travelling time to work

[Erin_25]

I used to drive a round trip of 140kms to get to work before we moved. It was 80% dirt road also...grrrr my car did not like it. But I was living in the country & there is not much choice when you choose to live remote & work in the nearest town. Plus side was never any traffic, no lights etc...I did enjoy the drive each day.

[Mum2SweetCs]

heheh unfortunately theres not much work around my area in IT most work is in the CBD.

But I do a lot on the train...sleep ... sleep ... read a book ... sleep. I guess you get use to it.

Oh and if you think you can never sleep on the train think again. My hubby said the same thing and now he sleeps like a baby on the train!

Sometimes i bring my laptop to work on my online business and nowadays hubby uses his ipod to watch movies.

Goodluck with it!

[Mum2SweetCs]

Oh forgot to mention since having DD, i requested to work 2 days from home! Its been such a help!

HELLO SLEEPING IN!!!!

[mrsmac]

I feel quite guilty admitting that my work is about 600m up the road!! and DH works diagonally opposite our house LOL
DS' s FDC is 7 houses up from us (other direction from my work though LOL)

[MantaRay]

It sounds like a lot, but if you can read or do something useful on the train (or bus) it probably isn't so bad. If you don't have a laptop with wireless internet or an iphone maybe now's the time to get one so you can do emails and surf BB on your way to work!!

I work with a few people who catch the train to Brissy from the Sunshine Coast every day and they don't seem to mind it too much.

[JLeigh29]

I drive just over an hour each way. DH has the worst drive though, it can be 1.5 to 3 hours hours each way depending on the traffic. I agree that if you're on public transport you can make use of the time. But we both drive - don't even ask about the km's our cars do!
We're on the Sunny Coast and DH works in Logan. We've been doing it for around 7 years. It's a lifestyle thing, plus both our families live here.

[Sweet Bliss]

20 minutes each way for DH and I.
It is mostly freeway, and we are in the country, so nice flowing traffic!

Next year things will be a bit trickier, because I will be travelling 12km in the opposite direction to drop DD of at school (she will be in prep next year and we have picked a private school), then travelling the 12km back (only 10 minutes really), then travelling my normal 36km to work (20mins). I will have to go backwards before going fowards!! I am hoping to be able to arrange car pooling for the two days I work, but if not, it is only two days a week, and I pick my start time at work, cos I work for myself, so I can't complain at all.......

[nanananny]

Yep I'm in the country and have to go in to the city for work.
There's just nothing around here atm but my husband goes in on the train everyday anyway..

Maybe I can go on bellybelly on the train mantaray

[GabberQueeN]

50 minutes each way.