Goulburn-Canberra transport options?

A modern common rail or direct injection diesel car (eg hyundai I30, VW polo? would easily rival a 250 bike on a goulburn commute.

For a while we had a scooter and a 1.1litre car. The car used about 1/3 more petrol than the scooter. And fits a lot more groceries!

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One option maybe worth a look at, is Greyhound or some other coachline that travels from Jolimont to Sydney, via Goulburn. I was on a bus to Sydney once, when a lady who’d obviously just come from work joined the bus bound for goulburn, she was obviously a regular traveller, given her conversation with the driver throughout the trip.

Upon checking the prices, it looks to be about the same as Murrays, however you may find you can get a commuter deal if you pre-pay for a month in advance or purchase a ‘pass’.

When i was a kid my Dad used to have reason to visit the Goulburn races. He said that if you considered a map of Australia in the shape of a horse, Goulburn would be found just under the tail

Spending 3 hours a day commuting to work. How much is 15 hours a week worth to a person? Nothing if it’s spent commuting. And the monetory cost is considerable. Get a second part time job to pay off a larger mortgage closer to where you work if this is the reason for picking Goulburn.

Just a bit of unsolicited advice, worth nothing, and as astrojax points out not the point of the post but not totally unrelated.

Does a scooter really do much better fuel economy wise that a $12990 drive away buzz box on a high speed cruise? I wouldn’t have thoght there’d be much in it.

why would you move to goulburn if your job is in canberra?

perhaps her longer term aspirations are? i didn’t think this a forum questioning the motives, just the transport options.

I’d get a motor bike – even a good scooter on the markets these days are very capable inter-town transport solutions (i oughta write catalogues) and would be a cheap alternative, while being much more flexible – if more chilly and damp on some occasions… : )

el said :

Has she ever actually been to that shithole?

What? To find out that it isn’t one? I had always thought I wouldn’t want to move to Goulburn, but my job takes me there a few times a month and I’m really starting to like it.

I imagine, though, that the only practical option is to car pool. I’m not sure how useful it is, but I know of two sites where you can meet up with carpoolers:
http://www.ozcarpool.com.au/
http://www.thecarpool.com.au/site/index.cfm

Has she ever actually been to that shithole?