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Adelaide to Canberra

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 43.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Qantas, Virgin Australia ADL → CBR 970 km non-stop 73H E90 in the air 3 h 13 est. rate not held 566 km/h average

Other ways to reach Canberra

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Canberra without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Sydney (Mascot) – Canberra 48 min American Airlines
Melbourne – Canberra 1 h 05 American Airlines
Gold Coast – Canberra 1 h 37 Virgin Australia
Brisbane – Canberra 1 h 42 American Airlines
Perth – Canberra 4 h 21 Qantas

And other ways to reach Adelaide

Kingscote – Adelaide 39 min Regional Express
Whyalla – Adelaide 47 min Regional Express
Port Lincoln – Adelaide 48 min Qantas
Mount Gambier – Adelaide 58 min Regional Express
Broken Hill – Adelaide 1 h 02 Regional Express
Olympic Dam – Adelaide 1 h 09 Qantas
Ceduna – Adelaide 1 h 11 Regional Express
Melbourne – Adelaide 1 h 18 American Airlines, Carnival Cruise Line
Coober Pedy – Adelaide 1 h 26 Regional Express
Sydney (Mascot) – Adelaide 1 h 57 American Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Adelaide

Alice Springs · Auckland · Brisbane · Broken Hill · Cairns · Ceduna · Coober Pedy · Darwin · Dubai · Gold Coast · Hong Kong · Kingscote · Kuta, Badung · Melbourne

Also from Canberra

Brisbane · Gold Coast · Melbourne · Perth · Sydney (Mascot)

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Adelaide–Canberra crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.