Ed Rolfe says his OCD stands for "Over Caring Driver". Blame a Royal Navy father and an East End publican mother, both strict, both orderly. They are also the reason your 4am airport pickup always arrives early.

You live at the northern end of the Northern Beaches and you have an early flight. You already know what is coming. A fare into the city that costs an arm and a leg, or a rideshare lottery at 4am with a driver who takes one look at Avalon and cancels.

Ed Rolfe knows how that feels, because these days he lives up here too.

Ed has driven Avalon to the airport since 2019, and for most of that time he wanted to live here himself. This year he finally did. Being an Avalonian means he understands the problem from your side of the front door: far enough out that the fare hurts, far enough out that nobody wants the job. He came to driving after a career in IT, bringing his parents' rules with him: kindness, reliability, punctuality, honesty. They are why he is early, every time.

The service is door to door in an XL seven or eight-seater, so there is room for the luggage, the surfboards and the baby and booster seats. You get a guaranteed pick-up time, confirmed the night before, and no shuttle detours to pick up anyone else.

He is fully authorised and insured, with AFP, Working With Children and NDIS clearances, and he also does cruise terminal runs, medical appointments, weddings and Hunter Valley days out.

And he is good company at an hour when nobody is. His customers describe the drives as entertaining, a word rarely applied to a taxi. One put it best: like being picked up by an old friend, without having to bother a real one.

Give Ed a call, or send your travel dates through his website. Tell him your street and he will work out your discount.

Ed's Express Excursions & Transfers | 0427 748 464 | edsexpress.com.au