surrealism
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what's traffic like to macquarie university in the mornings? on epping road? i.e. from lane cove side.
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... And then having to make your way over to Mac Centre anyway.Cyan_phoeniX said:Beware going to university between 10:30am-3pm unless you enjoy driving around aimlessly for 20mins to look for parking.
Sigh. Good times!!
I come from Wahroonga, and now go down Pennant Hills road and along Beecroft and onto Epping. We leave at 7.30 (for 9am classes) and it gets us there reliably by 8 - 8.30. But, if you leave 15 minutes later, you wont get there until 9am (sometimes just past 9).
I used to go along Pacific Hwy and onto Lane Cove but thats just suicide. Its hopeless.
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I go Pacific Highway --> Lane Cove/Ryde road.
I won't deny it, it's awful, but the few times I tried the pennant hills road way it took even longer :/ (1 1/2 hours as opposed to 1 hour, then again I live in Berowra).
I normally try to leave by 7 or 7:30, and get to uni around 8:15 or 9:15 respectively. If you leave later and are on the roads around 9:45am or later traffic is MUCH better, but then you have no parking.
I won't deny it, it's awful, but the few times I tried the pennant hills road way it took even longer :/ (1 1/2 hours as opposed to 1 hour, then again I live in Berowra).
I normally try to leave by 7 or 7:30, and get to uni around 8:15 or 9:15 respectively. If you leave later and are on the roads around 9:45am or later traffic is MUCH better, but then you have no parking.
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be a man, walk
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Pft, walking is for plebs. I levitate there.... said:
In seriousness, I drive from West Lindfield. If there no traffic, it takes me 5 minutes. In peak our, it takes on average 30-45 mins, however it has taken me an hour a few times when there's been accidents etc. If it's really bad (anywhere between leaving home 8:30-10am), I usually take the bus so I can read/sleep/listen to music.
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btw.. im referring to summer session.. is it hard to find parking spots?
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There's no train station as yet - there's one scheduled for 2008. The best way would be to drive, catch the bus, or catch a train then a bus from Epping or the city or something, i suppose.redom said:
It can be difficult. Just be early for a week and see how late you can leave it.surrealism said:
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Do u live near Ctown station?
1) catch a train from ctown station to Strathfield via the sourthern line
2) catch a train from strathfield to epping via the northern line'
3) cath a bus 288, 290, 292, 296 to Macq from epping station
total travel time depends on the howlong u have to wait while at the station for the train and bus, my guess 1.5 hr to 2.5 hrs one way.
I live on the east hills line and it takes 1.5 hr one for public transport
As for drive, it takes about 45 min 10am - 3pm to get there and as much as 1hr 20 min to get back during peak afternoon hrs.
1) catch a train from ctown station to Strathfield via the sourthern line
2) catch a train from strathfield to epping via the northern line'
3) cath a bus 288, 290, 292, 296 to Macq from epping station
total travel time depends on the howlong u have to wait while at the station for the train and bus, my guess 1.5 hr to 2.5 hrs one way.
I live on the east hills line and it takes 1.5 hr one for public transport
As for drive, it takes about 45 min 10am - 3pm to get there and as much as 1hr 20 min to get back during peak afternoon hrs.
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Parking is horrible from about 10am - 3pm. Not impossible, but horrible (bad enough that you have to be in the carparks at approx 5 past when people are coming back to their cars after lectures, and quickly indicate and grab them before anyone else does).surrealism said:
I've been known to leave the house early and arrive at uni aruond 8:30 for a noon class, JUST to skip peak hour traffic and the fight for parking lots. I have since turned napping in my car before/between classes into an art form. *nod* (I figure that if I loose sleep by waking up early, I can balance it out by sleeping at uni?)
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I know some people from up north who travel about as far. It's tough, but it's what some people do for uni probably not a bad idea to check out closer uni's though
probably not a bad idea to check out closer uni's though
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i know someone that lives in newcastle, and drives down to mac everyday..glitterfairy said:I know some people from up north who travel about as far. It's tough, but it's what some people do for uni