Service · Same day metro Melbourne & Regional Victoria
Same Day Courier Melbourne & Regional VIC
Need an urgent or express courier? Drop-X runs same day courier and freight across metro Melbourne and Regional Victoria — Geelong, Mornington Peninsula, Ballarat, Bendigo and surrounding towns. Requests can range from a single envelope to a 500kg pallet. A Melbourne dispatcher confirms road-service availability and timing for each booking.
Plan ahead · Next-day pre-bookings
Book today. Pick up & deliver tomorrow. Save 10%.
The 10% saving applies to next-day pre-bookings.
Need it sooner? · Regional delivery
Regional deliveries in hours, not days.
Know your delivery cost before you book
More delivery for your money.
Courier bookings: pay for the journey, not the zone · GST included · 20–50 km included by item type.
For published courier rates
- No fuel levies
- No tolls
- No hidden fees
- No surprises
| Item | Same dayStandard rate | Next dayBook ahead, save 10% | Freight accountUp to 30% off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small items(Max 5 items)Parcels, satchels & legal documents — under 50kg total | $35 | $35 | $24.50 |
| Euro pallet(Max 4)800mm W × 1200mm L × 1500mm H · max 250kg per pallet | $88 | $79.20 | $61.60 |
| Standard pallet(Max 2)1165mm W × 1165mm L × 1500mm H · max 500kg per pallet | $110 | $99 | $77 |
| Oversized palletUp to 2400mm L × 1650mm W × 1500mm H · max 1000kg per pallet | $155 | $139.50 | $108.50 |
| Regional Victoria Freight | from$1.95/km | from$1.76/km | from$1.37/km |
Add-ons: Priority delivery +$55 · After-hours delivery +$110 · Weekend delivery +$110
Next day: metro small items stay at $35; regional next-day jobs are 10% off the item rate and distance charge.
Freight account: shown at the maximum 30% discount for top volume tiers; actual rates are tailored to your volume.
These are courier item, pallet and distance rates, not a full 10-pallet truck booking. Truck transport is quoted separately: explore the truck service or request a quote. Courier add-ons and discounts do not apply automatically to trucks. Compare fleet options; dispatch confirms vehicle fit.
What we do
B2B (business-to-business) transport for Melbourne & Victorian businesses.
- Boxes & small parcels
- Cars, utes, vans & tail-lift trucks — dispatch checks fit
- Same day delivery Melbourne
- Same day to regional Victoria
- Next day delivery Melbourne & VIC
- After hours & 24/7 urgent
- Weekend delivery
- Sample & medical freight
- Pallet delivery Melbourne & VIC
- Separately quoted 10-pallet truck enquiries (fit and availability confirmed)
- Interstate freight
- Legal document delivery
- Business freight accounts
- Residential addresses are accepted for business-related freight only
What we don't do
No personal or household deliveries — business freight only.
Keeping our scope tight is how we deliver every job reliably. Drop-X does not handle:
- Household moves, furniture removals & personal items
- Residential addresses are accepted for business-related freight only. Personal deliveries are not available.
- Airfreight or seafreight forwarding. Interstate services are road freight only.
- Perishables needing refrigerated trucks. We don’t run temperature-controlled vehicles.
- Narrow time-slot bookings
- Click & collect pickups from retail shops
- Shared backloading or unquoted linehaul. Regional deliveries are completed as a dedicated express service. Interstate freight is available as a separately quoted service.
How does Drop-X make courier pricing simple?
Drop-X shows the price upfront and takes bookings online, so you do not wait for a quote. Every delivery has different requirements; Drop-X handles the logistics behind the scenes and brings the simplicity of online shopping to courier bookings.
The traditional courier process
- Request a quote
- Answer questions about your delivery
- Where is it going?
- What are you sending?
- How large is it?
- When do you need it?
- Wait while the price is calculated
- Approve the quote and arrange the booking
The result
- Waiting for a response
- Unclear final pricing
- Back-and-forth calls and emails
The Drop-X process
- Enter your delivery details
- Our system calculates the logistics
- Pickup and delivery locations
- Freight requirements
- Service option
- Review the quoted price
- Book online and receive confirmation
The result
- Price upfront
- No waiting for quotes
- Simple online checkout
Courier pricing can be complex behind the scenes, but booking your delivery shouldn’t be. Drop-X manages the logistics for you, providing clear upfront pricing and simple online booking in minutes.
Pickup within 60 minutes
Typical metro Melbourne pickup during business hours. Priority dispatch on request.
Cars, vans, utes, trays
Right-sized vehicle for the job — from single envelope to 500kg pallet.
Metro & Regional VIC
Full metro coverage plus same day to Geelong, Mornington Peninsula and regional VIC.
Delivery confirmation
Confirmation is provided after the delivery is completed.
What's included with every same day job
- Pickup typically within 60 minutes of booking across metro Melbourne during business hours
- Same day available to Regional Victoria — Geelong, Mornington Peninsula, Ballarat, Bendigo on demand
- Hot-shot priority dispatch for breakdown parts and missing components
- Cars, vans, utes, one-tonne trays and three-tonne pantechs available
- Tail-lift and pallet jacks on request for dock-to-dock handling
- Delivery confirmation provided after completion
- After-hours, weekend and public holiday coverage on call
- Direct phone line to Melbourne dispatch — no offshore call centre
- GST-inclusive pricing with no surprise surcharges
Urgent and express courier jobs
Urgent and express same day courier work is what we do best. Typical Drop-X same day jobs include urgent parts between Tullamarine businesses, breakdown rescues for manufacturers in Dandenong South, legal documents between CBD law firms and regional courts, e-commerce overflow from Truganina warehouses to fulfilment centres, and printed materials from Braeside print shops to client offices the same morning. Tell dispatch your requested timing and we will confirm whether same day road transport is available.
Popular Melbourne suburbs we cover for same day
Drop-X dispatches from hubs across metro Melbourne. Browse some of our most-booked same day pickup locations:
Planning a larger business load? Explore separately quoted 10-pallet tail-lift truck transport. Vehicle fit, timing, access and availability are confirmed per job; courier rates do not price a full truck.
Same day by Melbourne zone
Every Greater Melbourne zone is on the same day grid. Jump to your zone for the full list of suburbs we cover:
- Inner Melbourne courier →19 suburbs · CBD, Docklands, Southbank and the inner ring
- Inner North courier →24 suburbs · Brunswick, Coburg, Northcote, Preston, Essendon
- Inner East courier →25 suburbs · South Yarra, Toorak, Hawthorn, Camberwell, Caulfield
- Inner South courier →9 suburbs · St Kilda, South Melbourne, Albert Park, Elwood
- Inner West courier →15 suburbs · Footscray, Yarraville, Williamstown, Spotswood
- North courier →28 suburbs · Glenroy, Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Tullamarine corridor
- North East courier →56 suburbs · Heidelberg medical, Doncaster, Ivanhoe, Eltham, Greensborough
- East courier →49 suburbs · Box Hill, Mount Waverley, Glen Waverley, Ringwood, Chadstone
- South East courier →50 suburbs · Oakleigh, Clayton, Springvale, Dandenong, Cranbourne corridor
- South / Bayside courier →25 suburbs · Brighton, Sandringham, Cheltenham, Mentone, Mordialloc, Frankston
- West courier →59 suburbs · Sunshine, Caroline Springs, Werribee, Tarneit, Point Cook
- North West courier →4 suburbs · Sunbury, Diggers Rest, Bulla
- Outer East courier →88 suburbs · Dandenong Ranges, Yarra Valley, Pakenham, Berwick
- Outer North courier →10 suburbs · Beveridge, Wallan, Kilmore, Kinglake
- Outer West courier →7 suburbs · Bacchus Marsh, Maddingley, Darley
Same day courier to regional Victoria
Same day isn't limited to metro Melbourne. Drop-X takes same-day road-freight requests from Melbourne to every regional suburb and town it covers, 192 in all: Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula, the Surf Coast from Torquay to Lorne, the Mornington Peninsula, and 74 towns across 6 regional corridors, including Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton and Traralgon. Regional runs use the same item rates as metro plus a per-kilometre distance charge (see regional pricing), and dispatch confirms the vehicle, pickup and estimated delivery timing for each booking.
- Gippsland courier →19 towns · Latrobe Valley, West & East Gippsland on the Princes Highway east
- Western VIC courier →14 towns · Ballarat, the Wimmera and the Western District
- Northern VIC courier →25 towns · Bendigo, the Goulburn Valley and the Murray
- South-West Coastal courier →5 towns · Warrnambool, Portland and the Great Ocean Road
- North-East VIC courier →9 towns · The Ovens Valley, alpine high country and Upper Murray
- Border / Albury-Wodonga courier →2 towns · Albury-Wodonga and the NSW-VIC interstate edge
Who uses same day couriers?
Dedicated same-day support, written for how your industry actually ships:
Same day courier by suburb and town
Each suburb and town below has its own same day courier page. Dispatch confirms the vehicle and estimated timing for every booking.
Metro Melbourne (14)
Geelong (47)
- Anakie
- Armstrong Creek
- Avalon
- Bannockburn
- Barrabool
- Batesford
- Bell Park
- Bell Post Hill
- Belmont
- Breakwater
- Ceres
- Charlemont
- Corio
- Drumcondra
- East Geelong
- Freshwater Creek
- Fyansford
- Geelong
- Geelong West
- Gnarwarre
- Grovedale
- Hamlyn Heights
- Herne Hill
- Highton
- Lara
- Little River
- Lovely Banks
- Manifold Heights
- Marshall
- Moolap
- Moorabool
- Mount Duneed
- Murgheboluc
- Newcomb
- Newtown
- Norlane
- North Geelong
- North Shore
- Point Wilson
- Rippleside
- South Geelong
- St Albans Park
- Stonehaven
- Thomson
- Wandana Heights
- Waurn Ponds
- Whittington
Bellarine Peninsula (16)
Mornington Peninsula (48)
- Arthurs Seat
- Balnarring
- Balnarring Beach
- Baxter
- Bittern
- Blairgowrie
- Boneo
- Cape Schanck
- Capel Sound
- Carrum Downs
- Cranbourne South
- Crib Point
- Dromana
- Fingal
- Flinders
- Frankston
- Frankston South
- Hastings
- Karingal
- Langwarrin
- Langwarrin South
- Main Ridge
- McCrae
- Merricks
- Merricks Beach
- Merricks North
- Moorooduc
- Mornington
- Mount Eliza
- Mount Martha
- Pearcedale
- Point Leo
- Portsea
- Red Hill
- Red Hill South
- Rosebud
- Rye
- Safety Beach
- Seaford
- Shoreham
- Skye
- Somers
- Somerville
- Sorrento
- St Andrews Beach
- Tootgarook
- Tuerong
- Tyabb
Gippsland (19)
Western Victoria (14)
Northern Victoria (25)
South West Victoria (5)
North East Victoria (9)
Albury-Wodonga (2)
Other metro Melbourne suburbs are listed on the Drop-X coverage map.
Frequently asked questions
How fast can a same day courier be on site in Melbourne?
For metro Melbourne, a Drop-X driver is typically on site within 60 minutes of booking during business hours. Call 1300 973 038 for the fastest dispatch; estimated delivery timing is confirmed for each booking. We do not offer guaranteed time slots.
What suburbs do you cover for same day delivery?
Drop-X services all of metro Melbourne — from the western logistics belt (Truganina, Laverton, Derrimut, Tullamarine), the south-east manufacturing corridor (Dandenong, Clayton, Braeside), the north (Campbellfield, Thomastown, Epping), the east (Box Hill, Ringwood) and across the inner city. Same day is also available to Regional Victoria — Geelong, Mornington Peninsula, Ballarat, Bendigo and surrounding towns on demand.
Do you offer same day to Regional Victoria?
Drop-X assesses same-day road-freight requests to Regional Victoria, including Geelong, Mornington Peninsula, Ballarat, Bendigo, Warragul and Traralgon. Every regional run is priced per kilometre — your item rate plus $1.95 per km of road distance after the free distance (kilometres beyond 100 at $2.50 per km), all inc GST. Call 1300 973 038 for a verbal quote and availability check.
How long does same day delivery to regional Victoria take?
It depends on the road distance, pickup time, freight and available vehicle. Drop-X dispatch confirms the estimated pickup and delivery timing before a regional booking is accepted; same-day regional runs have no guaranteed delivery window.
How much does a same day courier cost in Melbourne?
Drop-X pricing depends on vehicle type, distance and urgency. Standard same day metro starts from $35 for small items and $88 per Euro pallet ($110 per standard pallet), with hot-shot priority and after-hours surcharges available. Request an online quote at /book or call dispatch for a verbal quote.
Do you offer an express courier service for urgent jobs?
Yes. Same day is Drop-X's express courier service: the job is collected and delivered on the day you book, subject to vehicle availability. If it can't wait its turn, add Priority (+$55) to request priority dispatch. Priority is a dispatch request, not a guaranteed delivery time, and dispatch confirms the estimated timing for every booking.
Can you do urgent freight delivery for pallets?
Yes. Drop-X same day pallet transport uses the published rates: $88 per Euro pallet, $110 per standard pallet and $155 per oversized pallet, inc GST, with the first 50 km of road distance included. Bigger consignments go on tail-lift trucks, which are quoted separately. Send the pallet count, dimensions and weights so dispatch can confirm the vehicle and timing.
What size freight can your same day couriers carry?
Drop-X carries anything from a single envelope to a 500kg pallet. Our fleet includes cars, vans, utes, one-tonne trays and three-tonne pantechs. Tail-lift and pallet jack available on request — just specify hand-unload at booking.
Do you do same day parcel delivery in Melbourne?
Yes, for businesses. Drop-X same day parcel delivery across metro Melbourne starts from $35 for small items, and parcels to Regional Victoria add the per-kilometre regional charge. We don't carry personal or household parcels; every booking must come from a business.
Do you offer photo proof of delivery?
Drop-X provides delivery confirmation after completion. If your business requires a receiver signature, ask dispatch whether it can be arranged for the booking. Photo proof and an online POD portal are not offered.
Can I book a recurring same day route?
Recurring business routes can be discussed with Drop-X dispatch. Requested days and timing are reviewed against capacity and confirmed for the booking; narrow or guaranteed time slots are not offered.
Is same day courier available on weekends and public holidays?
Yes. Drop-X runs seven days, year-round, including public holidays. Weekend and evening jobs dispatch exactly like weekday work. After 5pm a flat $110 after-hours surcharge applies on top of the standard rate, and weekend and public holiday jobs carry the same flat $110.
Can you run multi-stop same day deliveries?
Drop-X multi-drop business bookings can cover one pickup with sequenced deliveries across metro Melbourne, subject to route feasibility and availability. Delivery confirmation is provided for completed drops.
How do I book a same day courier?
Submit the job details online or call 1300 973 038. A Drop-X dispatcher in Melbourne will confirm vehicle availability, requested timing and the quote before the booking is accepted.
Related guides
- How Fast Is a Same-Day Courier in Melbourne?A plain-English guide to same-day courier requests across Melbourne, including service options and the details dispatch needs to confirm timing.
- Same Day vs Next Day Delivery in Melbourne — How to ChooseA plain-English guide to choosing between same-day and next-day courier services in Melbourne, covering urgency, route and booking considerations.
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