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Hey all,
I know a couple of people have questions - or will have questions - about how to get to Mq, whether to bother buying an yearly parking pass, etc etc. Let's have them all here so it's easy to for the first-years to find
My four tips are:
A) If you're planning on driving to MQ more than once a week, I suggest that you get yourself the yearly parking pass thingo. It'll cost around $130, but it's totally worth it - I'll let someone else do the math. It doesn't just work out economically, but reduces the need for you to park your car, run to the little permit meter thing, then run back to your car to stick the bit of paper under the winder, then run for your class - which would totally suck if you are already running late.
B) Yes, you do actually have to do this whole cumbersome running thing if you don't have a parking pass. We have security people that walk around every day checking that people have paid for their parking and are parked legally - if you park on "do not park here" areas, you WILL be fined.
C) If you're planning on parking at MQ, try to avoid the 10am-2pm (peak hour) times even if it means arranging to get to Uni early. Most people have lectures/tutes during these hours so not a lot of people will leave uni... and there is nothing worse than driving round and round the carpark trying to find a place to park when there isn't any! (which means you'll probably have to park at Macquarie Centre and walk to your class from there... and then walk back later!) This double sucks if you only arrived at Uni just in time for your class.
D) And finally... if you HAVE to drive in at the yucky 10am-2pm timeslot, do yourself a favour and try to arrive at 5 or 10 to. Why? Because lectures finish at 5 to the hour. It normally takes them five to fifteen minutes to walk to their cars - and you get about ten minutes to grab the empty lots while they're there (what am I saying... they're not empty! You have to "tail" your targets, moving really slowly... lol). After that, they will basically be all gone and you may have to wait another hour for the next lectures/tutes to finish and for people to vacate their parking spaces.
Enjoy!
I know a couple of people have questions - or will have questions - about how to get to Mq, whether to bother buying an yearly parking pass, etc etc. Let's have them all here so it's easy to for the first-years to find
My four tips are:
A) If you're planning on driving to MQ more than once a week, I suggest that you get yourself the yearly parking pass thingo. It'll cost around $130, but it's totally worth it - I'll let someone else do the math. It doesn't just work out economically, but reduces the need for you to park your car, run to the little permit meter thing, then run back to your car to stick the bit of paper under the winder, then run for your class - which would totally suck if you are already running late.
B) Yes, you do actually have to do this whole cumbersome running thing if you don't have a parking pass. We have security people that walk around every day checking that people have paid for their parking and are parked legally - if you park on "do not park here" areas, you WILL be fined.
C) If you're planning on parking at MQ, try to avoid the 10am-2pm (peak hour) times even if it means arranging to get to Uni early. Most people have lectures/tutes during these hours so not a lot of people will leave uni... and there is nothing worse than driving round and round the carpark trying to find a place to park when there isn't any! (which means you'll probably have to park at Macquarie Centre and walk to your class from there... and then walk back later!) This double sucks if you only arrived at Uni just in time for your class.
D) And finally... if you HAVE to drive in at the yucky 10am-2pm timeslot, do yourself a favour and try to arrive at 5 or 10 to. Why? Because lectures finish at 5 to the hour. It normally takes them five to fifteen minutes to walk to their cars - and you get about ten minutes to grab the empty lots while they're there (what am I saying... they're not empty! You have to "tail" your targets, moving really slowly... lol). After that, they will basically be all gone and you may have to wait another hour for the next lectures/tutes to finish and for people to vacate their parking spaces.
Enjoy!
