Hello oz-bargainers
I am thinking of moving to Brisbane for work. Work is based in the city and will be the normal monday to friday office hours.
I am very used to driving to work but parking in brisbane city seems expensive.
Just wondering the different ways people travel to the city for work.
Replies stating roughly where you start your commute from and how long it takes for you to get to work would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
There are new apartments in the valley/gasworks area with almost whole floors sitting vacant, you can definitely negotiate the rent down at the moment. Would you consider that?
Yup. Because of QLD developers wanting to get in on the boom market but noone actually really wanting to buy there, a lot of newer properties had developers offering rental guarantees to owners. So the developers/agents are literally bleeding cash to owners on a lot of those properties and will be desperate to rent them out, even for peanuts.
Moved to Brisbane from Sydney in June. Traffic is not as bad as Sydney but it is still crap during peak hours, personally I wouldn't drive to the CBD during peak.
Cycling facilities are great in Brisbane. In Sydney I had a 16km trip, with about 50% dedicated bike paths, now I have a 11km trip and 95% bike path. There seems a growing trend in electric skateboards & scooters up here too, so don't discount that.
Also found Brisbane has an excellent bus network and the dedicated busways make getting around by bus really quick.
how much time do you typically spend travelling to work?
11km trip and 95% bike path
30mins
Yep 30mins.
It all depends on whether you are living north or south of the river.
If you're from the north, driving is relatively a breeze. Or at least it was for my wife in Hamilton when she was there a few months ago.
If you're from the south, the Story bridge is really going to drive you nuts with slow moving, traffic bottlenecks after awhile.
dam that sucks for south, i believe i will be living with the folks who live south of brisbane
Depends which area South and what part of the city. If you leave early, getting into the city is pretty easy taking the expressway.
If you're living southside and coming into the CBD, chances are you'd come in via Captain Cook Bridge, not necessarily Story Bridge. Still slow moving however.
I'm in Lawnton Northside (20km from Brisbane CBD), it's a 34 min / 37 min train ride, $3.96 each way. It's quite an affordable area (for now, night go up when the uni is done). There's an awesome shopping centre nearby, Costco, Ikea etc at North Lakes. Also another large mall at strathpine. It's a gateway to Sunshine coast, Bribie island, glass House mountains. Be careful if you catch the train from Petrie onwards, it's not zone 2 and is an extra $2 each way!!!!
I enjoy the trains here, on time and usually not too cramped.
Good luck
travelling by train everyday sounds like the way to go
Yes it's economical, reliable, trains are clean, and they are releasing more modern trains soon (think most of them are south though with the GC2018 games)
I think if you use it 8 times you get 50% off any other fares too, handy for a nice trip to Sunny coast or Gold Coast:
https://translink.com.au/tickets-and-fares/fares-and-zones/d…
That includes ferry and bus too, just get yourself a go card.
i was in eight mile plains a few years ago and had a 16km bike ride each day, about 45 minutes each way, again bikeway about 95% of the way. bus would take about the same amount of time with the peak times, even with the bus way.
to make this more ozbargain related, i saved $10 a day riding my bike (probably about $13 now), and felt much better having riding as a way to de-stress from the day. it was the most enjoyable part of my workday.
it's $8 per day now … $4 per trip from emp to cbd
soon there will be metro rail from emp to cbd/FV , replacing buses
is that student prices? or are go-card costs going down?
cheer for the update. I cant imagine where they are going to put it, perhaps alongside the bus lane
adult peak hours
they increased the zone 2 radius upto Kuraby
wow thats good to hear, beneficial for the area. 150 and 156 must have changed so much..
I'm in McDowall, roughly 10km North-North West of the CBD. Depending when we leave, 20 to 30 minutes to drive in. We pay for parking in a permanent space as it's cheaper that both of us paying for public transport.
nice, how much is a permanent parking space in the city if you dont mind me asking
350 p/m
we pay a bit less than that :-) we got a bargain
I'm about 20km NW of the CBD. The bus takes an hour, give or take (very dependent on traffic), plus time to get to bus stop, wait, get from bus stop, etc. I ride in on what I consider to be a safe route. 30km, about 80% bike paths/lanes. Takes me about 1hr 20min door to door.
There are soooo many options: bus, citycat, ferry, bridges, bike…. all depends on your start and end point.
Lots of good ideas above.
Can also look into Spring Hill and Roma Street area. Then walk to CBD or take the free cityloop bus.
Or Soutbank, South Brisbane and walk across the bridge.
If you're South & have to go through the Carpark at Springwood as well as the one at Tarragindi, then I'd allow at least an hour to get to Brisbane CBD during peak! Bus(which is express from Springwood) from my front door is the same time, as is train (express from Loganlea) then walk.
Check out the Translink website for bus and train timetables as there are all sorts of options. I live on the southside, and start my commute from the bus interchange at Browns Plains. It takes about 50 - 55 minutes to reach the CBD via bus. I find it relaxing; no need to battle with traffic, just sit back with a book.
depends where you live & public transport availability
if you're renting, just go for inner city or cbd studio shoebox within walking distance to your workplace
else spend 2k pa + commute time on public transport