After a few weeks of looking in vain- of hot grumpy drives around Sydney and extended hours of internet trawling, we found one! it is pretty exciting to buy a car together for the first time. It is already ten years old and a bit shabby- but we are very proud owners of a white Subaru Forester.
Unfortunately it is in Tenterfield, two hours drive north of here. We were excited at the prospect of catching a bus up there and then driving home. But it turns out the price of the bus fare one way for the two of us is $120 dollars. This seems a bit prohibitive- and as usual I am trying to work out what is the most environmentally sound way to do it- hitch-hike? ( do people still do that in Australia...?, catch the bus? drive another car there and then drive two back? ride our bikes (198kms).
My office-mate tells me the buses used to be cheaper, and people used to catch them more, but now in this area they are becomming redundant. Everyone uses a car- and to my knowledge no-one hitch-hikes. Hmm.
I wonder if there is some sort of country NSW website for car-pooling? Any ideas?
