Ferries across Australia and New Zealand
24 routes and 5 operators across 2 countries Fares and journey times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
24 Ferries routes run across Australia and New Zealand, reaching 9 places in 2 countries through 5 operators On the 6 busiest of them, priced on 8 October 2026, the cheapest fare is €11.88 and the fastest journey is 2h 22m door to door. A median route runs 65 km.
Ferries in Australia and New Zealand, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 24Routes we sell
- 6Corridors
- 9Places served
- 2Countries
- 5Operators
- 24Domestic routes
- 0Cross border routes
- 0Routes out of the region
- 65 kmMedian route
- 378 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across Australia and New Zealand
Every mode measured on the same 6 corridors in Australia and New Zealand, priced on 8 October 2026 for one passenger.
The corridors that matter in Australia and New Zealand
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geelong to Melbourne ferry | €11.88 | 3h 46m | 65 km |
| Picton to Lower Hutt ferry | €11.88 | 4h 15m | 76 km |
| Picton to Wellington ferry | €11.88 | 3h 50m | 64 km |
| Auburn to Sydney ferry | €11.88 | 2h 22m | 16 km |
| Parramatta to Sydney ferry | €11.88 | 2h 29m | 20 km |
| Devonport to Geelong ferry | €33.34 | 13h 37m | 378 km |
Countries in Australia and New Zealand
Every country in Australia and New Zealand we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 16 | 6 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 3 | 2 |
When to book in Australia and New Zealand
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Australia and New Zealand.
- €11.883 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8884 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 3 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 0 percent. At the dearest point the typical fare is €11.88, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 20 | 83% | Auburn, 16 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 4 | 17% | Devonport, 378 km |
Ferry operators
The carriers with the largest networks inside Australia and New Zealand.
Ferry destinations
Other ways to travel across Australia and New Zealand
Common questions about Ferries across Australia and New Zealand
How many Ferries routes does Orlero sell across Australia and New Zealand?
24 of them, across 2 countries reaching 9 places through 5 operators
How much does travelling by Ferries cost in Australia and New Zealand?
On the 6 busiest Ferries corridors in Australia and New Zealand, priced on 8 October 2026, the lowest fare is €11.88 and the median is €11.88.
Is Ferries the fastest way across Australia and New Zealand?
On the corridors we priced, ferry takes a median of 3h 48m door to door, against 1h 18m by Train. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in Australia and New Zealand have Ferries routes we sell?
Australia, New Zealand.
Who runs the Ferries services in Australia and New Zealand?
KiwiRail, Strait Shipping, Transdev Sydney Ferries, TT-Line, Port Phillip Ferries, among 5 carriers we sell across Australia and New Zealand.
How far apart are the places we sell in Australia and New Zealand?
The median route runs 65 km in a straight line and the shortest is 16 km. The longest we sell is 378 km, from Devonport to Geelong.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, journey times and carbon are measured on the 6 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.