I was sitting around on Saturday lunchtime and I asked the bride what we were are doing for the rest of the day as I don’t really think to much about the weekends unless I have work to do on the house, I knew we had something on and I found out that we were gong on the City Hopper boat ride, so taking the kids out for an afternoon in Brisbane City.

I had never heard of it so I asked, is it free, yes, cool nana’s, let’s go.

So after lunch, we piled the kids into the car and headed off to the city at about 1.30 pm.

I did a little research about the City Hopper before we left Googling “City Hopper Timetable” first to see when they leave and also after I found the website, finding out where the City Hopper leaves from.

View from the Sydney Street Ferry Terminal looking right

I have been going down to Costco North Lakes since it opened, taking pictures, looking around, keeping an eye on things which includes what people are paying for petrol at Costco and I have to say the Costco petrol price at North Lakes has been great for us so far.

I have a work vehicle so I use this during the day but we do have a family car which the Bride uses for work and as the kids taxi as most of us do.

It is a fairly big car and so, a little thirsty on the gas (Not as bad as VW’s though, but that is another story….), so any savings or filling up at the top of the price cycle of fuel helps us out and puts a few more dollars back into our pocket.

It usually costs over $100 to fill our car and we have to do it about once or twice a month generally so Costco petrol station coming to the Brisbane Northside area was a bit exciting after doing plenty of reading on how cheap it was to buy.

We got our memberships and so we were just waiting for the car fuel to be down and the light just coming on so we can fill up the tank again, we went to Costco a few times before this and I have to tell you now, after going to the opening day, the traffic is still really bad during most peak times through the week and just ridiculous at certain times over the weekend, so I can say this….

Time your run if you are travelling to Costco North Lakes and make sure you allow for extra time too so you won’t be stressed if you do get caught up in the traffic jams and also the long lines that are still occurring to get membership cards.

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