Route · AU

Sydney (Mascot) to Townsville

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 37.

Getting from Sydney (Mascot) to Townsville

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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, Virgin Australia SYD → TSV 1691 km non-stop 320 73H in the air 4 h 07 est. rate not held 647 km/h average

Other ways to reach Townsville

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

Cairns – Townsville 51 min Qantas

Mackay – Townsville 55 min Qantas

Winton – Townsville 1 h 09 Regional Express

Cloncurry – Townsville 1 h 20 Qantas

Mount Isa – Townsville 1 h 28 Qantas

Brisbane – Townsville 1 h 53 American Airlines

Darwin – Townsville 2 h 50 Airnorth

Melbourne – Townsville 3 h 04 Jetstar Airways

Nelly Bay Ferry Terminal – Townsville not held Sealink

Palm Island – Townsville not held Sealink

And other ways to reach Sydney (Mascot)

Williamtown – Sydney (Mascot) 41 min Regional Express

Orange – Sydney (Mascot) 45 min Regional Express

Canberra – Sydney (Mascot) 48 min American Airlines

Moruya – Sydney (Mascot) 48 min Regional Express

Parkes – Sydney (Mascot) 52 min Regional Express

Dubbo – Sydney (Mascot) 53 min Qantas

Port Macquarie – Sydney (Mascot) 54 min Air New Zealand

Tamworth – Sydney (Mascot) 54 min Qantas

Merimbula – Sydney (Mascot) 56 min Regional Express

Forest Hill – Sydney (Mascot) 57 min Qantas

Where else these quays go

Also from Sydney (Mascot)

Abu Dhabi · Adelaide · Alice Springs · Armidale · Auckland · Avarua · Ballina · Bangkok · Beijing · Brisbane · Broken Hill · Broome · Burnt Pine · Cairns

Also from Townsville

Brisbane · Cairns · Cloncurry · Darwin · Mackay · Melbourne · Mount Isa · Nelly Bay Ferry Terminal · Palm Island · Winton

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Sydney (Mascot)–Townsville 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.