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Australia

125 crossings between 32 ports, run by 50 operators, serving 20 cities. The busiest city is Perth with 236 destinations, and the busiest port is Sydney with 33 crossings. 159 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Planning a trip to Australia

Sydney, the main gate Somewhere to stay partner Every country we hold

Cities

20 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Perth reaches 236 destinations

Sydney reaches 196 destinations

Melbourne reaches 156 destinations

Brisbane reaches 154 destinations

Adelaide reaches 101 destinations

Cairns reaches 59 destinations

Darwin reaches 46 destinations

Gold Coast reaches 22 destinations

Hobart reaches 16 destinations

Canberra reaches 16 destinations

Townsville reaches 15 destinations

Newcastle reaches 14 destinations

Showing the 12 widest-reaching of 20. Every city →

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 2.4× the second.

Sydney crossings 33 crossings on record

Melbourne crossings 14 crossings on record

Brisbane crossings 13 crossings on record

Seville crossings 12 crossings on record

Fremantle crossings 11 crossings on record

Cairns crossings 10 crossings on record

Darwin crossings 10 crossings on record

Geelong crossings 5 crossings on record

Hobart crossings 4 crossings on record

Nome crossings 4 crossings on record

Port of Airlie crossings 4 crossings on record

Portarlington crossings 3 crossings on record

Adelaide crossings 2 crossings on record

Townsville crossings 2 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

50 operators appear in Australia crossings.

Barangaroo Fast Ferry

Cunard

Fitzroy Island Ferries

Norwegian Cruise Line

Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Rottnest Express

Rottnest Fast Ferries

Sea Sa

Sealink

Tangalooma Island Resort Ferries

The longest and the shortest

87 of 125 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

San Diego – Sydney 2184 h 00 Azamara Cruises

Southampton – Sydney 1824 h 00 Oceania Cruises, PO Cruises

Savona (Stazione FS) – Sydney 1752 h 00 Costa Cruises

Fremantle – Miami 1560 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Piraeus-Athens – Sydney 1512 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Brisbane – Southampton 1416 h 00 PO Cruises

Civitavecchia-Rome – Sydney 1320 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises

Darwin – San Antonio 1272 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Shortest held

Breakwater Ferry Terminal – Nelly Bay Ferry Terminal 25 min Translink

Geelong – Portarlington 40 min Port Phillip Ferries

Docklands – Portarlington 1 h 10 Port Phillip Ferries

Docklands – Geelong 1 h 35 Port Phillip Ferries

Adelaide – Melbourne 48 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises

Brisbane – Sydney 48 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises

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

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

Every crossing we hold

All 125 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Adelaide – Melbourne 48 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises

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

Amsterdam – Seville 240 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Anchorage AK – Nome not held Lindblad Expeditions

Auckland – Brisbane 384 h 00 Crystal Cruises

Auckland – Fremantle 408 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Oceania Cruises

Auckland – Hobart 336 h 00 Scenic Cruises

Auckland – Melbourne 360 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Auckland – Sydney 120 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises

Barangaroo – Manly not held Barangaroo Fast Ferry, Sydney Ferries

Barangaroo – Parramatta not held Sydney Ferries

Barcelona – Seville 192 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club

Bellerive – Hobart not held Hobart Ferries

Benoa – Cairns 384 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Benoa – Darwin 144 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Ponant Cruises

Benoa – Fremantle 240 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Benoa – Melbourne 312 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Benoa – Sydney 312 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Costa Cruises, Oceania Cruises

Block Island Ferry, New Shoreham, RI – Newport not held Block Island Ferry

Breakwater Ferry Terminal – Nelly Bay Ferry Terminal 25 min Translink

Brisbane – Dunwich (North Stradbroke Island) not held Stradbroke Ferries

Brisbane – Fremantle 360 h 00 Princess Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Brisbane – Hong Kong 408 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Crystal Cruises

Brisbane – Honolulu 456 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Brisbane – Lautoka not held Crystal Cruises

Brisbane – Los Angeles 648 h 00 Royal Caribbean

Brisbane – Melbourne not held Princess Cruises

Brisbane – Moreton Island not held Tangalooma Island Resort Ferries

Brisbane – Seattle 576 h 00 Royal Caribbean

Brisbane – Singapore 312 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Brisbane – Southampton 1416 h 00 PO Cruises

Brisbane – Sydney 48 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Brooklyn – Manhattan not held NYC Ferry

Broome WA – Darwin 240 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Ponant Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Broome WA – Fremantle 240 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Cairns – Darwin 264 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Scenic Cruises

Cairns – Dunedin 240 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Cairns – Fitzroy Island not held Fitzroy Island Ferries

Cairns – Green Island not held Great Adventures

Cairns – Kuranda not held Kuranda Riverboat

Cairns – Lautoka 312 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Scenic Cruises

Cairns – Papeete 624 h 00 Scenic Cruises

Cairns – Port Moresby 240 h 00 Emerald Cruises

Cairns – Sydney 264 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Scenic Cruises

Callao-Lima – Sydney 960 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Cape Town – Sydney 1176 h 00 Cunard

Casablanca – Seville 240 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages

Civitavecchia-Rome – Sydney 1320 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises

Cullen Bay – Wurrumiyanga not held Sealink

Cumbrae Slip – Largs not held

Darwin – Fremantle 264 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Darwin – Keelung 432 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Darwin – Lautoka 408 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Scenic Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Darwin – Manila 360 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Darwin – San Antonio 1272 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Darwin – Singapore 312 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Scenic Cruises

Darwin – Sydney 312 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Daydream Island – Port of Airlie not held Cruise Whitsundays

Devonport – Geelong not held Tasmania ferries

Devonport – Melbourne not held

Docklands – Geelong 1 h 35 Port Phillip Ferries

Docklands – Portarlington 1 h 10 Port Phillip Ferries

Dunedin – Hobart 624 h 00 Aurora Expeditions

East New York – Sydney 888 h 00 Cunard, Princess Cruises

El Puerto de Santa Maria – Seville 192 h 00 CroisiEurope

Fremantle – Melbourne not held Princess Cruises

Fremantle – Miami 1560 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Fremantle – Perth not held Captain Cook Cruises

Fremantle – Rottnest Island not held Rottnest Express, Sealink

Fremantle – Singapore 288 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Fremantle – Sydney 288 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Funchal – Seville 240 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Geelong – Melbourne not held Port Phillip Ferries

Geelong – Portarlington 40 min Port Phillip Ferries

Geelong – Sorrento not held Searoad Ferries

Great Barrier Reef – Port of Airlie not held

Hamburg central bus station – Seville 480 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Hamburg central bus station – Sydney 1248 h 00 AIDA Cruises

Hamilton Island Marina – Port of Airlie not held Cruise Whitsundays

Hillarys – Rottnest Island not held Rottnest Fast Ferries

Hobart – Ushuaia 720 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Hong Kong – Sydney 432 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard

Honolulu – Sydney 360 h 00 Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Sydney 720 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises, Viking Cruises

Incheon – Sydney not held Azamara Cruises

Keswick Island – Mackay not held Mackay Tourism

Kobe-Osaka – Nome 480 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions

Kobe-Osaka – Sydney 840 h 00 Azamara Cruises

Laem Chabang – Sydney 672 h 00 Viking Cruises

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Seville 264 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages

Lautoka – Melbourne 408 h 00 Crystal Cruises

Lautoka – Sydney 264 h 00 Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Lisbon (Oriente) – Seville 216 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club

Lismore – Oban not held

Los Angeles – Sydney 480 h 00 Cunard, Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises

Lucky Bay – Wallaroo not held Sea Sa

Malaga – Seville 192 h 00 Emerald Cruises

Melbourne – Papeete 624 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Melbourne – Portarlington not held Port Phillip Ferries

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

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

Melbourne – Tasmania not held Spirit of Tasmania

Melbourne – Williamstown not held Williamstown Ferries

Miami – Sydney 816 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Cunard

Nelly Bay Ferry Terminal – Townsville not held Sealink

Nome – Nuuk 528 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions

Nome – Reykjavik 504 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions

Palm Island – Townsville not held Sealink

Papeete – Sydney 408 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Perth – Rottnest Island not held Sealink

Piraeus-Athens – Sydney 1512 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Port of Airlie – Whitsunday Island not held

Queenscliff – Sorrento not held

Rio de Janeiro – Seville 528 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

San Antonio – Sydney 648 h 00 Costa Cruises

San Diego – Sydney 2184 h 00 Azamara Cruises

San Francisco Pier 41 – Sydney 528 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, PO Cruises

Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Seville 312 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Savona (Stazione FS) – Sydney 1752 h 00 Costa Cruises

Seattle – Sydney 696 h 00 Holland America

Seville – Villefranche-sur-Mer 408 h 00 Emerald Cruises

Singapore – Sydney 336 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises

Southampton – Sydney 1824 h 00 Oceania Cruises, PO Cruises

Sydney – Tokyo 720 h 00 Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Sydney – Yokohama 816 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Oceania Cruises

Which months these run

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

Our records for Australia ferry crossings 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.