Well the good news is, there are some cheaper parking available if you know where to find them. Here's what I've done so far. Just be mindful that I work in St. Leonards, NSW, so the stuff I'm gonna mention here are particular to that area.
Streets with Free Parking
If you don't mind walking a bit, say 5-10 minutes, and you come to office quite early, there are actually a good number of streets that allow free parking (ie, no time restrictions). My office is just across the street of St. Leonards Train Station (see A in Map), so if I go south to Canberra and Marshall Sts (marked red in map), I can find a lot of no-restriction street parking there. It's the same when I walk northbound to Naremburn. There are plenty of free parking there but the walk is a bit longer.
My only problem here is, my work starts at 9am and by the time I reach that area, there'd be no more space left.
- Private car parks for Rent
If you look at gumtree, you'd see a lot of ads from people renting out their car space. The average rate right now is around $50/wk and i suppose you can negotiate to about $45 or $40. That's not a bad deal anymore, considering the cheapest weekly train ticket you'll find is $33. For just another $12, you'd save yourself a lot of time from waiting for trains and feeder buses, and be in the comfort of your own car.
To save even more, what I did was look for someone renting out a room (ie, looking for flat mates), asked if they had an unused parking space and offered to rent it. I managed to get myself a car space just 2 minutes away from the office and for only $35/wk. The best thing is, Lani and I work in the same office, so it's as good as a 2-for-1 deal for me. Nice, huh?
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