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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Is it possible to look for jobs in Perth without a car?

I am a new migrant so probably would not buy a car for a start....intend to stay near the CBD. Would public transport bring me to most of the places I need to go for interviews?
Is it possible to look for jobs in Perth without a car?
I'm with Billybean, if you plane to live and work close or within the CBD then public transport is the go. Its ridiculously subsidised to the point where you entire travel for the day will almost certainly cost less than just your car parking. Buses in the CBD are free too.





Then again if you live in the suburbs and are going to somewhere other than Perth CBD, the system is crap. For example to get to a recent place of work from my home (8kms as the crow flies) required three bus changes, an hour travel in all and I would have to walk almost as far as I rode.
Reply:Hi there, no not really. Perth is very spread out so it will be quiet a bit harder to get a job without a car.


Good luck, Perth is a cool city.
Reply:Just search for a job in the CBD because most people there don't drive to work anyway! Public transport is known to be good but you wouldn't want to be travelling too far from where you live (hense the reason for getting a job in the CBD)


It would be better having a car because being in a new city (and country) it may be difficult to find your way around using public transport. But there are many people that do it!
Reply:If you plan on living and working near the CBD, then no, a car would be as much of a hindrance as a help - think traffic jams %26amp; expensive parking.


Perth is very small really. You can walk the lenght of St George's %26amp; Adelaide Terrace in under 30 minutes.


On the other hand, if you plan on working in one of the more outlying suburbs, then a car becomes quite a necessity.

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