Ferries across Australia and New Zealand

24 routes and 5 operators across 2 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.

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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 October 11, 2026, the cheapest fare is €11.88 and the fastest trip is 2h 21m door to door. A median route runs 65 km.

Checked October 11, 2026Priced for October 11, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

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
Door to door

How the modes compare across Australia and New Zealand

Every mode measured on the same 6 corridors in Australia and New Zealand, priced on October 11, 2026 for one passenger.

Median fare, median door-to-door time and median carbon per passenger, over the corridors of Australia and New Zealand where each mode runs.
ModeCorridors pricedFromDoor to doorCO2
Train1€11.881h 20m5.6 kg
Ferry6€11.883h 48m1.6 kg
Flight1€54.414h 28m86.7 kg
Routes

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.

The busiest routes we sell in Australia and New Zealand, priced on October 11, 2026 for one passenger with every fee included.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Geelong to Melbourne ferry€11.883h 50m65 km
Picton to Wellington ferry€11.883h 46m64 km
Picton to Lower Hutt ferry€11.884h 7m76 km
Auburn to Sydney ferry€11.882h 21m16 km
Parramatta to Sydney ferry€11.882h 26m20 km
Devonport to Geelong ferry€28.9414h 51m378 km
Countries

Countries in Australia and New Zealand

Every country in Australia and New Zealand we sell in, most routes first.

Routes, places and carriers in each country of Australia and New Zealand.
CountryRoutesPlacesOperators
Australia1663
New Zealand832
Booking window

When to book in Australia and New Zealand

The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Australia and New Zealand.

  1. €11.883 days
  2. €11.887 days
  3. €11.8821 days
  4. €11.8845 days
  5. €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 most expensive lead time is 0 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €11.88, 3 days out.
Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km2083%Auburn, 16 km
200 to 600 km417%Devonport, 378 km
Carriers

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 October 11, 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 20m 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.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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, travel 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.
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