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Most Australians take more than 30 minutes to get to work. How does that compare to other countries? (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] trk@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

During school holidays, my commute is around 25 minutes each way.

Outside of school holidays, my commute is around 40 minutes each way.

How do kids who start school at 9:00am ruin my commute at 6:30am?

[–] Oneser@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't tell if this is a sarcastic comment, but just in case it isn't: Because during holidays, a noticeable enough percentage of the people who join your commute at 6:30am, have decided to not go to work that day and will instead enjoy a day with their offspring.

It's also a good time to remind everyone that the train however, if an option, will be equally fast regardless of school holiday periods.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Not only that but those parents do a double commute. School drop off and work commute. Before school care starts at 7am at my sons school. I start at 7:45 so hes dropped before 7:30.

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I don't know, but I used to commute about an hour and a half to get to my first high school. I went by public transport though. It was only a 20 minute drive, too, which really made it suck