3× weekly backloads

Canberra to Sydney backloading from $106/m³

The reverse of our busiest short-haul: Canberra back to Sydney on the Federal Highway. End-of-posting APS moves, graduating students, and anyone leaving the bush capital for the coast. Same-day transit, 3× weekly backloads, fixed price per m³ inc GST.

Distance

286 km

Transit

Same day

Pickup window

2-3 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	$830	Bed, sofa, desk, ~10 boxes
1-bed apt	16 m³	$1,952	Queen bed, sofa, dining set, fridge, ~20 boxes
2-bed home	26 m³	$2,982	2 bedrooms + lounge + dining + white goods
3-bed home	36 m³	$3,821	3 bedrooms + study + full kitchen, ~50 boxes
4-bed home	50 m³	$5,307	Larger family home with multiple living areas

Pick the cheap dates.

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

Canberra 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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Who moves on this lane.

End-of-posting: Canberra → Sydney

The classic Canberra-out move — an APS or Defence posting wraps up and it's back to Sydney. Think Kingston, Braddon or Barton apartments heading to the Inner West (Marrickville, Ashfield) or the North Shore. Usually 1-2 bed with an exact-date pickup tied to a lease end. Around $1,950–$3,000, picked up AM and delivered to Sydney the same afternoon.

Graduate leaving the ANU bubble

ANU or UC finishes up and the graduate lands a first job in Sydney. Studio or shared-house loads out of Acton, Turner or Lyneham, 5-12m³, heading to Chippendale, Redfern or Zetland near the city. The $350 minimum applies, so pooling a housemate's boxes or picking flexible dates (±1 week for 10% off) makes the per-m³ maths work far better.

Tuggeranong / Gungahlin family → Western Sydney

Bigger household moves out of the Canberra suburbs — Gungahlin, Tuggeranong or Belconnen 3-bed homes heading to Penrith, Parramatta or the Hills. Often a full house with garage contents, around $3,800. Wide Canberra streets make loading quick; we flag any tight Sydney-end access at quote.

Tips for Canberra to Sydney

01The route out of the ACT is the Federal Highway to Goulburn, then the Hume north into Sydney — 286km, roughly a 3-hour run with clear year-round conditions.
02Northbound into Sydney, aim your delivery window to dodge the M5/M7 afternoon peak (3-6pm). An AM Canberra pickup usually lands a comfortable early-arvo delivery.
03Canberra loads out fast — wide streets and good access at the ACT end — so book the earliest morning slot to make the most of same-day delivery in Sydney.
04If your posting or lease end date is locked, book 'exact date'; on a lane this short the urgency premium rarely pays off. If you've got even a few days' give, flexible dates knock 10% off automatically.
05This is a genuinely balanced lane, but Sydney pulls more return freight than Canberra sends — mid-week Canberra pickups (Tue/Wed) tend to have the most empty space heading north, so rates sit lowest.

Lane questions.

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

Do you pick up from the outer Canberra suburbs and Queanbeyan?

Yes — Gungahlin, Tuggeranong, Belconnen, Woden and Queanbeyan (just over the NSW border) are all on the standard run, no extra fee. Canberra's wide streets make access easy, so we rarely need a smaller truck at the pickup end.

I'm a student leaving ANU with a small load — is it worth it?

For anything under about 3 m³ the $350 minimum kicks in, so a tiny load costs the same as a slightly bigger one. Pool with a housemate heading the same way, or pick flexible dates for 10% off — both make the per-m³ rate work harder on this short lane.

Can I move plants from my Canberra place to Sydney?

Both the ACT and NSW are on mainland east-coast biosecurity, so there's no fruit-fly-style border check on this lane — but live plants in soil still aren't allowed on backloading trucks. Take pot plants in your car, or bring cuttings without soil.