[Canberra-pm] Next Canberra Perl Mongers meeting: Wednesday 19th November

[Alex Satrapa]

On 15/11/2008, at 14:31 , Jacinta Richardson wrote:

> Special request:  If anyone can tell me what bus route goes up past  
> the Rex at 	
> 	150 Northbourne Ave, that would make my life much easier.

Apologies if this has already been addressed, I'm just catching up  
with stuff after three days without Internet access ;)

A safe bet is the 30[1], however you should find a bus from any of  
about 6 routes going past about every 5 minutes during most of the  
day. All the ones heading South will end up at the City Interchange,  
all the ones going North will go at least as far at the traffic lights  
on Northbourne Avenue/Mouat Street, which is a short walk from the  
Dickson eatery precinct.

For the North-bound trip from City Interchange, pick any bus stop on  
Northbourne Avenue such as just outside the Jolimont Centre.

Fares are $3 a trip for adults, though you should be able to buy a Day  
Tripper ticket on the bus for $6.60. There is a "Shopper's Off-peak"  
ticket available for $4.10, which lets you ride any time between  
9am-4:30pm, and after 6pm weekdays, all day weekends and public  
holidays.

ACTION routes are not yet available on Google Transit[1] - other  
Canberrans might want to contact their local Legislative Assembly  
member to raise some political pressure for such a project to be  
undertaken.

Regards
Alex

[1] ACTION bus route 30 timetable and map: http://www.action.act.gov.au/Weekday-2008Network/Route_30.html
[2] Google Transit: http://www.google.com/transit