Someone is waiting when you land. Fixed-fare arrival transfers from Sydney Airport to Picton — the shire's old administrative town, folded into the valley around Stonequarry Creek and the sandstone viaduct — with the flight tracked, the waiting time free and the fare agreed before you left.
Wollondilly Airport Shuttle meets arriving passengers at Sydney Airport and drives them home to Picton (NSW 2571) — a fixed-fare private transfer, not a shared shuttle. The driver waits in the P7 Rideshare Pickup Area at T1, or in the priority pickup area at T2 and T3, and the fare is $235 one way for one or two passengers, rising to $385 for eleven in one vehicle. It is 78 km from the terminal to Argyle Street and the shops around the railway end of town, about 1 hr 7 min. The flight number is tracked from wheels-down, so a late arrival simply shifts the Picton pickup: an hour of free waiting at T1, forty minutes at T2 and T3, and no charge either way. Nothing is payable in advance. Book it with your outbound trip and the whole thing is settled in one message. Quote on 0427 143 612.
Fares, in both directions
The trip home costs exactly what the trip out costs: $235 one way for one or two passengers, with the same steps for larger groups.
| Passengers | Vehicle | Fixed fare (one way) | Typical booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Sedan | $235 | a couple off a long-haul flight |
| 3 | Kia Carnival | $260 | three passengers and full-size cases |
| 4 | Kia Carnival | $260 | four travelling together |
| 5 | People Mover | $280 | a family home from a trip |
| 6 | People Mover | $280 | two couples sharing the run |
| 7 | Minibus | $305 | three generations on one flight |
| 8 | Minibus | $305 | passengers off a ship |
| 9 | Minibus | $385 | guests arriving for a function |
| 10 | Minibus | $385 | work crews and touring parties |
| 11 | Minibus | $385 | eleven in one go |
The fare is set when you book and does not move for the date or the length of the queue at immigration. Nothing is charged at booking and no card is held; the fare is paid on the day. Fares reviewed August 2026.
One booking, both directions. Most people book the arrival at the same time as the departure — fixed fare, same driver pool, one less thing to think about while you are away.
Meeting your aircraft
The class is chosen before you land, from your passengers and your luggage — not decided at the kerb.
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 inclusions do not change with the vehicle. Every Picton arrival carries tolls and GST inside the quoted fare, free child restraints fitted in advance, flight-number tracking and no payment until the day. Seats and boot space are the only difference between the four cards.
Distance and drive time
Allow about 1 hr 7 min for the 78 km from the terminal to Argyle Street and the shops around the railway end of town. Westbound the M5 East is a different road entirely. Evening traffic out of the city thins by about seven, and from there the Hume runs clear all the way to the Pheasants Nest interchange. The last stretch down Remembrance Driveway into the valley is where you notice you are home — the temperature drops a few degrees as the road descends toward Stonequarry Creek.
Coming out of the airport you are pointed away from the congestion rather than into it. That is why the same distance that takes an hour and a bit at dawn often does not on the way home.
If you are flying out rather than in, the leave-by times and departure fares are on the Picton to Sydney Airport page.
Disruption, handled
Almost nothing about an arrival runs to the printed schedule, which is why the pickup is tied to your flight number instead of an agreed hour. The three situations below cover most of it.
The booking follows the aircraft. However late it lands, an hour from wheels-down at T1 is free, and the driver is there when you emerge.
Forty minutes from touchdown at T2 and T3, measured from the actual landing rather than the timetable. Domestic bags come off faster and the allowance reflects that.
If the flight is cancelled or you are rebooked, one message moves the transfer. Nothing has been charged, so nothing has to be refunded.
The flight number is the only detail that really matters on an arrival booking — everything else follows from it.
Terminal by terminal
The driver meets you inside the T1 arrivals hall, past the customs doors, with your name on a card — no hunting for a car park level or a pickup zone.
T2 and T3 work the other way round: you text from the baggage hall, and the vehicle is in the priority pickup area by the time you reach the doors.
From the kerb it is a single run to your address, with no other pickups and no detours built into it. 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.
Western Sydney arrivals
Once Western Sydney International is the closer terminal for much of this district, and we meet flights there with the same service at its own published fare.
about 48 min · toll-free on our route
Coming back into Picton from WSI you never touch a motorway. Down The Northern Road, through Camden and along Remembrance Driveway into the valley. On a curfew-free 2am arrival that is a very quiet drive, and considerably shorter than the eastern equivalent. Route detail on the Picton to WSI page.
about 1 hr 7 min · Hume, M5 and tunnel
The default airport for this district today, with a driver inside the T1 hall and a priority-zone pickup at T2 and T3.
$235 from Sydney Airport, $185 from Western Sydney. Which terminal and how late the aircraft was make no difference; the pickup adds a set $10, plus $10–$20 after 8pm.
Get Free QuoteHow the alternatives stack up
Worth reading before you fly rather than after you land, because the options look very different at 11pm.
| Option | Typical cost (2 adults) | Door to terminal | What it actually involves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private transfer (us) | $235 fixed | ~1 hr 7 min, door to door | a named driver waiting past customs, the cases carried, one agreed price, no stops on the way |
| Train from the airport | Opal fares plus $18.61 station access fee each | 2 hrs or more, if it is running | the airport line to Central, a change, then the Southern Highlands service to Picton — plus the $18.61 station access fee each, and only if you land early enough to catch it |
| Rideshare or taxi | metered, and surge-dependent | ~1 hr 7 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 7 min plus the car park shuttle | only works if you drove yourself out and left the car there — and it means finding the car park shuttle after a long flight before you can start driving |
The station access fee is Transport for NSW's published charge for entering or leaving an airport rail station — check the current figure before you rely on it. The honest summary for an arrival into Picton: rail can work in daylight with hand luggage, and stops working entirely once the flight is late, the bags are checked, or the last service has gone.
Eleven in one vehicle
Eleven arriving passengers are met by one vehicle for $385 — about $35 a seat, against three separate taxis from the rank at whatever the meter says. Extended families, sports teams and friends landing together all book this way.
Give us the headcount, the luggage and the flight number up front. Groups arriving on separate flights are common, and both options — hold the vehicle, or run two pickups — are easier settled before you fly than at the kerb.
Against the taxi rank
The rank thins when flights are sparse and jams when they are not. It is reliably slowest on the night you most want to be home.
A meter tells you the number at the end of the trip. Ours told you before you left for the airport.
A fare out to a rural address after midnight is a conversation at the rank and a non-event on a booking.
Six reasons to pre-book
The return leg is arranged with the outbound one, so nothing is left to organise from an airport with a flat phone.
You walk out and the driver is there holding your name. That is the whole service, and it is the part people remember.
An hour of free time at T1 and forty minutes at domestic, counted from wheels-down.
You are not charged anything at booking and no hold goes on your card. Payment happens at your door on the day, however you prefer to pay, with a tax invoice on request.
Fitted before we leave for the airport, which is why we ask for ages at booking rather than on the day.
Christmas Day is priced exactly like a Tuesday; a pickup after 10pm adds a set $20.
The drive, step by step
How the drive to Picton goes once the bags are in the boot and we leave the terminal.
Nearby suburbs and fares
Neighbouring towns are all listed individually, with the km, the drive time and the fixed fare for each.
If your suburb is elsewhere in Wollondilly, Macarthur or the Highlands, the full suburb list.
Who you are booking with
Locally owned and operated from Wollondilly Shire. The name on the card at arrivals belongs to this business, not to a broker.
ABN: 51 939 227 384
P2P service provider no: BSP-439561
Wollondilly Shire, Macarthur and the Southern Highlands, each suburb with a published arrival fare.
Sedans through to eleven-seat minibuses, matched to passengers and luggage when the booking is made.
Any hour a flight lands, holidays included; set fees apply for pickups before 6am or after 8pm.
Published per suburb and destination, inclusive of tolls and GST, with no deposit at booking.
Common arrival questions
One or two passengers pay $235; the largest vehicle, carrying eleven, is $385. The arrival price is the departure price plus a $10 pickup fee, with no loading for the date.
T1: cross to the P7 building opposite arrivals and meet the driver in the Rideshare Pickup Area inside it. T2 and T3: a text from the carousel, then the vehicle at the priority pickup point as you walk through the doors.
Allow 1 hr 7 min for the 78 km. It is the quicker of the two directions — the congestion that slows a pre-dawn departure sits on the other carriageway when you land.
Nothing, on your side. We track the flight number, so the pickup moves with the aircraft and a full hour of waiting from touchdown is included at T1, forty minutes at T2 and T3 — measured from when you actually land.
We reschedule it, at no charge. Nothing is paid up front, which is precisely why an airline cancellation is an inconvenience rather than a financial loss.
Not a cent. Booking holds nothing on your card; you pay on the day, at the door, and the tax invoice follows by email if you need it for work.
Yes, the address you give us is where the trip ends. 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.
In daylight, with hand luggage, yes: the airport line to Central, a change, then the Southern Highlands service. Add the $18.61 airport station access fee each, two hours or more, and the fact that the last service leaves well before the last international arrival.
On a quiet afternoon the rank is fine. On the night three widebodies land within the hour it is not, and a 78 km run at midnight is a fare some drivers decline outright. Yours is assigned and fixed before you board.
Yes. White Bay at Rozelle is 85 km and about 1 hr 8 min from Picton; the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay is 87 km and about 1 hr 13 min. Disembarkation runs by luggage tag rather than a published time, so you message from the terminal doors and the driver is close by.
Yes, at that airport's own published fare. The free waiting and the door drop are the same, and the fare is that airport's own published price.
Yes, in an eleven-seat minibus at $385 for the whole group, which works out near $35 a head. Groups arriving on different flights are handled either by holding the vehicle or by running two pickups.
Free, and installed in advance. Tell us the ages at booking — the restraints go in before we drive to the airport, not in the pickup zone with you standing there.
Yes — the late bank of arrivals is routine work here. Picton after eleven is genuinely dark and genuinely quiet.
Twenty-four to forty-eight hours is comfortable, and further ahead over school holidays and Christmas. Most people book it at the same time as the outbound trip, which is the simplest way to do it.
Message the driver. If the vehicle is already at the airport you will not be waiting long; if it is still on the way, we will tell you exactly how far off it is rather than leaving you guessing.
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 arrival fare.
All Picton transfer pages
Every route we run for Picton has its own page, with its own distances, timings and pickup notes.
Fixed $235 from the terminal to your door, the flight tracked, the waiting free and no advance payment. Send the form with your flight number and we confirm the same day.
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.