Forest transfer pages
Every route we run for Darkes Forest has its own page, with its own distances, timings and pickup notes.
$239, agreed before you sail, terminal to door, 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.