Sydney donestic airport has outgrown itself in the constrained space that it has.
Unless a complete tear down and redesigned occurs, everything is going to be a compromise.
Free pickup requires impeccable timing at SYD as the airport allows free 15 minute once a day per car and there is nowhere to park for free if the pickup car arrives too early.
Cars with etoll rfid can use the P2 priority pickup . Otherwise they should use P3 express pickup. Both are poorly named and don't explicitly indicate the difference in using P2 vs P3 without digging into the website.
this seems a really badly conceived plan
The T1,2,3 parking is in a central location - both short term and long term. There is also a cheaper "value" long term car park with free bus access for those who want the cheaper option.
The T123 is so named for T1,2,3 passengers. Pickup for T1,2,3 passengers occur undercover in the T123 parking area
Free first 15 minutes for cars picking up.
There is also a free 1hr waiting area for cars picking up passengers nearby and this is key unlike SYD.
Drop off for T1,2,3 passengers is in a central location at T123 - including rideshares
The video posted in the original link is the "pickup" video , not the "drop off" video
Note that the lifts to/from T1,2,3 and T123 are extrawide
Rideshare, taxis pickup for T1,2,3 passengers are still on the forecourt of T1,2,3
T4 passengers are still picked up and dropped off in the T4 transport hub
Just go to the MEL Youtube channel and look at the videos
