Daily backloads

Melbourne to Sydney backloading from $109/m³

Heading north on the Hume? More freight pours into Sydney than leaves it — so trucks running Melbourne-out are usually the fuller leg and their spare space books out faster. The corridor is busy enough that both directions currently price at the same per-m³ rate; what tighter northbound space costs you is slots, not dollars. Still cheaper than booking the whole truck, still daily.

Distance

878 km

Transit

1 day overnight

Pickup window

2-5 business days from booking

Cadence

Daily

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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

Melbourne 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 Melbourne to Sydney changes — up or down.

Who moves on this lane.

Inner-north Melbourne → Sydney Inner West

The bread-and-butter move on this lane — Fitzroy, Carlton or Brunswick terraces heading to Newtown, Marrickville or Leichhardt. Tight loading both ends (nature strips one side, no-standing zones the other), so we lock a firm 4-hour window. Around $3,055 for a 2-bed, pickup Tuesday, into Sydney by Wednesday arvo.

St Kilda / Footscray → Northern Beaches

Bayside and inner-west couples chasing the Sydney coast — Manly, Dee Why, Freshwater. The catch is the Sydney end: Spit Bridge and the Wakehurst Parkway are slow, so deliveries here run PM, not AM. Roughly $2,000 for a 1-bed, a small surcharge if the Northern Beaches street can't take a big rigid.

Melbourne → Western Sydney (new build)

Families moving into fresh estates around Parramatta, Blacktown or the North West growth corridor — often a full 3-bed with garage contents. Wide new streets make delivery easy, which keeps the price honest at around $3,900. Pop your handover date in the notes; new builds slip, and we'd rather hold than turn up to a locked house.

Tips for Melbourne to Sydney

01Northbound space books out faster than southbound — more freight flows into Sydney than out. Both directions currently price the same per m³, so the win here is the slot: flexing your date by ±1 week (10% off, automatic) gets you onto the emptiest truck of the week.
02Pick a Tuesday or Wednesday pickup. Melbourne-out trucks fill fastest early week, which means the most empty return space to Sydney — and the lowest per-m³ rate.
03Avoid a Friday-morning pickup if you can: the Hume northbound out of Craigieburn backs up before long weekends and the truck can lose half a day before it's even cleared Melbourne.
04The Hume (M31) is a genuine overnight run — pickup in Melbourne AM, an overnight leg through Albury-Wodonga and Gundagai, delivery in Sydney next PM. Plan to be on hand at both ends, not just pickup.
05Sydney-end access is the usual sting: check ahead for low awnings, clearways and permit-only parking in the Inner West, and warn us about the Spit Bridge / Parkway crawl for Northern Beaches drops so we schedule the delivery late.

Lane questions.

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

Is Melbourne to Sydney dearer than the other way round?

Not at the moment — both directions of the Hume currently price at the same per-m³ rate, because the corridor runs busy enough both ways. If the two legs ever drift apart, the quote tool reflects it immediately (it prices by direction). Either way, flexible dates (±1 week) are the lever that actually moves your number: 10% off, automatically.

How quickly can you pick up in Melbourne?

Usually within 2-3 business days. We run this lane daily, so you rarely wait long. If you need a next-day Melbourne pickup, same-week urgency adds around $200.

Can you handle tight inner-Melbourne loading in Fitzroy or Carlton?

Yes — it's most of what we do here. Terrace streets with no driveway and clearway restrictions are routine; flag any permit-parking or narrow-lane issues when you quote and we'll size the truck and book the window to suit.