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No Toll Charges across The Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel on Anzac Day from 12am to 12pm

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No Toll Charges across The Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel on Anzac Day from 12am to 12pm
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A lot of people don't know about this freebie, but for the past twelve years, the tolls on the Harbour Bridge and Tunnel have been waived on Anzac Day mornings to help people get to dawn services.

So if you live north of Sydney Harbour and are the type of person who refuses to use toll roads based on principle or whatever, this is your once a year chance to get a free ride into the city on the Harbour Bridge or Harbour Tunnel. That is, unless you'd like to try this method of getting free crossings of the Harbour Bridge, which should work every day of the year.

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  • kerfuffle on 21/04/2017 - 19:11

    Heaps of road closures though …

  • pauper on 21/04/2017 - 19:27

    Thanks for letting us know.

  • MMM on 21/04/2017 - 19:39
    -5

    fly to Sydney -> cross the bridge coz its FREEEEE = OZBargain

    • mubd1234 on 21/04/2017 - 20:17
      +1

      There's only a toll heading southbound into the city, so you'd need to cross the bridge once north coming from the airport, and again in order to take advantage this freebie.

      • Thenarrator on 23/04/2017 - 00:25

        i thought theres toll going northbound in the sydney harbour tunnel?

        • mubd1234 on 23/04/2017 - 00:52

          No

          There's a toll for the Eastern Distributor though

    • Turd on 21/04/2017 - 21:39
      +4

      One step closer to owning Sydney Properties!

      • MathNerd on 21/04/2017 - 22:41

        Damnit Turd you beat me to it!!!

      • Scrooge McDuck on 22/04/2017 - 00:25

        So if I cross it a million times I could save enough to buy a house? 🤔

  • Ughhh on 21/04/2017 - 20:23
    +8

    Ozbargain meetup there? Honk to let people know you're there. Will be spending the day crossing the bridge back and forths.

    • mubd1234 on 21/04/2017 - 20:48
      +31

      I can envisage it now…

      • dajackal on 21/04/2017 - 21:19
        +1

        omg lol. is there an ozB meme generator?

      • epicttiimm on 21/04/2017 - 21:34
        +3

        Need to photoshop an $80k investment car in that picture.

        • mubd1234 on 21/04/2017 - 21:45
          +5

          envisaged

        • dajackal on 21/04/2017 - 21:47

          @mubd1234: your envisaging skills are peerless!

        • mubd1234 on 21/04/2017 - 21:50
          +1

          @dajackal:

          The imagination-to-jpeg brain interface I bought off a local gypsy a few years ago really was the best investment I've ever made.

        • MathNerd on 21/04/2017 - 22:45
          +1

          @mubd1234: it was an investment with high yield, that's for sure!

        • DeepPocketsShortArms on 21/04/2017 - 23:19
          +1

          All true ozbargainers have high yield $80k investment cars.

  • 00 on 21/04/2017 - 20:51
    +2

    Do laps back and forth to get the most value.

  • BargainBenno on 21/04/2017 - 20:55

    So this freebie is only for going south? There is still toll to go north over the bridge.

    • mubd1234 on 21/04/2017 - 20:57
      +5

      There hasn't been a toll to go north over the bridge since 1970.

      • Averell on 21/04/2017 - 21:35

        Thanks.
        I never known this.
        I'm using Here maps, and it always consider this bridge toll free (both directions).

        How about the tunnel? is it free to go north as well?

        • retiredfeline on 21/04/2017 - 21:51

          Sure. If it did not track the bridge policy there would be an imbalance because people would prefer the bridge to go north.

          However there are tolls on some approach roads to the tunnel.

      • Tuba on 21/04/2017 - 22:10

        nvm… sort of answered.

  • ialam99 on 21/04/2017 - 21:00

    Is it just me or do other people not know the difference between 12am and 12pm? Is it noon to midnight or midnight to noon?

    • mubd1234 on 21/04/2017 - 21:03

      Midnight to midday.

      • WatchNerd on 21/04/2017 - 22:23

        So you never thought to look outside to see if it's daylight or dark at 12am or 12pm?

    • PJC on 21/04/2017 - 21:27

      There was no need to neg a civil question. Have a plus-vote.

    • 00 on 21/04/2017 - 21:29
      +4

      It is just you.

    • CrushJelly on 21/04/2017 - 21:39
      +1

      Easy way to remember is to add a minute

      12:01am is 1 minute into the next day. Which means 12:00am must be midnight

      12:01pm is 1 minute past midday. Which means 12:00pm must be midday.

      Easy!

      • theHMASfriendship on 21/04/2017 - 21:49
        -1

        12:01pm is 1 minute past midday. Which means 12:00pm must be midday.

        What a revelation!

        This can be applied to all hours of the day!

        1:01pm is 1 minute past 1pm, which means 1pm must be 1pm!

        Try it at home!

      • Findo on 21/04/2017 - 22:11

        For clarity, 2359 or 0001 is preferable to simply stating midnight. Which side of midnight does it fall on? Same with midday - 1159 or 1201 is more clear.

        • retiredfeline on 21/04/2017 - 22:18
          +5

          Yeah, it really irks me when statements say: Your service expires 21 April. Is that 0000 + 1s or 2359 + 59s? Or sometime during the day?

          No better when they say midnight 21 April. Is that between 20th and 21st or between 21st and 22nd?

          Best if they write 2359 21 April.

        • Findo on 21/04/2017 - 22:43
          +1

          @greenpossum: if only there was an Australian standard for denoting time and schools taught 24 hour time as standard time. ADFP 102 should be the handbook all Australians consult when they write. It's not a restricted publication and is readily available on the internet.

        • Scrooge McDuck on 22/04/2017 - 00:54

          For clarity, 2359 or 0001 is preferable to simply stating midnight. Which side of midnight does it fall on? Same with midday - 1159 or 1201 is more clear.

          Not really.

          0000/12 AM is midnight and 1200/12 PM is midday. They are specific moments in time just as distinct as 2359/11:59 PM or 0001/12:01 AM and 1159/11:59 AM or 1201/12:01 PM.

        • Scrooge McDuck on 22/04/2017 - 01:08

          @greenpossum:

          Yeah, it really irks me when statements say: Your service expires 21 April. Is that 0000 + 1s or 2359 + 59s? Or sometime during the day?

          Logically expiry should be at the beginning of the day stated. Just as when something is stated to end at "5 PM" it ends at 5:00 PM not 5:30 PM, 5:59 PM nor an infinitesimal moment before 6:00 PM. However, in practice expiry dates usually refer to the moment at the end of the day stated if not specified more precisely.

          No better when they say midnight 21 April. Is that between 20th and 21st or between 21st and 22nd?

          Midnight 21 April is within 21 April and the first moment after 20 April. However, often the moment in time 24 h later is misstatedly intended.

        • Scrooge McDuck on 22/04/2017 - 01:11

          @niggard:

          if only there was an Australian standard for denoting time and schools taught 24 hour time as standard time.

          The status quo is already unambiguous, the confusion simply arises from people's lack of understanding.

          If our systems of time were sought to be improved, the focus should be on metric time.

        • retiredfeline on 22/04/2017 - 01:40

          @Scrooge McDuck:

          Logically expiry should be at the beginning of the day stated. Just as when something is stated to end at "5 PM" it ends at 5:00 PM not 5:30 PM, 5:59 PM nor an infinitesimal moment before 6:00 PM. However, in practice expiry dates usually refer to the moment at the end of the day stated if not specified more precisely.

          Unfortunately it's not logical in the real world. But the slack tends to be in the consumer's favour. I have had texts saying it will expire 21 April but it's still active morning 22 April.

          Even worse still are those texts saying things expiry in 3 days. 3 days from now, 3 days from next midnight, 3rd day after today? Who knows?

          Face it, the best practice is a date and a time, and timezone too. It's not hard and doesn't take up lots of characters.

      • Scrooge McDuck on 22/04/2017 - 00:48
        -3

        Easy way to remember is to add a minute

        12:01am is 1 minute into the next day. Which means 12:00am must be midnight

        12:01pm is 1 minute past midday. Which means 12:00pm must be midday.

        Easy!

        That really isn't a logical mnemonic.

        Here's a counter-example which uses the same reasoning as yours:

        Easy way to remember is to subtract a minute.

        11:59pm is 1 minute before the next day. Which means 12:00pm must be midnight.

        11:59am is 1 minute before midday. Which means 12:00am must be midday.

        Easy!

    • UFO on 21/04/2017 - 21:50

      This seems to be a legitimate question, so I'll answer at face value to help.

      All you need to remember is that when all the hands of a clock face 12, it changes from whatever it was.

      11.59pm and 59 seconds is evening. Once it hits 12 o'clock exactly, it's AM.
      Same thing for noon.
      11.59am and 59 seconds is still morning. 12 noon on the button means it's now PM.

      Think of it in 24 hour time.
      23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds is the end of the day. There is no 24 "o'clock", it goes back to 00:00.00 to restart the new day, and a new "AM".

      AM = ante meridiem (latin for before noon/mid-day)

      PM = post meridiem (latin for after noon/mid-day)

      • callum9999 on 22/04/2017 - 14:49
        +1

        Unnecessarily complicated! Just learn that midnight is 12am - everything else is then obvious.

  • dajackal on 21/04/2017 - 21:52

    No mention of RRP

  • Iwantthatbargain on 21/04/2017 - 22:25

    Don't try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBHhdd9uaAc

  • zoecot on 21/04/2017 - 22:26

    i try to watch that youtube & dont understand……must be me😂

    • mubd1234 on 21/04/2017 - 22:32
      +4

      There's one set of toll booths on the northern side of the bridge for the leftmost two lanes, and another set of booths on the other side of the bridge in the CBD for all other lanes. These two sections are separated by a concrete barrier for most of the way except for a bit which is protected by those plastic bollards.

      By smashing through the barriers separating the two sections and damaging your car in the process, you can slip from the lanes which are yet to pay the toll over to the lanes which have already paid their toll.

      Cost of repairs to your car: $300. Not having to pay a toll: Priceless.

      • whitey1212 on 21/04/2017 - 23:47
        +2

        Until a few months ago when all tolls started being collected on the northern approach to the bridge :)

        • retiredfeline on 22/04/2017 - 02:55
          -2

          Sure? On the centre lanes there are no toll sensors until the southern end.

  • [Deactivated] on 21/04/2017 - 23:31

    WOWOWOW what a saving.

  • srhardy on 22/04/2017 - 12:14

    NOTHING SAYS OZZIE OZZIE OZZIE THAN A FREE TOLL OVER A BLOODY BRIDGE!

  • Most Wanted on 22/04/2017 - 12:15

    Sydney has Toll booths? ;-; poor sydney . here in Perth its 0 , and it better stay that way ;-)

    • megadeth on 23/04/2017 - 19:31

      Sydney has over two dozen toll booths… the SHB should be free though as they'd have recouped many times over the construction cost in the 100 years… the toll is a congestion charge…

      • Most Wanted on 24/04/2017 - 12:57

        congestion charge hahah people have to live and work there… just another goverment Scam

  • Hyena on 22/04/2017 - 19:54

    The only thing better than not having to pay the bridge toll on ANZAC day is not having to pay it every other day of the year, in Yen ;)

    • Most Wanted on 24/04/2017 - 12:59

      Wait? so you convert some coins to a ton load of worthless zen coins and the toll booth accepts it? which zen coin is it
      You should make a OZbargain Forum post telling everyone of this fantastic news

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