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Brisbane to Melbourne

2 operators run this water, from 2 h 14. Melbourne has an airport 12 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

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 Brisbane → Melbourne 1376 km crossing not held rate not held
American Airlines, Jetstar Airways BNE → MEL 1381 km non-stop 320 321 737 in the air 3 h 44 est. rate not held 620 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.

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

Sydney – Brisbane 48 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises
Singapore – Brisbane 312 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises
Fremantle – Brisbane 360 h 00 Princess Cruises, Seabourn Cruises
Auckland – Brisbane 384 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Hong Kong – Brisbane 408 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Crystal Cruises
Honolulu – Brisbane 456 h 00 Seabourn Cruises
Seattle – Brisbane 576 h 00 Royal Caribbean
Los Angeles – Brisbane 648 h 00 Royal Caribbean
Southampton – Brisbane 1416 h 00 PO Cruises
Dunwich (North Stradbroke Island) – Brisbane not held Stradbroke Ferries

Where else these quays go

Also from Brisbane

Auckland · Dunwich (North Stradbroke Island) · Fremantle · Hong Kong · Honolulu · Lautoka · Los Angeles · Moreton Island · Seattle · Singapore · Southampton · Sydney

Also from Melbourne

Adelaide · Auckland · Benoa · 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 Brisbane–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.