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Cairns to Sydney

3 operators run this water, from 264 h 00 to 528 h 00 — a difference of 264 h 00 on the same crossing. Sydney has an airport 9 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Getting from Cairns to Sydney

Somewhere to stay in Sydney partner Left luggage in Sydney Everywhere from Cairns Everywhere from Sydney

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.

Azamara Cruises Cairns → Sydney 1961 km crossing 264 h 00 rate not held 7 km/h average

Scenic Cruises Cairns → Sydney 1961 km crossing 312 h 00 rate not held 6 km/h average

Regent Seven Seas Cruises Cairns → Sydney 1961 km crossing 528 h 00 rate not held 4 km/h average

Other ways to reach Sydney

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

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

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

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

Fremantle – Sydney 288 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises

Benoa – Sydney 312 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Costa Cruises

Darwin – Sydney 312 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

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

Honolulu – Sydney 360 h 00 Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises

And other ways to reach Cairns

Dunedin – Cairns 240 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Port Moresby – Cairns 240 h 00 Emerald Cruises

Darwin – Cairns 264 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Scenic Cruises

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

Benoa – Cairns 384 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Papeete – Cairns 624 h 00 Scenic Cruises

Fitzroy Island – Cairns not held Fitzroy Island Ferries

Green Island – Cairns not held Great Adventures

Kuranda – Cairns not held Kuranda Riverboat

Where else these quays go

Also from Cairns

Benoa · Darwin · Dunedin · Fitzroy Island · Green Island · Kuranda · Lautoka · Papeete · Port Moresby

Also from Sydney

Adelaide · Auckland · Benoa · Brisbane · Callao-Lima · Cape Town · Civitavecchia-Rome · Darwin · East New York · Fremantle · Hamburg central bus station · Hong Kong · Honolulu · Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Cairns–Sydney 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. The choice between Azamara Cruises at 264 h 00 and Regent Seven Seas Cruises at 528 h 00 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

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