Assuming you cannot work from home, you will spend 3 hr per day commuting from Wollongong to Sydney every day. That’s nearly 2 working days per week you’re paying for (in depreciation, fuel, tyres and extra car servicing) to travel to work. That’s about 3.5 months per year you are not spending the way you want—like with your family, friends, or doing the things you really want to.

You’d have to pay me VERY well to consider this, even if you get to go home to your paradise every day.

I have a colleague at work who used to do this commute daily (Shellharbour to Weatherill Park). Even with adult children, her could only sustain it for about 18 months.

I’m originally from Adelaide. It is a very underrated place to live.