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Getting to school (2 Viewers)

What would be your limit on how far you have to travel to school?

  • Under 10 mins (eg. Across the road)

    Votes: 8 11.9%
  • 10 - 30 mins (eg. In the suburb)

    Votes: 21 31.3%
  • 30mins - 1hr (eg. Hop on a bus)

    Votes: 25 37.3%
  • 1hr - 1.5hr (eg. Train, bus)

    Votes: 11 16.4%
  • 1.5hr + (eg. Other side of Syd)

    Votes: 2 3.0%

  • Total voters
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Lainee

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Originally posted by mazza_728
dad drives me- around 15 mins.. would take 10 mins with a good driver but dad is still unsure which is the accelerator and which is the brake it seems.
An understandable mistake :p I swear my dad still tries to race with the cars in the other lanes on the rare occasion that he drives me to school. Me, my mum and sis all swish in the back cause we're all too afraid to sit in the front seat. :p
 

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car = 5 mins
walk = 35 mins
bus = 10 mins (to walk to bus takes about 15 mins tho...)
 

iambored

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i would not travel more than 1hr, then it just gets too long
 

SKA

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well im from wollongong... we always get forgotten...

n i catch bus too skool takes like 30mins
 

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mornin bus - bout 45min (plus bout 10min walk)
arvo bus - bout 1hr (plus bout 20min walk)
car - 15-20min drive
 

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on the way back from school i went to shopping centre, to get a cup of "GJ coffee" and buy some stationary after shopping i went to library to borrow/ return books and then go home. i finish shool at 3pm got home about 5pm
 

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well, i just get to skool by train...but i gotta get off and change trains though, which is a hassle....and also sometimes, my dad gives me a lift. :D
 

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So.... Anybody else catch the tram? *dodges rocks pelted at him for suggesting such a concept*
 

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5 mins by car 15 mins walking.... I couldn't concieve travelling more than half an hour to go to school.... out here, it's a foreign concept!!! To drive for 1.5-2 hours.... you would be halfway to melbourne lol!!!!!!
 

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Yeah 1/2 an hour I could be at any school in the city.
 

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approx 35min on the bus to local public high school, but i live on a farm out of town..
 

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it takes me about 10minutes by car to get to school. I can't imagine spending more than 1/2 an hour to get to school!! even for selective it'd only take me 20ish minutes to get there
 

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Originally posted by Maximus
So.... Anybody else catch the tram? *dodges rocks pelted at him for suggesting such a concept*
Heheh, 45 minutes on train. :) Takes me 25 mins to get to my station (walk and bus) and then the 45 minute train ride, and then 15 min bus into school. Try doing that twice a day folks... tiring stuff.

EDIT: Takes so long because I live far out west. The closest train station is scary to catch the bus to in the mornings and has less trains then the other one, so I take the 2nd closest one.
 
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cro_angel

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yeh theres people who travel to my school from the blue mountains area.. more than an hour on the train then they have to walk like 15 mins from the station
they still manage to get there in time for 8am classes
 

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Originally posted by Aussiechick
even for selective it'd only take me 20ish minutes to get there
if i went selective, it'd b quicker lol 15-20 min...evil private skool...oh well, the closest skool is only 10-15 min walk...meh..me likes my skool's rep n status lolz
 
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Numero Uno

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Originally posted by Lainee
Heheh, 45 minutes on train. :) Takes me 25 mins to get to my station (walk and bus) and then the 45 minute train ride, and then 15 min bus into school. Try doing that twice a day folks... tiring stuff.
Hmm looks at ur profile ...

Happy Birthday

bah in my old school i use to wake up at 8:30 and i would be at school by 8:45
 

Lainee

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Stupid selective school prestige stuffed me up. I was destined to go to a nearby private school which I can just walk to and sleep til like 8 if I wanted to. >.< But nooo... have to get up at 6.30 and suffer the agony of public transport (really bad in this hot weather in the arvos omg)
 

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