Weekly backloads

Adelaide to Sydney backloading from $169/m³

Adelaide → Sydney is the long leg of our new SA network — 1,376 km up the Sturt and Hume highways, once a week. It's the thinner direction on this corridor (more freight flows into SA than out), so fewer loads share each truck and the per-m³ rate sits above the Sydney→Adelaide leg. We print that rather than hide it — and it's exactly where flexible dates earn the most.

Distance

1,376 km

Transit

2 days

Pickup window

5-7 business days from booking

Cadence

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	$1,317	Bed, sofa, desk, ~10 boxes
1-bed apt	16 m³	$3,099	Queen bed, sofa, dining set, fridge, ~20 boxes
2-bed home	26 m³	$4,734	2 bedrooms + lounge + dining + white goods
3-bed home	36 m³	$6,067	3 bedrooms + study + full kitchen, ~50 boxes
4-bed home	50 m³	$8,427	Larger family home with multiple living areas

Pick the cheap dates.

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

Adelaide to Sydney 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 Sydney changes — up or down.

Who moves on this lane.

Adelaide CBD → Inner West Sydney

The career move — a 1-2 bed apartment heading to Newtown, Marrickville or Ashfield. Around $3,100 for a 1-bed, $4,750 for a 2-bed; take the ±1 week window and 10% comes straight off.

Defence posting → Sydney

Rotations out of Edinburgh or Osborne heading east. Often 2-3 bed households, $4,750–$6,050. Give us the report-for-duty date at quote and we plan the pickup backwards from it with a buffer day.

Family consolidation → anywhere in Sydney

Clearing a parent's home or consolidating households. Part-loads around 20 m³ sit near $3,850; the driver strapping your load as its own zone matters most on a two-day haul, and it's standard.

Tips for Adelaide to Sydney

01Weekly cadence — book 7-10 days ahead. Missing the departure means waiting a week, which is the only way this lane ever feels slow.
02This is the corridor's dearer direction (thinner return freight), so the ±1 week flex discount matters more here than anywhere: 10% off and a better slot.
03Two days of transit with an overnight depot stop — pack anything fragile accordingly and keep the first-night box in your car.
04Sturt Highway crossings (Wagga, Hay) can run slow in summer harvest traffic; a flex window is cheap insurance.
05Leaving the Riverland or crossing it: no fresh produce in the load — SA's fruit-fly rules bite in both directions.

Lane questions.

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

Why does Adelaide to Sydney cost more per m³ than Sydney to Adelaide?

Because the legs don't run equally full. More household freight flows into SA than out of it, so an Adelaide-out truck carries fewer paying loads to share its fixed costs — and the per-m³ rate reflects that honestly, the same way our Brisbane→Melbourne leg prices above Melbourne→Brisbane. What the thinner leg buys you is space: short-notice bookings are usually easy here.

How long does Adelaide to Sydney take?

Two days on the road for 1,376 km, after a pickup window of 5-7 business days. Trucks usually run early-week — pickup Monday, delivery Wednesday is the common shape.

Can I get a small load to Sydney without paying for a whole move?

Yes — backloading is priced per cubic metre with a $350 minimum, so a 5-10 m³ load prices proportionally. On a weekly lane, pooling with a housemate or flexing your dates makes the per-m³ maths work hardest.