3× weekly backloads

Adelaide to Melbourne backloading from $109/m³

Leaving SA for Melbourne? This is the classic direction — more households leave Adelaide east than arrive — and because the corridor runs busy both ways, it currently prices at the same per-m³ rate as the Hume lanes. Overnight transit, three trucks a week.

Distance

728 km

Transit

1 day overnight

Pickup window

3-5 business days from booking

Cadence

3× weekly

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Real prices for this lane.

Indicative starting prices, GST + goods-in-transit insurance to $20k included. Final price locks when we confirm capacity.

Home size	Volume	From	What fits
Studio	8 m³	$850	Bed, sofa, desk, ~10 boxes
1-bed apt	16 m³	$2,000	Queen bed, sofa, dining set, fridge, ~20 boxes
2-bed home	26 m³	$3,055	2 bedrooms + lounge + dining + white goods
3-bed home	36 m³	$3,915	3 bedrooms + study + full kitchen, ~50 boxes
4-bed home	50 m³	$5,438	Larger family home with multiple living areas

Pick the cheap dates.

Live engine prices · 2-bed home (26 m³) · exact date

Adelaide to Melbourne for the next eight weeks, priced by the same engine that quotes you. Plain weekdays a week-plus out all share the base price — weekends and short-notice pickups cost more. Flexible dates take another 5–10% off any of them.

base price (cheapest) weekend short notice

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Our rates are published and only move when the inputs do (fuel, demand bands). Leave your email and we'll tell you when Adelaide to Melbourne changes — up or down.

Who moves on this lane.

Norwood / Prospect → Carlton or Brunswick

The classic eastward move — a job or a course pulls you to Melbourne. Usually a 1-2 bed apartment's worth out of Adelaide's inner ring. Around $2,000 for a 1-bed, $3,050 for a 2-bed, picked up mid-week and delivered the next afternoon.

Adelaide Hills family → Melbourne's east

Full 3-bed households from Stirling, Aldgate or Mount Barker heading to Glen Waverley, Ringwood or Doncaster. The Hills count as Adelaide metro on our pricing — no feeder fee. Around $3,900 for a 3-bed.

Uni of Adelaide grad → first Melbourne job

Small 5-12 m³ loads out of a share house, around $450–$1,500. Flexible dates knock 10% off and on a 3×-weekly lane usually bring the pickup forward too.

Tips for Adelaide to Melbourne

01The run is the Dukes Highway to Tailem Bend, then the Western Highway through Horsham and Ballarat into Melbourne — an overnight leg with a depot stop, so label fragile boxes.
02Book 5-7 days out. Three trucks a week means missing one costs you two days, not a week — but the early-week departures fill first.
03±1 week flexibility = 10% off automatically, and on this lane it usually also means an earlier pickup.
04Fresh fruit and veg can't leave SA's Riverland fruit-fly zones and shouldn't be packed at all — finish the pantry before pickup day.
05Pot plants in soil can't cross into Victoria on the truck — biosecurity law. Take them in the car or rehome them.

Lane questions.

Anything else, call (03) 8612 7234 or start a quote and add a note.

Is Adelaide to Melbourne the same price as Melbourne to Adelaide?

Yes — both directions currently price at the same per-m³ rate. The corridor is balanced enough (freight in, households out) that neither leg carries a thin-leg premium. Flexible dates are the lever that actually moves your number: 10% off, automatically.

How long does Adelaide to Melbourne take?

One overnight: 728 km, pickup in the morning, delivery the following afternoon. The pickup window is 3-5 business days from booking, with trucks running three times a week.

Can you pick up from the Barossa, Clare or Victor Harbor?

Yes — they're feeder legs on top of the lane price: a truck collects your load and joins the Melbourne run at the Adelaide end. The quote tool prices the transfer automatically from your address, and flexible dates make that leg cheaper too (it can ride a truck already passing). Whyalla, Port Augusta and Port Lincoln are beyond auto-quote reach and get a hand-priced confirmation within a business day.