The last leg of the cruise. From White Bay or the Overseas Passenger Terminal home to Oakdale (a former mining village on the western rim of the shire, with the Burragorang Valley road running out behind it), 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 Oakdale (NSW 2570) — a fixed-fare private transfer, not a shared shuttle. White Bay Cruise Terminal at Rozelle is 85 km from the Oakdale shops near the workers club, about 1 hr 14 min; the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 87 km, about 1 hr 18 min. The fare is $279 one way for one or two passengers, rising to $419 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. Send the ship and the date; we do the rest from your message on the morning. Quote on 0427 143 612.
Fixed fare each way; pickups add $10
One published fare covers both cruise terminals: $279 from either one home to Oakdale for one or two passengers.
| Passengers | Vehicle | Fixed fare (one way) | Typical booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Sedan | $279 | solo flyers and couples |
| 3 | Kia Carnival | $309 | three with the cases |
| 4 | Kia Carnival | $309 | four adults, no squeeze |
| 5 | People Mover | $339 | family holidays |
| 6 | People Mover | $339 | two couples sharing the run |
| 7 | Minibus | $389 | larger family departures |
| 8 | Minibus | $389 | two families sharing one vehicle |
| 9 | Minibus | $419 | sports teams and club trips |
| 10 | Minibus | $419 | teams and work crews |
| 11 | Minibus | $419 | 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 Oakdale 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 Oakdale.
The drive home
Allow about 1 hr 14 min for the 85 km from White Bay at Rozelle to the Oakdale shops near the workers club, and about 1 hr 18 min for the 87 km from the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay. Home is the M5 west, Camden, The Oaks, then Oakdale. Rideshare will not take this run with cruise luggage at any price, which is why the return leg is usually booked with the outbound.
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 Oakdale 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. Former mining village streets are tight and some of the newer acreage subdivisions off them are not on older maps. A cross street at booking saves ten minutes at the end.
The two terminals
White Bay at Rozelle is 85 km from Oakdale and the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 87 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 14 min · Rozelle, via James Craig Rd
Home is the M5 west, Camden, The Oaks, then Oakdale. Rideshare will not take this run with cruise luggage at any price, which is why the return leg is usually booked with the outbound. Full detail on the White Bay transfers page.
about 1 hr 18 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.
$279 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) | $279 fixed | ~1 hr 14 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 Oakdale end — with a fortnight of luggage |
| Rideshare or taxi | metered, and surge-dependent | ~1 hr 14 min if a car accepts | this is the far side of the shire and it behaves like it |
| Drive and park | fuel and tolls plus from about $190 a week in budget long-stay parking | ~1 hr 14 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 Oakdale 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 $419 — about $38 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 Oakdale 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 $279 one way for one or two passengers, up to $419 for eleven in one vehicle. It is the sail-day fare plus the $10 terminal pickup fee, and any time-of-day fee.
You message us when you are actually through, and the driver comes to the terminal doors. Cruise lines call passengers down by luggage tag across a couple of hours, so there is no booked minute to miss and no penalty for a slow morning.
Nothing is charged for waiting. A late berthing, a long customs queue or a slow lift are all free time here.
85 km and roughly 1 hr 14 min from Rozelle; 87 km and about 1 hr 18 min from the Quay. Once past the Anzac Bridge it usually runs clean.
We meet ships at both. Rozelle is 85 km from Oakdale; Circular Quay is 87 km. If the paperwork is not clear, send it to us and we will work out which.
That is exactly why we ask for a case count at booking. A cruise comes home heavier than it left, and the vehicle is chosen for the boot rather than the seats.
No deposit and no card on file. Payment happens at the end of the trip.
Yes. One vehicle, your party only, terminal to door. Former mining village streets are tight and some of the newer acreage subdivisions off them are not on older maps. A cross street at booking saves ten minutes at the end.
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 $419. Groups off a ship usually have more luggage than the seat count suggests, so mention the cases at booking.
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 Oakdale is a long trip with several changes and a walk at both ends. The bags are what rule it out.
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.
One text. When you are through the hall with the cases, message the number on your confirmation and the driver comes to the doors. That is the whole arrangement.
Belimbla Park, Mowbray Park, The Oaks, Lakesland 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 Oakdale transfer pages
Every route we run for Oakdale has its own page, with its own distances, timings and pickup notes.
$279, 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.