Skybus from Box Hill to the airport - good idea or disaster?
SOLVED!
It seems my previous experience of the longest and most torturous ride on the Skybus must have fallen on the worst day of the year, plagued by endless diversion from roadworks and accidents, or a new driver that lost their way. I’m happy to be proven the exception and not the rule. Thanks to those that pointed out to check for any bus replacement services, and everyone who chipped in with their personal experiences.
Thank you for your attention to this matter 🫡
Mother and I are heading interstate this weekend for a family function and flying up (but not returning) together. She lives in Box Hill and I live in Coburg, so I told her to just drive to my house, we’ll get an Uber together, and when she returns on Sunday arvo (she’s coming back earlier than me) she can just get a cab to my house, jump in her car and drive herself home.
She is insistent on taking the Skybus no matter how much I try and convince her otherwise. I myself took it once about 15 years ago when I lived in Brunswick and it was a fking nightmare, and that was a similar time of day, it wasn’t about traffic, just the length of the route. Her motivations to return earlier than me is she wants “time to prepare for work on Monday” but stuck on a skybus seems like a waste of the time you’re trying to claw back.
Would love to know if anyone from round the east has made a similar journey, was my experience the rule or the exception?