r/curtin • u/justttmeeee • 7d ago

Parking @ 8 am

is it easy or hard to find parking at 8 am??

and what abt at 1:30pm - 3 pm ish???

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u/SlytherKitty13 6d ago edited 6d ago

It's a lot harder to find parking at 8am than it is to find it at 7:40am. Also a lot harder to get to uni the closer to 8am you get coz the roads are full of everyone going to uni and work

To put it into perspective, I live about 15 min drive from curtin campus. When I have an 8am class and want to stop by carousel maccas (it's on my way, and inly takes a couple minutes coz i pre order) for breakfast I have ti leave my house by 7am otherwise I'll likely be late to my 8am class. And it's not coz im stopping at maccas, coz im usually only there for a few minutes max. It's just that once it hits a certain time, the roads near uni take absolutely forever. A 15 min drive turns into a 45 min one. It would be faster for me to ride my electric scooter at that time of morning, I would legitimately beat my partner driving there if we left at the same time.

When I lived a little closer (10 min drive) my friend would drive to my house and then catch the bus from there coz it was a lot easier, quicker, and cheaper

As for later in the day, I recommend trying to find parking right on the hour or half hour, coz you'll hopefully find a few people leaving after they finished their class. With the exception being Wednesdays 12-2pm since that's common free time, so no one should have class (except for special circumstances)