Disembarkation day, without the taxi rank. Private transfers home to Willow Vale (a scatter of rural properties west of Mittagong, on the road toward Berrima) from both Sydney cruise terminals, at one agreed fare paid on the day.
Wollondilly Airport Shuttle meets disembarking cruise passengers at both Sydney terminals and drives them home to Willow Vale (NSW 2575) — 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, 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
The run home is priced exactly like the run out: $285 one way for one or two passengers, with the same steps above that.
| Passengers | Vehicle | Fixed fare (one way) | Typical booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Sedan | $285 | solo flyers and couples |
| 3 | Kia Carnival | $305 | three with the cases |
| 4 | Kia Carnival | $305 | four adults, no squeeze |
| 5 | People Mover | $325 | family holidays |
| 6 | People Mover | $325 | two couples sharing the run |
| 7 | Minibus | $365 | larger family departures |
| 8 | Minibus | $365 | two families sharing one vehicle |
| 9 | Minibus | $385 | sports teams and club trips |
| 10 | Minibus | $385 | teams and work crews |
| 11 | Minibus | $385 | 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 Willow Vale 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 Willow Vale.
The drive home
Allow about 1 hr 49 min for the 112 km from White Bay at Rozelle to the Willow Vale Road corner, and about 1 hr 53 min for the 114 km from the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay. Home via the Hume south and the Mittagong exit. Long approaches at the end with cases aboard.
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 Willow Vale 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. Rural entrances with long approaches. Property name is the reliable identifier after dark.
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 your ship berths at; both are met on the same terms and at the same fare.
about 1 hr 49 min · Rozelle, via James Craig Rd
Home via the Hume south and the Mittagong exit. Long approaches at the end with cases aboard. Full detail on the White Bay transfers page.
about 1 hr 53 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.
$285 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) | $285 fixed | ~1 hr 49 min, door to door | met at the terminal doors on your message, luggage carried, one fixed fare, straight home |
| 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 Willow Vale end — with a fortnight of 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 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 Willow Vale 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 $385 — about $35 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
When two vessels turn around together the rank at Rozelle disappears entirely. A pre-booked car is unaffected.
A metered trip out to this district depends on conditions you cannot see from the queue.
Whatever you left with, you are returning with more. That is a vehicle decision, not a hope.
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 Willow Vale 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 $285 one way for one or two passengers, up to $385 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.
Nothing is charged for waiting. A late berthing, a long customs queue or a slow lift are all free time here.
112 km and roughly 1 hr 49 min from Rozelle; 114 km and about 1 hr 53 min from the Quay. Once past the Anzac Bridge it usually runs clean.
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 Willow Vale it is 112 km from White Bay and 114 km from the Quay.
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.
No. Nothing is charged at booking and no card is held. You pay the driver at your door on the day, by card, cash or PayID, with a tax invoice emailed afterwards if you want one.
Yes. One vehicle, your party only, terminal to door. Rural entrances with long approaches. Property name is the reliable identifier after dark.
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.
Eleven is the maximum in one vehicle at $385. 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.
Not with cruise luggage. White Bay has no station at all, and while Circular Quay does, reaching Willow Vale from it means a change and then still a car at the far end.
Both, and most people book them together. Boarding-window timing, terminal drop detail and the fare are on the Willow Vale 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.
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.
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, 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.