View Full Version : I need some help!
joshhem
10 Jan 2001, 11:04
Ok all you guys that go to the gabba, what r we to do.....
There is the new 2 hour parking limit in the surrounding area...What r u guys going to do????? I really can't see me going out of the ground half way through a match just to move the car.
Sure I don't mind catching a bus from carindale, except that It's going to add to the costs of the day.....What r u guys going to do??
Beausgirl43
10 Jan 2001, 11:46
Hey Joshy Boy, how ya doin man?
I always go really early to the games so I get a decent park near the ground. It gives me a chance to watch the Cubs play or a great game of the local stuff.
But I can understand where your coming from.
cheers...
Gordon Nöel
10 Jan 2001, 11:49
Doesn't worry me cos I roller-blade everywhere! http://www.bigfooty.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
joshhem
10 Jan 2001, 12:40
Beaus gurl, We always come early to the ground as well, but with this new system, the earlier you come, the more you have to move your car. Cause the rule applies to all parking spots, unless you are paying to park in somebody's yard.
We park in the Lions (the charity group) car parks each game. I think it is worth a $5 donation to their medical research fund to park so close to the Gabba.
amazonstud
10 Jan 2001, 14:42
Joshem,
When I go to the Gabba I normally park up near Longlands St. It's about a 5 minute walk to the ground (approx 5 blocks)and when you leave you can either turn onto Vulture St or if you are going the other way into Stanley St.
I don't believe its a 2 hour limit there unless the Council have changed it recently.
joshhem
10 Jan 2001, 18:09
Yeah that's where we usually park, but only very recently the council introduce that rule. I think it's their way of promoting the bus way. If you drive along (Vulture? Stanly?) street, there are big electronic signs on match days (at the cricket) that say it. And the sign is about 5km from the ground.
We also got a notice about it the last lions game at the gabba last year. It's really stupid!
brissy_lionsgal
11 Jan 2001, 09:56
I think that one way to solve the car parking problem is to open up the school as a car park. They could charge $5 a car and give the school a large percentage of the profits.
While there is no way that this would completely fix the problem, it wouldn't be a bad idea for both parties. The school gets the money from the lions for using their land as a car park, and people would arrive earlier at the game to get a good car park, and therefore they might watch the reserve game and give their support to the Cubs.
There is another idea, but that involves holding a little garden gnome (aka Lord Mayor Jim) hostage until the parking restrictions are lifted. http://www.bigfooty.com/ubb/smile.gif
i think we will either pay for parking but to get it now i guess we will have to come super early which is not possible all the time eg. saturday night games, when u play footy on saturdays you don't leave the club till after 6pm let alone get to a game before 7pm, i think with five of us with tickets we will either catch taxis which will probably end up cheaper then driving to a shopping centre then getting on a bus. I am not 100%sure, but with ticket prices continually escalating this is another expense that pisses us all off.
Isn't the school already used for parking? I know that it used to be.
Quite a few years ago, we 'the supporters' were able to buy a 'season' parking ticket for the school grounds, it was some small fee like $60 for the season or something. But for the last few years, it has been allocated for the Corporate Members to park there.
joshhem
11 Jan 2001, 11:22
That's not too bad....I just heard on the radio, If you have prepurchased tickets you get free public transport, But still If your like me and are members of the gabba trust, we can't repurchase tickets and thus we have to pay for our transport http://www.bigfooty.com/ubb/frown.gif
InTheBack!
12 Jan 2001, 08:51
we live very close to the gabba so this dosent worry us so much as we can walk.
free buses would do the trick. if the council wants people out of their cars then they have to put out
it's stupid when a family can catch a taxi with all it's conveniences & work out cheaper than bus fares.
joshhem
14 Jan 2001, 13:56
We ended up still driving to the cricket and parking on one of the side streets about 5kms away.....This was the closest available not in the 15min parking zone.....That was ok for a 15,000 croud, but for a full house I pitty the ppl coming late!!!
Beausgirl43
17 Feb 2001, 09:01
Hi Joshy.
cheers...