Melbourne, VIC · Live on Herdy

Carpool Melbourne.
Post your ride.
Find your people.

The Herdy app works in Melbourne right now. If you drive to work, post your commute and let someone from your suburb split the cost. If you want a ride, search your route and join one. No waiting — just carpool.

Melbourne's carpooling community is growing. The earlier you start, the faster it builds on your corridor.

Free

to download
iOS & Android

$0.44

Variable cost
per km saved

15%

Platform fee
that's it

Melbourne — open the app and start your first ride

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How to get started

Two ways to carpool in Melbourne — starting today

I drive to work

Post your existing commute on Herdy. Set your suburb, destination, and departure time. Passengers from your area will find you and request a seat. You recover your running costs automatically — no cash, no coordination.

Takes 2 minutes to post
Set it once for recurring rides
Payment comes to you automatically
Share with colleagues — the more drivers, the more matches

I want a ride

Open Herdy and see rides already happening near you. Search your suburb to your destination and send a ride request. The cost splits automatically — you pay a fair share of the driver's running costs, nothing more.

No search needed — rides near you appear first
See profiles and ratings before joining
Sort pickup in the app chat
Set a ride alert if nothing available yet

Why Melbourne

The case for carpooling in Melbourne

Melbourne's arterial roads — Monash Freeway, Eastern Freeway, Nepean Highway, West Gate — carry hundreds of thousands of solo drivers every morning. The public transport network serves the inner city well but leaves outer suburbs car-dependent. Carpooling fills that gap directly: same route, same time, cost shared.

Herdy is already live in Sydney with hundreds of active rides. The same model works in Melbourne from day one — the app is already there, the pricing engine is already there, the payments are already there. All that's needed is for Melbourne commuters to start posting their rides.

Is carpooling legal in VIC?

Yes — completely. Cost-sharing carpooling requires no commercial licence, permit, or special insurance anywhere in Australia. Read the full explainer →

Where to start

High-potential corridors in Melbourne

These routes have the commuter volumes and geography that make carpooling work well. If you drive one of these, post your ride and share it with people from your suburb.

Brighton → CBD
St Kilda → CBD
Hawthorn → CBD
Frankston → CBD
Dandenong → CBD
Ringwood → CBD
Ballarat Rd corridor
Geelong → Melbourne

How carpooling grows

Tell one person. That's how it starts.

Carpooling communities grow through word of mouth — a colleague who mentions it at the office, a neighbour who asks if you're heading the same way, a family member who realises you both commute the same corridor. The goodwill exists everywhere. The app makes it frictionless.

Share with colleagues

If you work in the same office, you're probably commuting from overlapping suburbs. Mention Herdy at the next team meeting or drop it in the work chat.

Talk to your neighbours

People who live near each other often commute in the same direction. Your street might have three people heading to the same precinct every morning.

Post in local groups

Your suburb's Facebook group or Nextdoor community is full of commuters going the same direction. A single post can connect you with five people heading your way.

Carpool Melbourne. Post your ride.Find your people.