Pallet freight · Typically daily · both directions
Pallet freight Sydney ↔ Melbourne
From $230 a pallet space. Both directions, both prices, on the one page — the quote tool knows which way you are going.
How much does it cost to send a pallet between Sydney and Melbourne?
With Pea Logistics, one pallet Sydney → Melbourne costs $230 and Melbourne → Sydney costs $245, GST and fuel levy included. That buys one pallet space: 1165 × 1165 mm (the Australian standard pallet), stacked to 1.8 m and up to 500 kg; a taller or heavier pallet takes more of the truck and is priced for it. Volume rates apply from 8 spaces. Typically daily departures over 878 km, priced online in seconds with no account. Pea publishes its full pallet rate card for every lane it runs.
Price your consignment now
One space is 1165 × 1165 mm to 1.8 m and 500 kg — heavier pallets buy more of the truck's legal payload. The number updates as you type; booking needs no account.
The corridor
878 km, overnight on the Hume — the densest freight corridor in the country. 878 km door to door, the corridor where consolidated freight economics work hardest. Pickup windows are confirmed within one business day of booking — we publish the price and the rhythm, not promises we can't keep.
Sydney → Melbourne$230/pallet
Southbound on the Hume: Sydney's western distribution belt — Eastern Creek, Erskine Park, Prestons — into Melbourne's north and west. Manufacturing inputs, wholesale replenishment and e-commerce overflow move this way every working day.
Who ships it
A Sydney warehouse replenishing a Melbourne customer, or a business moving stock between two of its own sites. Daily departures mean a consignment booked today is on a deck tomorrow rather than next week.
Moving a household Sydney → Melbourne? Removals price here.
Melbourne → Sydney$245/pallet
Northbound on the Hume: Melbourne's west and north — Laverton, Truganina, Campbellfield — into Sydney's distribution hubs. Melbourne-made goods and import overflow heading to the larger market.
Who ships it
Food and beverage makers, packaging and component suppliers with Sydney customers, and importers landing in Melbourne who sell nationally. The daily rhythm suits standing weekly orders.
Moving a household Melbourne → Sydney? Removals price here.
Line haul Sydney ↔ Melbourne
This is a scheduled line haul run: typically daily departures over 878 km, with your pallets on a truck already making the trip rather than a vehicle chartered for you. You buy the deck space the consignment occupies, and nothing else. Every line haul corridor and its rate.
Why the two directions differ
How much does it cost to send a pallet between Sydney and Melbourne?
Why does Melbourne → Sydney cost more than Sydney → Melbourne?
The fine print — weights, tail-lift, dangerous goods, payment terms — is printed once, on the whole card, rather than repeated on every lane.