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Burnie to Melbourne

1 operator run this water, from 58 min.

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.

Regional Express BWT → MEL 378 km non-stop SF3 in the air 2 h 28 est. rate not held 389 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.

King Island – Melbourne 49 min Regional Express
Forest Hill – Melbourne 57 min Regional Express
Mount Gambier – Melbourne 57 min Regional Express
Devonport – Melbourne 1 h 01 Qantas
Merimbula – Melbourne 1 h 04 Regional Express
Mildura – Melbourne 1 h 04 Qantas
Canberra – Melbourne 1 h 05 American Airlines
Hobart (Cambridge) – Melbourne 1 h 16 Jetstar Airways
Adelaide – Melbourne 1 h 18 American Airlines, Carnival Cruise Line

And other ways to reach Burnie

King Island – Burnie 45 min Sharp Airlines

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Burnie–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.