The last leg of the cruise. From White Bay or the Overseas Passenger Terminal home to Picton (the shire's old administrative town, folded into the valley around Stonequarry Creek and the sandstone viaduct), 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 Picton (NSW 2571) — a fixed-fare private transfer, not a shared shuttle. White Bay Cruise Terminal at Rozelle is 85 km from Argyle Street and the shops around the railway end of town, about 1 hr 8 min; the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 87 km, about 1 hr 13 min. The fare is $275 one way for one or two passengers, rising to $375 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
$275 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 | $275 | one or two travellers |
| 3 | Kia Carnival | $295 | a small family |
| 4 | Kia Carnival | $295 | four with luggage |
| 5 | People Mover | $315 | holiday departures |
| 6 | People Mover | $315 | two families travelling together |
| 7 | Minibus | $345 | extended families |
| 8 | Minibus | $345 | cruise passengers with full cases |
| 9 | Minibus | $375 | guests travelling as one group |
| 10 | Minibus | $375 | group and club travel |
| 11 | Minibus | $375 | the largest single vehicle |
A slow disembarkation costs you nothing. Nothing is added afterwards for waiting or for luggage. There is no deposit on a Picton 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 Picton.
The drive home
Allow about 1 hr 8 min for the 85 km from White Bay at Rozelle to Argyle Street and the shops around the railway end of town, and about 1 hr 13 min for the 87 km from the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay. Disembarkation mornings are unpredictable by design, so we do not fix a Picton pickup to a minute. You message from the terminal doors and the driver comes. The run home is the M5 East westbound, the Hume, then Remembrance Driveway — and after ten days at sea it is the last leg most people are glad to have handed over.
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 Picton 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. Most Picton addresses are straightforward, but the older streets around the creek flat have deep front setbacks and no street lighting to speak of. The driver will pull into the drive rather than stop at the kerb unless you ask otherwise.
The two terminals
White Bay at Rozelle is 85 km from Picton 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 8 min · Rozelle, via James Craig Rd
Disembarkation mornings are unpredictable by design, so we do not fix a Picton pickup to a minute. You message from the terminal doors and the driver comes. The run home is the M5 East westbound, the Hume, then Remembrance Driveway — and after ten days at sea it is the last leg most people are glad to have handed over. Full detail on the White Bay transfers page.
about 1 hr 13 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.
$275 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) | $275 fixed | ~1 hr 8 min, door to door | one vehicle, one run home, at a number you already know |
| 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 Picton end — with a fortnight of luggage |
| Rideshare or taxi | metered, and surge-dependent | ~1 hr 8 min if a car accepts | picton after eleven is genuinely dark and genuinely quiet |
| Drive and park | fuel and tolls plus from about $190 a week in budget long-stay parking | ~1 hr 8 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 Picton 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 $375 — about $34 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
Nothing to arrange from a ship's wifi, and nothing to sort out in a terminal at seven in the morning.
No booked minute to miss, because disembarkation is released by luggage tag rather than a clock.
The driver waits nearby at no charge, however long customs takes.
No deposit and no card held; you pay the driver at your door.
A cruise comes back heavier than it left. The vehicle is chosen with that in mind.
Capsules, forward-facing seats and boosters fitted in advance, at no cost.
The route home
How the drive to Picton 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 $275 one way for one or two passengers, up to $375 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. The driver waits nearby at no charge, however long the hall takes. There is no meter on this booking and no waiting fee.
White Bay is 1 hr 8 min from home, Circular Quay 1 hr 13 min. Both are door-to-door figures.
Both, each with its own published fare. White Bay is at Rozelle and takes most of the shorter sailings; the Overseas Passenger Terminal is at Circular Quay and takes the larger international ships. Your cruise documents name it — from Picton it is 85 km from White Bay and 87 km from the Quay.
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. Most Picton addresses are straightforward, but the older streets around the creek flat have deep front setbacks and no street lighting to speak of. The driver will pull into the drive rather than stop at the kerb unless you ask otherwise.
On disembarkation morning, considerably. Two or three thousand passengers come off at once and a 85 km fare out to this district is one plenty of drivers would rather not take. A booked car is already there and already priced.
One minibus takes eleven for $375, which beats three cars from the rank on both price and on everyone leaving together.
Capsules, forward-facing seats and boosters, all fitted before we arrive and all at no cost. We need the ages when you book.
Not with cruise luggage. White Bay has no station at all, and while Circular Quay does, reaching Picton from it means a change and then still a car at the far end.
Within one suburb, yes, at the same price. Spread across the district we would rather quote it properly.
No fee. We move it to the new date and the fare stays the same.
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.
Tahmoor, Thirlmere, Pheasants Nest, Couridjah 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 Picton transfer pages
Every route we run for Picton has its own page, with its own distances, timings and pickup notes.
$275, 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.