Ah, yes, the old commute discussion- I'm nice and close, 10km by car or 15 on the bike (I'm not brave/silly enough to ride on the shoulder of a 100km/h freeway), which turns out to be about 15 and 30 minutes respectively from home.
My trip to my TAFE college however... Yeah, two hours on trains each way, from Wollongong to Petersham. Next year won't be so bad- I've been talking with the head teacher at Ultimo (Sydney CBD) TAFE electrical engineering, and their electronics engineering Advanced Diploma sounds fantastic. It's only 1 1/2 hours on the train to boot!
If I were going to go for a design job in the future, I'd be on for that 1 1/2 hour trip every day, unless I moved house. Plenty of people do that 150km+ round trip every day. Some people DRIVE that every day around here!