I travel by train to hawkesbury from strathfield - but i get another train to strathfield. It usually isn't that bad in the morning, I just tend to sleep the whole trip. But usually cause theres a lot of work to be done, its a great time to do weekly readings and reading of journals for assignments. The only downside about catching the train is on the way home in the afternoon, the train only comes every hour, so you have to plan what train you get. If you miss one, you can walk down to richmond or there a golf club next to the railway station where you can have a drink.
If your driving, you will probably go along either windsor road or blacktown road. Both of these roads can be a pain cause they are only one land wide, which basically means no overtaking for the whole trip.
Continuing from what natstar said, you get off at east richmond and walk 15 - 20 minutes up the long uni (its like those amercian unis) driveway. Trains come every half an hour during peakhour in the morning and night.