Traffic has been absolutely terrible in Sydney from the Bankstown area to North Ryde - More so than the usual. For six months it was manageable with the occasional traffic day every couple of weeks but nothing major - No more than an hour's drive, often less. However for the last 3 weeks it has been absolutely awful. One day it took me 2.5 hours to get to work but several days it's been an hour and a half, even two. To give you an idea off distance, if I drive off peak, it doesn't take more than 30 minutes. During the holiday season it was just 20.

It's so crazy and unpredictable that once I left an hour early to arrive 30 minutes late and another time I left late only to arrive early!

Today was the last straw as I was stuck in traffic for 30 minutes but only moved 3 car spaces forward during that time. Worse still was that I was only 1 km away from work! I was very tempted to just abandon the car and walk.

As a result I have even more contempt for our backwards and badly designed road system and will be forced to brave our backwards and inadequate public transport system. It will be bad but at this point, it is the lesser of the two evils.

Shame, having the car gave me a lot of freedom. Now I won't be able to go to the gym at lunch hour or drive to an nice cafe or restaurant for lunch. Sucks donkey balls