The Shire, water on three sides.
Almost an island, with a handful of ways in. The route decides your day as much as the stairs do. This page names the suburbs and what each asks.
- Eight suburbs, Cronulla through to Menai
- The crossing and your start hour, both quoted
- Cover confirmed before you pay anything
What the Shire changes
Bridges and one rail line
Traffic in and out concentrates at a few crossings. The hour you book changes the driving rather than the carrying.
Three homes, three jobs
A unit near the sand, a waterfront house and a bush block are three different days.
Waterfront means steps down
The land often falls away behind the house, so the furniture climbs on the way out.
The Shire suburb by suburb
Eight suburbs, and they sort into three kinds of home rather than eight separate problems. Knowing which kind you are in answers most of the quote.
Nearly everything arrives over the Georges River, across Tom Uglys or the Captain Cook, or down the rail line through Sutherland. A queue at either bridge stretches the run, never the carry.
| Suburb | What the access is typically like |
|---|---|
| Cronulla | Unit blocks near the sand, mostly walk-ups. Flights and the path from the vehicle do the work. |
| Caringbah | Brick homes on flat streets with driveways. A pantech usually gets close. |
| Miranda | Newer apartment blocks near the centre, most with a lift and a dock. |
| Sylvania | Waterfront and near-water homes where the block drops away behind the house. |
| Oyster Bay | Quiet streets running down to the water, with split levels and steep entries. |
| Sutherland | Walk-up flats beside older brick houses, close to the rail corridor. |
| Engadine | Bushland blocks with longer driveways and a walk to the front door. |
| Menai | Large blocks set back from the road, so vehicle access comes first. |
Beachside units at Cronulla
Blocks near the sand are mostly walk-ups, so flights set the pace. The suburb has its own page at Cronulla removalists.
Waterfront homes at Sylvania
The house often sits below the street here. Everything comes up an external flight, slower than the same load on level ground.
Bushland blocks at Engadine
Engadine and Menai run to bigger blocks and longer drives. We ask about gradient and turning space, because that decides where the truck stops.
What the crossings add
Volume sets the vehicle and the crew. After that it is access at both ends, then the run in or out.
| The pinch point | What it does to the day |
|---|---|
| A few ways in | Bridge traffic sets the drive time. The carry is untouched. |
| The hour you start | Crossing early beats crossing while everyone else does. |
| The rail corridor | Streets stop at the line, so the drive round is longer than the map. |
| Leaving the Shire | A run north over the river is priced as one job. |
| Factor | Effect on the price |
|---|---|
| Rooms and volume | Studio to six bedrooms, picking the truck and the crew. |
| Steps at the door | External flights on a waterfront block add carrying time. |
| Driveway and gradient | A steep or long drive decides whether a pantech gets close. |
| Awkward pieces | Dismantling, or anything over 150kg or 3m, adds crew time. |
Send these three details
- Which of the three home types yours is
- External steps or flights at each end
- Driveway length, and whether a truck can turn
Cheaper if you can: take a weekday and cross the river before the morning build-up.
Worth reading: how much removalists cost in Sydney explains what access does to a price.
To book: quote online at picup.com.au/bookings, or call 1300 174 287 about a difficult driveway.
The Shire in figures
Google rating and review count pulled June 2026. The 50,000+ figure counts residential jobs since 2020.
Sutherland Shire removals FAQs
Which Shire suburbs does this page cover?
Eight of them: Cronulla, Caringbah, Miranda, Sylvania, Oyster Bay, Sutherland, Engadine and Menai.
If your street is not on that list, the page still applies. Those eight were chosen because between them they cover every access type the peninsula has, so find the one your own street resembles and the quote will land close. Cronulla has a page of its own. Anywhere else, two addresses and a photograph of the front steps gets you a real number.
Is Cronulla to Menai one booking?
Yes. One crew, one truck and one fixed price, in whichever direction you are going.
A move that starts and finishes inside the Shire never touches a bridge, which makes the driving the smallest part of the day and the two doorways the whole story. Tell us which end is the harder one. A third floor walk-up at one end and a long bush driveway at the other are two different problems inside a single booking.
Does the river crossing add to the day?
Only if you are arriving from outside or leaving. Crossing the Georges River lengthens the driving between addresses, while the loading takes just as long either way.
We plan around the crossing rather than bill you twice for it, because the price is set on the job and not on the clock. What it does change is the shape of the day. A move that runs both ways over the river deserves a whole day rather than a morning, and the loading end sets the start hour.
Our block drops away to the water.
That is the ordinary Sylvania and Oyster Bay job. Furniture climbs on the way out instead of going down, which is slower but entirely normal.
Count the steps, then describe them, because the number matters less than the width. Sandstone treads with a rail on both sides decide whether a sofa goes up whole or comes apart at the door, and that is better settled in the quote than on the landing. Say too if the last stretch is grass, since a trolley wants something firm.
Do you cover the Sutherland Shire for home moves?
Business deliveries run across the Sutherland Shire today. For a home removal, send your address and the date you have in mind, and we will confirm cover before you pay anything. We do not move pianos, pool tables or safes, and offer no packing or storage.
Send both addresses, the steps at either end and the date you have in mind. Business runs already cross the river into the Shire, so the trucks and the crews a household move needs work this side of the water. Someone replies seven days a week.
Two addresses, then the price.
Send both ends, the steps at each, and the hour that suits you.