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Darwin to Melbourne

1 operator run this water, from 4 h 25.

Getting from Darwin 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.

Jetstar Airways, Qantas DRW → MEL 3132 km non-stop 320 73H in the air 5 h 55 est. rate not held 709 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

Burnie – Melbourne 58 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

Launceston (Western Junction) – Melbourne 1 h 06 Jetstar Airways

Hobart (Cambridge) – Melbourne 1 h 16 Jetstar Airways

And other ways to reach Darwin

Maningrida – Darwin 58 min Airnorth

Kununurra – Darwin 1 h 03 Airnorth

Groote Eylandt – Darwin 1 h 17 Aero-Service

Nhulunbuy – Darwin 1 h 18 Airnorth

Dili – Darwin 1 h 24 Airnorth

McArthur River Mine – Darwin 1 h 24 Airnorth

Alice Springs – Darwin 2 h 08 Emirates

Cairns – Darwin 2 h 36 Jetstar Airways, Ponant Cruises

Kuta, Badung – Darwin 2 h 42 Indonesia AirAsia

Townsville – Darwin 2 h 50 Airnorth

Where else these quays go

Also from Darwin

Adelaide · Alice Springs · Benoa · Brisbane · Broome WA · Cairns · Dili · Fremantle · Groote Eylandt · Keelung · Kununurra · Kuta, Badung · Lautoka · Manila

Also from Melbourne

Abu Dhabi · Adelaide · Alice Springs · Atlanta · Auckland · Ballina · Bandar Seri Begawan · Bangkok · Benoa · Brisbane · Broome · Burnie · Cairns · Canberra

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Darwin–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.