Route · AU

Adelaide to Melbourne

3 operators run this water, from 48 h 00. Melbourne has an airport 12 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Getting from Adelaide to Melbourne

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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.

Princess Cruises Adelaide → Melbourne 661 km crossing 48 h 00 rate not held 14 km/h average

Carnival Cruise Line Adelaide → Melbourne 661 km crossing 72 h 00 rate not held 9 km/h average

American Airlines, Jetstar Airways ADL → MEL 642 km non-stop 320 737 73H in the air 2 h 48 est. rate not held 493 km/h average

Other ways to reach Melbourne

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

Sydney – Melbourne 72 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises

Benoa – Melbourne 312 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Auckland – Melbourne 360 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Lautoka – Melbourne 408 h 00 Crystal Cruises

Singapore – Melbourne 408 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Papeete – Melbourne 624 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Brisbane – Melbourne not held Princess Cruises

Fremantle – Melbourne not held Princess Cruises

Geelong – Melbourne not held Port Phillip Ferries

Portarlington – Melbourne not held Port Phillip Ferries

And other ways to reach Adelaide

Sydney – Adelaide 96 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises

Where else these quays go

Also from Adelaide

Sydney

Also from Melbourne

Auckland · Benoa · Brisbane · Devonport · Fremantle · Geelong · Lautoka · Papeete · Portarlington · Singapore · Sydney · Tasmania · Williamstown

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Adelaide–Melbourne 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.