The short way home. Arrivals from Western Sydney International to Couridjah (a scattering of houses on the ridge between Thirlmere Lakes and the Bargo bushland, about as quiet as the shire gets), on an untolled route, at the same fixed fare as the Mascot run.
Wollondilly Airport Shuttle meets arriving passengers at Western Sydney International and drives them home to Couridjah (NSW 2571) — a fixed-fare private transfer, not a shared shuttle. There is one terminal, so the driver meets you at the single terminal's pickup point and messages you once you land, and it is 58 km from the terminal to the Couridjah Road turnoff, about 1 hr 3 min — 30 km shorter than the run home from Kingsford Smith, on a route with no tolls. The fare is $185 one way for one or two passengers, rising to $285 for eleven in one vehicle; the Sydney Airport fare from here is $235. We track the flight number, so a delay moves the pickup at no charge — a full hour of free waiting after an international landing and forty minutes after a domestic one. Nothing is payable in advance. Book it with the outbound leg and the whole trip is settled. Quote on 0427 143 612.
Fixed fare each way; pickups add $10
$235 for a couple, rising in fixed steps with the vehicle. Landing at Badgerys Creek instead of Mascot changes nothing about the number.
| Passengers | Vehicle | Fixed fare (one way) | Typical booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Sedan | $185 | couples and solo travellers |
| 3 | Kia Carnival | $215 | a family of three with cases |
| 4 | Kia Carnival | $215 | four adults and luggage |
| 5 | People Mover | $235 | school-holiday family runs |
| 6 | People Mover | $235 | two households travelling together |
| 7 | Minibus | $265 | extended family departures |
| 8 | Minibus | $265 | cruise parties with full cases |
| 9 | Minibus | $285 | wedding guests travelling as one |
| 10 | Minibus | $285 | clubs and work groups |
| 11 | Minibus | $285 | the maximum in a single vehicle |
Delayed flights, holidays and a long wait at the belt do not change the price. Nothing is added afterwards. No prepayment, no card details on file. You settle it at the door. Fares reviewed August 2026.
A new airport is exactly when you want a booked car. The rank behaviour, the rideshare supply and the parking layout are all untested. Yours is not.
Waiting when you land
Passengers and bags decide the vehicle at booking, which is why the boot is never the problem when you land.
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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 fitted at no cost, flight tracking and payment on the day you travel to Couridjah.
The drive home
Allow about 1 hr 3 min for the 58 km from the terminal to the Couridjah Road turnoff. The drive back is motorway until Pheasants Nest, then progressively smaller roads: Remembrance Driveway, the Thirlmere turn, and finally the ridge road to Couridjah. It is a beautiful run in daylight and an entirely black one after dark.
The same drive home from Kingsford Smith is 88 km and about 1 hr 19 min, so landing at Badgerys Creek saves 30 km — and the route home carries no tolls, which is the part you notice at midnight.
Flying out rather than in? The leave-by times and departure fares are on the Couridjah to Western Sydney Airport page.
Delays, diversions and late nights
A delayed flight is the normal case, not the exception, so the booking is built around the flight number rather than a clock time. Here is what happens in each situation.
Late is normal on long-haul, so the sheet updates itself from the flight number and the first sixty minutes after touchdown are on us.
A domestic landing gets forty minutes of included waiting, timed from the real arrival.
If the flight is cancelled or you are rebooked, one message moves the transfer. No money has changed hands, so nothing needs refunding.
One flight number sets the pickup, absorbs the delay and tells the driver when to leave for the terminal.
One hall, one meeting point
There is only one terminal at Badgerys Creek, which makes the meet simple: through the doors, your name on a card, and the luggage carried out to the vehicle.
Domestic arrivals get forty minutes rather than sixty, which is comfortably more than a domestic belt usually needs.
From the forecourt it is one uninterrupted run to your street. Couridjah addresses often go by property name rather than number and several driveways look identical from the road. Give us both the number and any name on the gate.
The other airport
Kingsford Smith is 88 km from Couridjah and Badgerys Creek is 58 km. If your flight lands at the older airport instead, the arrival is met with the same free waiting and the same door drop, at that airport's own published fare.
about 1 hr 19 min · Hume, M5 and the airport tunnel
Home from WSI is The Northern Road, Camden, Picton, then the ridge road. It is a long way from anywhere on a map and a surprisingly quick run in practice once the roads are empty. Arrivals into Mascot are covered on the Sydney Airport to Couridjah page.
about 1 hr 3 min · no tolls on our route
Still where the long-haul network is, and where most arrivals into this district land until the new airport's schedule fills out.
$185 from this airport; each airport has its own published fare. The arrival fare does not change with the terminal, the hour or the length of the delay — and there is no station access fee, because we drive you the whole way.
Get Free QuoteGetting home from a new terminal
Badgerys Creek is a new airport with no rail link to this district and no bus service to it. Standing in the hall at midnight is a bad time to discover that, so here are the options in advance.
| Option | Typical cost (2 adults) | Door to terminal | What it actually involves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private transfer (us) | $185 fixed | ~1 hr 3 min, door to door | a named driver waiting past the doors, your bags handled, and a price settled before you flew |
| Train or metro | Opal fares, and it goes the wrong way | not a realistic option | the airport metro runs north to St Marys, not south toward Couridjah — you would finish further from home than you started |
| Rideshare or taxi | metered, and surge-dependent | ~1 hr 3 min if a car accepts | there is effectively no way home to Couridjah at night that does not involve a pre-booked car |
| Drive and park | fuel and tolls plus from about $190 a week in budget long-stay parking | ~1 hr 3 min plus the car park shuttle | only works if you drove yourself out and left it there — and the car park layout at a brand-new airport is one more thing to work out after a long flight |
Rank behaviour, rideshare supply and parking rates at Western Sydney International will take months to settle. The honest summary for an arrival into Couridjah: there is no public transport option home from this airport to this district, which is exactly why the booked car is the sensible answer.
Landing as a group
Eleven arriving passengers are met by one vehicle for $285 — about $26 a seat, against three separate cars at whatever the rank charges on the night. Extended families, sports teams and friends landing together all book this way.
Send the flight number, the headcount and the bag count when you book. If the group is split across two flights we can meet the later one and hold the vehicle, or run two pickups — tell us which you would prefer rather than deciding it in the arrivals hall.
The rank, honestly
Nobody knows yet how the rank at Badgerys Creek behaves when three flights land together. A booked driver is unaffected either way.
Metered and surge pricing on a run this long is decided by the traffic and the hour. Yours was agreed before you left home.
The airport metro runs to St Marys, not out here. Whatever else you choose, the last leg still needs a car.
Why book the arrival
The trip home is settled while you still have a keyboard and a signal, not while you are queuing with a trolley.
One terminal, one hall, one driver holding your name — a very different arrival from hunting a rank.
Sixty minutes after an international touchdown, forty after a domestic one, with no meter running.
Nothing is charged when you book and no card is held. There is no cancellation fee because there is nothing to refund.
Tell us the children's ages at booking and the restraints are installed before the vehicle leaves.
The last arrival of the night and Christmas morning are both normal shifts for a pre-booked car.
The route home
How the drive to Couridjah goes once the bags are in the boot and we leave the terminal.
Nearby drop-offs
Every suburb nearby has its own Western Sydney arrivals page, with its own distance, drive time and 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 name on the card in 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, Kia Carnivals, people movers and eleven-seat minibuses, chosen before your flight lands.
Every arrival, every hour — including the last flights of the night and public holidays.
A published price per suburb for each airport, with tolls and GST inside it; airport pickups add $10. Nothing payable in advance.
Arrival questions
A fixed $185 one way for one or two passengers, up to $285 for eleven in one vehicle. It is your suburb's published Western Sydney fare plus the $10 airport pickup fee; Mascot has its own fare.
In the arrivals hall, holding a card with your name, and the cases are carried out to the vehicle from there. One terminal means one place to look.
58 km, normally around 1 hr 3 min. That is 30 km shorter than the run home from Kingsford Smith, and it skips the M5 East entirely.
It costs you nothing. The booking is tied to the flight number rather than a time you nominated, so the driver simply leaves later. Sixty minutes of free waiting after an international landing, forty after a domestic one.
One message rebooks it. No money has changed hands and no card is held, so a cancellation costs you nothing.
No, and no pre-authorisation either. Payment happens at the end of the trip, however you prefer to pay.
Yes. One vehicle, your party only, terminal to door. Couridjah addresses often go by property name rather than number and several driveways look identical from the road. Give us both the number and any name on the gate.
Not to this district. A metro serves the airport from St Marys, which is the wrong direction for Couridjah — you would end up further from home than when you started, with your luggage.
Two things you cannot get at a rank: a known price on a 58 km run, and certainty that a car exists at all. Both matter more at an airport in its first year.
Yes — eleven arriving passengers and their luggage in one minibus for $285, about $26 a seat. If the group is split across two flights, tell us and we will either hold the vehicle or run 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.
Every night of the year, including the last arrivals. There is effectively no way home to Couridjah at night that does not involve a pre-booked car.
Bookings from that date are already open at the published fare.
Both, each with its own published fare. Kingsford Smith is 88 km from here — meeting points, terminal by terminal, and the free waiting times are on the Sydney Airport to Couridjah page.
Anything from a day ahead usually works, though the new airport's first months are likely to fill earlier than usual.
Thirlmere, Pheasants Nest, Tahmoor, Bargo 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 Couridjah transfer pages
Every route we run for Couridjah has its own page, with its own distances, timings and pickup notes.
$185, fixed, terminal to door — flight watched, waiting included and nothing to pay in advance. Send us the flight number and you will have a confirmation today.
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.