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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

4 Ways to Get Smart about Perth Public Transport

It has been quite a while since I used public transport but the other day, when we went to the Good Food and Wine Show, I was quite surprised how much public transport can cost if you don't know what you are doing. When I worked it out, it was probably cheaper to bring the car into the city and pay for parking.
Transperth Fares Effective 1 July 2013
 STANDARD
 CONCESSION
 Cash 
 SmartRider - cost per journey
 Cash
 SmartRider - cost per journey 
 15% discount
 25% discount 

  15% discount
 25% discount 
 2 Sections 
 $2.00
 $1.70
 $1.50
$0.80
 $0.68
 $0.60
 1 Zone
 $2.80
 $2.38
 $2.10
$1.10
 $0.94
 $0.83
 2 Zones
 $4.20
 $3.57
 $3.15
$1.70
 $1.45
 $1.28
 3 Zones
 $5.10
 $4.34
 $3.83
$2.00
 $1.70
 $1.50
 4 Zones
 $6.10
 $5.19
 $4.58
$2.40
 $2.04
 $1.80
 5 Zones
 $7.50
 $6.38
 $5.63
$3.00
 $2.55
 $2.25
 6 Zones
 $8.50
 $7.23
 $6.38
$3.40
 $2.89
 $2.55
 7 Zones
 $9.90
 $8.42
 $7.43
$4.00
 $3.40
 $3.00
 8 Zones
 $10.70
 $9.10
 $8.03
$4.30
 $3.66
 $3.23
 9 Zones
 $11.60
 $9.86
 $8.70
$4.60
 $3.91
 $3.45
 DayRider
 $11.60

$4.60
 $3.45
 $3.45
 FamilyRider 
 $11.60



 Student



 50 cents - no discount
All fares GST inclusive. Fares calculated are rounded to the nearest whole cent based on normal rounding convention    

1. SmartRider discounts If two people travel to the City from Murdoch Station, a round trip will cost as much as $16.80 or as low as $12.60 depending on whether you get a discount or not. If you have a SmartRider card, but you load credit in manually, you get 15% off until all your credit runs out. If you have a SmartRider and the last time you loaded credit in was automatically through autoload, you get 25% off all your trips until you next load credit.

So, if you have SmartRider and you nominate to autoload, here's some tips to keep your 25% discount

  • Don't load credit into your card manually unless you don't have enough funds in your bank/credit card 
  • If you do load manually, load the minimum amount as you will only get 15% until you get down to your next autoload. 
  • If credit falls below the threshhold, don't panic. Your SmartRider will only autoload once all your credit is used up without penalty as long as you have sufficient money in your nominated credit card or bank account for the autoload to go through
  • If you are a rewards points earner, why not direct debit from your Visa/Mastercard credit card rather than from your bank account? 
  • Some banks charge dishonour fees around $25 so make sure your bank account has enough money for your SmartRider autoloads. It could be a very expensive autoload!
2. "Family" Rider Remember that  you may be able to purchase a FamilyRider which will only cost $11.60 for all day travel. From the Transperth website, a FamilyRider: 
Allows unlimited system-wide travel for a group of up to seven people (two of whom can be standard fare passengers) on
  • weekends and public holidays 
  • after 6.00pm Monday to Thursday 
  • after 3.00pm on Fridays  
  • after 8.30am in zones 5 to 9 during school holidays.
FamilyRider is only available as a cash ticket on the day of travel.
3. Free Public Transport Many events such as Wildcats games, AFL games and some concerts include free Transperth travel before and after the event so look out for those.

4. Concession card holder The best thing offered by Transperth are the concession card holder discounts. If you are a student or a seniors card holder, make sure you get a SmartRider with concession card rates! It may only cost you 50c to travel on Perth public transport if you are a student or even free if you are senior card holder.

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Monday, July 1, 2013

Australia Post Locations Open After 5pm

Don't you hate getting to the post office and finding out that it's already closed??? Australia Post offices have no standard and some are getting lazier and opening shorter hours.

Here's a list of all the Post Offices that open past 5pm on a week day. The reason for posting this is to reward those franchises that make that extra effort to accommodate everyone's busy schedules to open just that little bit longer.

Applecross North LPO 6.73kms
Unit 1 40 Ardross St  Applecross  WA  6153
(08)9364 1986
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri9:00am - 5:15pm
Saturday9:00am - 2:00pm
Sunday Closed

Subiaco East LPO 2.47kms
177 Hay St  Subiaco  WA  6008
(08)9381 1795
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri7:00am - 5:30pm
Saturday7:30am - 12:00pm
Sunday Closed

Subiaco Nicholson Rd LPO 4.12kms
214 Nicholson Rd  Subiaco  WA  6008
(08)9381 1358
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday8:30am - 12:00pm
Sunday Closed

Como LPO 4.24kms
262b Canning Hwy  Como  WA  6152
(08)9367 1743
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday9:00am - 12:00pm
Sunday Closed

Maylands LPO 4.24kms
56-58 Eighth Ave  Maylands  WA  6051
(08)9271 3376
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday9:00am - 12:00pm
Sunday Closed

Shenton Park LPO 4.34kms
1/189 Onslow Rd  Shenton Park  WA  6008
(08)9381 1807
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday8:30am - 12:30pm
Sunday Closed

Como Beach LPO 4.55kms
25 Preston Street  Como  WA  6152
(08)9367 2561
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday8:30am - 12:30pm
Sunday Closed

Broadway Nedlands LPO 5.28kms
88 Broadway  Crawley  WA  6009
13 13 18
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday9:00am - 12:00pm
Sunday Closed

Bedford West LPO 5.52kms
180b Grand Prom  Bedford  WA  6052
(08)9271 1327
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri6:00am - 5:30pm
Saturday6:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday Closed

Bedford LPO 5.53kms
60a Walter Rd W  Bedford  WA  6052
(08)9271 5934
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri7:00am - 5:30pm
Saturday7:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday Closed

Churchlands LPO 5.81kms
5 Flynn Street  Churchlands  WA  6018
(08)9387 2455
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri7:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday7:30am - 5:00pm
Sunday Closed

Bayswater LPO 6.44kms
85 Whatley Cr  Bayswater  WA  6053
(08)9271 1111
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday8:30am - 12:30pm
Sunday Closed

Canning Bridge Applecross LPO 6.66kms
902 Canning Hwy  Applecross  WA  6153
(08)9364 1670
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday9:00am - 12:00pm
Sunday Closed

Claremont North LPO 6.85kms
8 Ashton Ave  Claremont  WA  6010
(08)9384 4108
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday8:30am - 12:30pm
Sunday Closed

Carlisle South LPO 6.85kms
98 Oats St  Carlisle  WA  6101
(08)9361 3780
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday9:00am - 1:00pm
Sunday Closed

Karawara LPO 7.09kms
37 Walanna Drive  Karawara  WA  6152
(08)9450 5020
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:00am - 5:30pm
Saturday8:00am - 2:00pm
Sunday Closed

Dalkeith LPO 7.25kms
81 Waratah Avenue  Dalkeith  WA  6009
(08)9386 1991
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:00am - 5:30pm
Saturday8:00am - 2:00pm
Sunday Closed

Woodlands LPO 7.9kms
84 Rosewood Ave  Woodlands  WA  6018
(08)9446 4815
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri7:00am - 5:30pm
Saturday7:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday Closed

Burswood LPO 4.33kms
277 Great Eastern Hwy  Burswood  WA  6100
(08)9361 3380
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri7:30am - 6:00pm
Sat - SunClosed

Carlisle North LPO 5.96kms
18 Archer St  Carlisle  WA  6101
(08)9472 0244
Opening hours*
Mon - Fri8:30am - 6:00pm
Saturday8:30am - 1:00pm
Sunday Closed