Private fixed-fare transfers from Pheasants Nest — the bridge-and-service-centre locality where the Hume crosses the Nepean gorge — to Sydney Airport, Western Sydney Airport and both cruise terminals. You leave the motorway essentially at your door, which makes this the most predictable run in the corridor.
Wollondilly Airport Shuttle runs private, pre-booked transfers from Pheasants Nest (NSW 2574, Wollondilly Shire) to Sydney Airport, Western Sydney Airport, White Bay Cruise Terminal and the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay. Fares start at $229 one way for one or two passengers and rise to $429 for eleven in a single minibus, with tolls, GST, luggage and child seats included. Sydney Airport is 88 km from the interchange, about 1 hr 14 min; Western Sydney Airport is closer at 76 km, roughly 1 hr, with its own fixed fare of $199. Pickups can be at a house or at the service centre, which is open around the clock. Quote on 0427 143 612 or through the form — nothing is payable in advance, you settle on the day of travel.
The published Pheasants Nest fare
Pheasants Nest opens at $229 one way for one or two passengers — the lowest starting fare on this corridor — and rises seat by seat from there rather than in paired bands.
| Passengers | Vehicle | Fixed fare (one way) | Typical booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Sedan | $229 | couples, solo travellers and crew changeovers |
| 3 | Kia Carnival | $269 | three with luggage |
| 4 | Kia Carnival | $269 | four adults and cases |
| 5 | People Mover | $309 | family departures |
| 6 | People Mover | $309 | two households travelling together |
| 7 | Minibus | $369 | extended family trips |
| 8 | Minibus | $369 | cruise groups with full luggage |
| 9 | Minibus | $429 | sports teams and club trips |
| 10 | Minibus | $429 | work crews and clubs |
| 11 | Minibus | $429 | the maximum in a single vehicle |
Unlike most of the corridor, the Pheasants Nest ladder moves with every seat, so a quote here is worth getting for your exact headcount. Eleven passengers at $429 is about $39 each, still well under three separate cars once fuel, tolls and parking are counted. No advance payment and no card hold — you pay on the day of travel. Fares reviewed August 2026.
What does the shorter WSI trip cost? Western Sydney Airport is $199 from here and Sydney Airport $229 — published prices mean an instant quote instead of a calculation. Pheasants Nest is $229 to Kingsford Smith, $199 to Badgerys Creek and $269 to either cruise terminal.
Sized to the party
The class follows the passengers and the bags. Because a good share of what we do here is meeting people rather than collecting them from a house, tell us the party size when you book and the right vehicle is waiting.
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
Every class includes the same things. Tolls and GST are inside the fare, child restraints are fitted before we leave at no cost, arrivals are tracked by flight number, and there is no advance payment — you pay on the day of travel. The only thing that changes between cards is how many people and how much luggage fit.
The cleanest run in the corridor
Allow about 1 hr 14 min for the 88 km — and it is a genuinely clean run. We join the Hume at the local interchange and hold it north without a turn until the M5, then finish east through the tunnel.
The M5 East is the only place worth building a buffer for. There is no village leg, no country road and no merge to worry about at this end, which is why the arrival times we quote from here hold up better than almost anywhere on the corridor.
Pheasants Nest is more a place people pass through than live in, so much of what we do here is meeting people at the service centre — crews changing over, and family handovers where one car comes up from the Highlands and we take the trip on from there. The reverse leg is covered on the Sydney Airport to Pheasants Nest page.
Timed to your departure
Terminal two hours ahead for international departures and ninety minutes for domestic, less the 74-minute drive and an allowance for the tunnel. Nothing needs adding for getting to the highway.
Pickup or meeting point around 2:46am. The service centre is open at that hour, which makes it a straightforward place to start if your address is awkward or you are being dropped off by someone else.
Around 3:16am for a T2 or T3 departure. Tell us which side of the highway — northbound and southbound are separate facilities with no crossing between them on foot.
Around 5:46am, onto the motorway immediately and through the tunnel ahead of the peak.
These are the base times; send the flight number when you book and we will fix the exact minute. If you are meeting us rather than being collected from a house, confirm the side of the highway at the same time.
Meeting you at Kingsford Smith
Meet at the limousine pickup bay past customs. The flight number is on our sheet, so a slow bag belt or a long border queue costs you nothing — a full hour is allowed from wheels-down.
Priority kerbside with forty minutes allowed from landing. A text when your bag is off the belt is all the driver needs.
From a house, or from the service centre if that is simpler. If it is the service centre, tell us which side of the highway you will be on — northbound and southbound are separate and there is no crossing on foot.
Two airports, two fixed fares
Yes. From the Nest, WSI is reached by leaving the Hume early and running up through Picton — shorter than it looks on a map, and it comes in a quarter of an hour under the Kingsford Smith drive.
about 1 hr · toll-free on our route
Western Sydney International takes passengers. The margin from here is narrower than from the villages further west, but the fourteen minutes saved come out of the M5 East — the least predictable part of the current trip. Route detail on the Pheasants Nest to WSI page.
about 1 hr 14 min · Hume, M5 and tunnel
The airport with the full international network, and the terminal this interchange feeds most directly.
$229 to Sydney Airport, $199 to Western Sydney. Twelve kilometres and fourteen minutes shorter to Badgerys Creek, no tolls on our route, and no airport station access fee, because the car stops at the terminal door.
Get Free QuoteNo station, but a motorway at the door
There is no station at Pheasants Nest and effectively no local rail option, so the comparison here is really between a booked car and your own.
| Option | Typical cost (2 adults) | Door to terminal | What it actually involves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private transfer (us) | $229 fixed | ~1 hr 14 min, door to door | one vehicle from your door or the service centre, a suitcase and carry-on each included, at any hour of the day or night |
| Train from Bargo or Tahmoor | a lift to the station, Opal fares, plus $18.61 access fee each | 2.5 hrs or more, all up | no platform here, so the trip starts with somebody driving you to Bargo or Tahmoor; from either it is infrequent services, a change at Campbelltown, and nothing early enough for a morning departure |
| Rideshare or taxi | metered, and surge-dependent | ~1 hr 14 min if a car accepts | there is no rank and no local supply — the service centre sees plenty of traffic but none of it is stopping to take you to the airport |
| Drive and park | fuel and tolls plus from about $190 a week in budget long-stay parking | ~1 hr 14 min plus the car park shuttle | the genuine alternative from here, with the motorway at the door — until you add fuel and tolls both ways, the pre-dawn drive and a fortnight of parking fees |
The access fee is Transport for NSW's published airport station charge and the parking figure is Sydney Airport's advertised long-stay rate at the time of writing — check both yourself before deciding. From Pheasants Nest rail barely enters the picture; the honest comparison is our fixed fare against driving your own car onto the same on-ramp.
Groups and handovers
Eleven passengers travel in one minibus for $429 — about $39 a seat. Work crews are the common case here rather than families: a whole team flying out together, collected in one movement at the service centre instead of arriving in four cars that then have to be left somewhere.
Because the Pheasants Nest ladder moves seat by seat rather than in pairs, it is worth quoting your exact number. Extended families, sports teams and friends flying out together all book this way. Child restraints are fitted before departure and included, provided the ages come with the booking.
The realistic comparison
Thousands of vehicles pass the interchange every hour and not one of them is stopping to take you to the airport. There is no rank and no local rideshare presence to fall back on.
Metered and surge pricing on a run this long is decided by the traffic and the hour, and the tunnel is where it moves most. Our fare is set at booking, tolls and GST included.
When one car is coming up from the Highlands to meet ours, an approximate arrival is no use to anybody. A booked transfer has a time on it, and a driver who is already there.
What booking ahead gives you
Collection from a house, or from the service centre if that is simpler — no shared loop and no other passengers unless they are yours.
Knowing which side of the highway a meeting point is on, and what the M5 East is likely to cost on a given morning, comes from running it constantly.
A delayed landing moves your pickup automatically and at no cost — an hour of grace at international, forty minutes at domestic, from touchdown.
Nothing is charged at booking and no card is held. You pay on the day of travel by card, cash or PayID, with a tax invoice emailed if you need one.
Capsules, forward-facing seats and boosters fitted before the vehicle leaves, at no charge, provided we have the ages in advance.
Crew changeovers happen at every hour, and so do we — every day of the year, provided the booking is in.
Route and pickup area
Pheasants Nest sits where the Hume crosses the Nepean gorge. The route to the terminals is about as simple as it gets on this corridor.
Villages nearby
Every village around the interchange has its own published fare — open yours for the distance, drive time and price.
Elsewhere in Wollondilly, Macarthur or the Southern Highlands? Every suburb we cover is on the full suburb list.
Who you are booking with
An owner-operated transfer service based in Wollondilly Shire — the same drivers and the same vehicles every time, not a booking passed on to whoever is free.
ABN: 51 939 227 384
P2P service provider no: BSP-439561
Wollondilly Shire, Macarthur and the Southern Highlands, each suburb with its own published fare.
Sedans, Kia Carnivals, people movers and eleven-seat minibuses, matched to the party and the luggage.
Bookings taken at any hour of any day, public holidays included — crew changeovers do not keep office hours and neither do we.
A published price per suburb for each destination, with tolls and GST already inside it. Nothing to pay in advance — settle on the day by card, cash or PayID.
Direct answers
It starts at a fixed $229 one way for one or two passengers — the lowest opening fare on this corridor — and rises seat by seat to $429 for eleven in one minibus. Tolls, GST, standard luggage and child seats are included at every level.
About 1 hr 14 min for the 88 km, and it is a genuinely clean run: onto the Hume at the local interchange, north without a turn until the M5, then east through the tunnel. The M5 East is the only place worth a buffer.
Around 2:46am. The service centre is open at that hour, which makes it a simple starting point if your address is awkward or somebody is dropping you off.
Yes — it is our standard meeting point here and it is open twenty-four hours. Tell us which side of the highway you will be on, because northbound and southbound are separate facilities with no crossing between them on foot.
Realistically it is our fixed $229 fare against driving your own car onto the same on-ramp. There is no station here, so rail starts with somebody driving you to Bargo or Tahmoor and still takes two and a half hours or more.
No. The nearest Southern Highlands Line platforms are at Bargo and Tahmoor, both requiring a lift first, then a change at Campbelltown and an $18.61 airport station access fee per adult.
For two people on a short trip it can be, with budget long-stay parking from about $190 a week. Count the fuel and tolls both ways, the pre-dawn drive and the car park shuttle, and the difference narrows — and for a crew it disappears entirely.
Yes, by twelve kilometres and about fourteen minutes — 76 km and around an hour, against 88 km and 1 hr 14 min. The WSI run leaves the Hume early and goes up through Picton, which is shorter than it looks on a map. The WSI fare is $199 one way, against $229 to Kingsford Smith.
Constantly — it is most of what we do here. One car comes up from the Highlands, we meet at the service centre and take the trip on from there, at a time that is fixed in advance rather than approximate.
There is no accommodation at the interchange. Hotel Bargo and the Tahmoor Inn are about nine minutes away, and the George IV Inn, Picton Hotel and Picton Valley Motel around twelve. We collect from all of them at the same fixed fare.
Yes, for $429 in a single minibus, about $39 a seat. Because the fare ladder here moves with every seat rather than in pairs, it is worth getting a quote for your exact number.
No. There is no advance payment and no card held at booking. You pay on the day of travel by card, cash or PayID, with a tax invoice emailed if you want one.
The pickup follows the aircraft at no extra cost. We track the flight number and allow a full hour from touchdown at T1 and forty minutes at T2 and T3.
Yes, and included in the fare. Capsules, forward-facing seats and boosters are fitted before the vehicle leaves, so please give us the children's ages when you book.
Every hour of every day. Crew changeovers and handovers happen at all hours here, and the service centre being open around the clock makes it a practical meeting point at any time.
All Pheasants Nest transfer pages
Every route we run for Pheasants Nest has its own page, with its own distances, timings and pickup notes.
Fixed fare from $229, from your door or the service centre, and no advance payment — you pay on the day of travel. Send the form and your pickup time comes back 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.