Sydney to Perth Removalists
UNN is a removalist running Sydney to Perth, the longest move in the country. Five to ten days door to door. Your things stay on one truck the whole way across. The price is fixed at booking. And we prepare and lodge your Western Australian quarantine declaration with you.
What is in the price?
- The same crew at the Sydney end and the Perth end
- A price fixed at booking for the whole distance
- Your WA quarantine declaration prepared and lodged with you
- Declared items packed at the container door for inspection
- Double wrapping on anything that will shift over four thousand kilometres
- Dismantling and reassembly of beds, wardrobes and tables
- $20M public liability and $20M goods in transit cover
- Tracking you can watch the whole way across
Get a free quote in 2 hours
No obligation. Fixed price, not an estimate.
What can I actually take into Western Australia?
WA runs a hard biosecurity border. Household goods from the east are declared. The checkpoint at Eucla on the Eyre Highway runs around the clock.
There is a specific form for personal effects entering WA. The state asks your removalist to complete it with you and lodge it. It needs the container and vehicle details.
It covers fifteen categories. Fresh produce, plants and bulbs, seeds, honey and beekeeping gear. Soil, potting mix, used garden tools, cut flowers and hay.
Pot plants are the one that catches people. Plants and bulbs need approval from Quarantine WA before they travel. That is an application, not a tick at the border.
Anything you declare is packed at the container entry so it can be inspected. We load that way as standard on this run.
What does a Sydney to Perth move cost?
A single price, fixed at booking. Over this distance the space you take matters more than on any other run.
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Price
Fixed when you book
Does not move on arrival
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Charged on
Metres of truck space
Never on weight
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Time on the road
5 to 10 days
Plus loading at each end
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Quote
Back within 2 hours
Free, written down
What affects your quote
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Volume
Over four thousand kilometres every cubic metre counts. This is the lever you control.
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What you leave behind
The one corridor where selling furniture can genuinely beat shipping it.
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Packing
Pack it yourself for less. Hand the whole job over and it costs more.
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Lead time
A truck is committed for most of two weeks. Booking early gets the better dates.
How long does it take?
Five to ten days door to door. Here is the arithmetic behind that.
About 50 hours at the wheel
Roughly 4,050 kilometres on the Hume, Sturt and Eyre highways via Adelaide.
A hard legal ceiling
Twelve hours of work in any 24, with seven unbroken and stationary. No exceptions.
So five driving days
Plus four overnight rests. Anyone offering two days is changing drivers or trucks.
One truck, no handover
Yours stays on the same vehicle across. Nothing is transferred at Adelaide.
Why book UNN for this run?
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We do the WA paperwork
Most movers hand you the form. We complete it with you and lodge it, because we hold the container details.
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One truck, coast to coast
Nothing is cross docked in Adelaide. The crew who wrapped it in Sydney carry it into Perth.
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We flag problems at quote time
Pot plants, garden tools, the pantry. You hear about it with weeks to act, not on load day.
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We will tell you not to ship it
On this run, selling and rebuying sometimes wins. We say so rather than quietly take the booking.
What Sydney customers say
What else do people ask?
Can I bring my pot plants to Perth?
What gets taken off me at the border?
Does my furniture get transferred in Adelaide?
Can you take my car too?
Is it cheaper to sell my furniture and rebuy?
What if the Eyre Highway closes?
Heading to Perth, or coming back east?
Send us your rooms and both addresses. You get a price, a window and a straight answer on the WA rules.