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Melbourne to Portarlington

1 operator run this water. No crossing time is held for this pair. The sailing is on record; how long it takes is not, and we would rather say so than estimate it. Portarlington has an airport 17 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.

Port Phillip Ferries Melbourne → Portarlington 43 km crossing not held rate not held

Other ways to reach Portarlington

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

Geelong – Portarlington 40 min Port Phillip Ferries
Docklands – Portarlington 1 h 10 Port Phillip Ferries

And other ways to reach Melbourne

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
Brisbane – Melbourne not held Princess Cruises
Fremantle – Melbourne not held Princess Cruises
Geelong – Melbourne not held Port Phillip Ferries

Where else these quays go

Also from Melbourne

Adelaide · Auckland · Benoa · Brisbane · Devonport · Fremantle · Geelong · Lautoka · Papeete · Singapore · Sydney · Tasmania · Williamstown

Also from Portarlington

Docklands · Geelong

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Melbourne–Portarlington 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.

No duration. The pair is on record and its crossing time is not. A great-circle distance divided by a plausible speed would fill this space with a number nobody measured.