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Old 04-11-2007, 08:46 AM   #1
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I was just wondering how far do people travel to get to work.

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Old 04-11-2007, 09:02 AM   #2
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Around 35 K's each way for me, most of it on the freeway.
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Old 04-11-2007, 09:11 AM   #3
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About 150kms each way, all highway.
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Old 04-11-2007, 09:23 AM   #4
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8km each way.
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Old 04-11-2007, 09:32 AM   #5
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1.5 kms
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:03 AM   #6
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.8ks Monday to Thursday and 5ks on friday...
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:29 AM   #7
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75k's each way so 150/day
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:31 AM   #8
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i travel 2.5kms each day to get work...takes about 7minutes loves it
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:35 AM   #9
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From my drive way to my work car park is exactly 29k's. No traffic lights, only one round about. And up until 12 months ago we had about 5k's of (//) highway to enjoy. Not anymore though. It takes about 20minutes to drive.
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:40 AM   #10
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120k each way by car and about 30 pages of a book by train.
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:46 AM   #11
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About 10 mins. 8 sets of traffic lights !!!
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:50 AM   #12
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60K's one way, so 120K's a day..
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:51 AM   #13
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My full time job takes about 5-8 minutes to get to (depending on traffic) and my part time job only takes me about 20 or so seconds by car or a 3 minute walk (its quite literally up the road)
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:54 AM   #14
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48km one way.
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Old 04-11-2007, 11:05 AM   #15
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It takes around 15 minture to travle 7 kays ........thats what you get when you are in Perth ,the City of Lights
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Old 04-11-2007, 11:13 AM   #16
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used to be 8ks each way, when I start working for dad it's about 12ks
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Old 04-11-2007, 11:35 AM   #17
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about 5 minutes each way.
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Old 04-11-2007, 11:49 AM   #18
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I used to drive 3 min to work , 1 T intersection 2 corners and 1 roundabout's .

Now my work is driving around , So I drive anywhere from 30 to 200km just to start then work around that area till I finish , So maybe another 200km that day.

My Partner drives 65km each way , All highway.
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Old 04-11-2007, 11:55 AM   #19
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takes me about 5 minutes to get to work
2 sets of lights and 3 roundabouts.
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Old 04-11-2007, 12:59 PM   #20
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25 kms each way. 100km/h for most of it and little traffic, besides the one moron sitting on 60!!!!!

My last job was 9,000 kms from home though. A ship based in the Caribbean. Luckily it was only every 14 weeks though!!!!
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Old 04-11-2007, 01:07 PM   #21
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10k's a day.

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Old 04-11-2007, 02:04 PM   #22
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29 Miles each way, All Highway sitting on around 80 MPH then if some moron smashes it comes to a screaming halt.....
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Old 04-11-2007, 03:36 PM   #23
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About 150km each way from Canberra to Coota, but I'll stay in Coota for up to a week.
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Old 04-11-2007, 04:02 PM   #24
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About 2-3k's each way

9mins by car
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Old 04-11-2007, 04:02 PM   #25
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31.4k's each way for me, 6 days a week, and when I play music, usually round 120k's each way maybe twice a month.
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Old 04-11-2007, 06:16 PM   #26
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17.5 km's each way
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Old 04-11-2007, 06:29 PM   #27
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Average 450-500km a week, work is around 80k's a day, Leave home at 5:05am been doing that for close to 3 years and it's getting fairly repetitive, will move to another company in the next year, likely in the mining sector, More travel yes, but at least i am paid to drive or fly and it's the company's car and not my own.

Done 30,000km this year so far.
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Old 04-11-2007, 08:36 PM   #28
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30km each way. That's 60 a day.
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Old 04-11-2007, 09:13 PM   #29
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20 mins on the train each way.
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Old 04-11-2007, 09:49 PM   #30
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Me, around 900kms each way!!
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