It's ALMOST HERE! 15 Years - Checking out The Gympie Bypass and all the details

[@bernardsanders8612]

Great video and awesome perspective of how big the bypass is - FYI the 26km Gympie bypass itself (Cooroy to Curra Section D) commenced construction in Oct 2020. It was the new motorway alignment between Sankeys Rd and Traveston Rd (Cooroy to Curra Section B) that commenced construction in 2009.

[@KF-bj3ce]

That is a great post, specially for us locals. Thanks

[@thirsty_au]

2009 is when section A started, section A-C have been under traffic for years now. The "Gympie Bypass" is actually section D, the final part of the whole project.

[@saintednote1604]

Great video! Being a Gympie local I recognised heaps of places that you flew over. Sure looks different looking down. Gympie is a great place to live. I've driven past the construction of one of the interchanges everyday for the past 4 years on my way to work. Watching the bridges being built was quite interesting. Its a massive project and I think they've done well to complete section D in a little over 4 years. I look forward to driving on it in the very near future.

[@RolandjHearn]

I just did a trip south from Maryborough today, got home to Caboolture, popped on KZbin and up this came - algorithms at work, but good result. Have done this trip scores of time and know every part you talked about. This was very cool. I have to say this bypass popped up in numbers of conversations today and everyone is excited, so thanks for the awesome overview, loved it. But 15 years? That's embarrassing.

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

That trike scoots. Trikes are so much fun. I am building my second one, a stick trike with a 582, two seat. Thanks for taking us flying.

[@GeoffreyKnowles-tz9of]

Firstly time I've watched you. Very Interesting. Will be back. Safe flying.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Thanks and welcome

[@heartsky]

Great footage with multiple angles, very enjoyable.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it, many thanks.

[@marcelhorisberger9256]

Awesome view thank you . I’d love to have a go at this flying.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

You should! Go for it!

[@BundyToo]

Just watched over 3hr of your episodes and loved every minute, thank you very much...... Now subscribed and look forward to many more episodes.

[@troeau]

Great clip, really enjoyed it from the air, been a roller mechanic on Cooroy to Curra for 10+yrs just recently retired, still remember when was 2 lanes from Eumundi I retired from it when the "furniture" guard rails & signage was still to be done, didnt involve in curra end as was a different contracter @ 16.01 is penny rd Hall rd roundabout

[@peterburton3147]

Great video again. Thanks!

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Thank YOU! Great to have you on the channel. Had a fantastic flight to Gayndah for coffee today with friends, and a few interesting things happened along the way - I think I will make it next video.

[@12cm32]

New sub great footage; nothing like a birds eye view to see the layout of the land... beautiful, thanks.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Thanks for viewing, commenting and the sub!

[@whisperingeagle]

Hey big shout out CB. Great to see you flyin again. Ive been out of it for a while. Trickin out my aircraft.

[@planecrazyish]

Just beautiful 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@daddio61]

At timestamp 20:08, the red roof school you mention is Gympie State High School, and 40km/h speed restriction on the main road as students have a campus for Agricultural Studies across and up the road. Great to see the area from the air, as lapsed RPPL mainly due to finances. Thank you for what you do, looking forward to enjoying more of your travels. Fair tail winds with runway in front of you.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

All good advice, more coming soon.

[@saintednote1604]

I agree that was Gympie State High school that he saw from the air and Cootharaba road heading towards Tin Can Bay.

[@garrybrischke53]

Long time Bauple resident , seeing many light aircraft flyover .

[@rw-xf4cb]

Around 2000ish there was a comic on page 3 of the Gympie times with the future opening of the bypass with various officials and a horse and cart were coming through and saying its great but shame we cant afford the fuel to use it! They were pretty bloody right on with their prediction! Awesome work Crayonbox!

[@paulieb796]

Wow. 18k views in 5 days. Nice one Stewart. 👍

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Thanks 👍

[@viti8347]

Opening - Election coming on!

[@ymyone]

Sick and tired of gympie, can't wait to drive around.

[@Brian1952ful]

We won't miss you either.

[@ymyone]

@@Brian1952ful That I understand, it’s stressful to have people clogging up your roads .

[@susansinclair4914]

Absolutely. It IS a dump and full of depressed people who have realised that life there is sht.

[@brenohighland3259]

about time

[@mickyou86]

Great video

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@stewatparkpark2933]

17:22 - You appeared to be East of the bypass .

[@ralfkruse7565]

Was it just a coincidence, that this video came on the web at the same time as the Gympie Music Muster, with 30000 Campers and about 100000 Visitors? And of course some Awsome Groups like " Hussy Hicks " and Newcomers as " Guitar Gem " and lots of others. ❤😊

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Yes - actually it was 😂😆✌

[@mmmail1969]

They've had the "opening", but it's not yet "open"......must be a particular event happening in late October! 🤣

[@Reaper4367]

15 years for 26 Kilometers... streuth! Better late than never i suppose. US Army Engineers.. 1940's, North Queensland.... 6MONTHS for 90 Kilometers. That flight was grouse cobber. Cheers for sharing.

[@Ozsmallbore]

Gympie bypass started in 2020. Get your facts straight.

[@mickyou86]

Oh dude that's you that's flies over head!!! I'm a video guy from Gympie and i'd be keen to work with you if you.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

What would you like to do? I fly from Maryborough.

[@rodgerwarne5717]

At that rate the Bruce Hwy to Cairns should be finished in about 1,000 yrs.

[@AussieJok]

I can see my place in Glenwood 👍

[@bentheguru4986]

Oh, that's you we hear in the mornings all the time.....

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

No - about once a week... I have work to do quite often too 😉😆

[@bentheguru4986]

@@CrayonboxAviationAdventures Any chance you can do a flight out over the industrial estate and the new roadwords being kept quiet (Google imagery pulled and delayed) and the new Rail mechano factory in Torbo?

[@nedguy9220]

👍

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Thanks

[@davidwatson3921]

Would have been good if you sighted the Gympie pyramid.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Next time maybe? Any directions? ;-)

[@davidwatson3921]

@@CrayonboxAviationAdventures I haven’t looked into what the bypass may have done to the pyramid. But I believe it was sighted just north of the Gympie connection road and east of the railway line. It has a location on google maps.

[@troeau]

is off Gympie connection rd to TCB just past James Nash High school, theres nothing really to see exept terraced rock walls, was nothing mythical about it was built by an italian imigrant

[@KanyeWest2024]

This section started work in August 2020 I know because I was one of the first employees on the ground getting site setup.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

It's been a huge undertaking. Thanks for your input. The project from start to finish, and it still isn't, began in 2009 with some road realignment work and planning I believe.

[@KanyeWest2024]

@@CrayonboxAviationAdventures yes even 2008 I can remember as I grew in Gympie and travelled frequently south through all the roadworks

[@paulnewell927]

​@@CrayonboxAviationAdventuresthey actually started surveying in 1980 through our farm near the Kybong air port. Was done in 4 stages from Cooroy to Curra from 2009 about 50km.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

A long project, glad it’s done now.

[@ashleycrust5294]

Wow shame it doesn't come to cairns

[@ianhayes5140]

Did you fly over tin can bay a couple of days ago. 😀

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

No sorry not I 😉🛩

[@texans442345]

I nearlly saw my house 😊

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Maybe next time? 😉🛩🇳🇿

[@GeorgeRainey-s4v]

instead of the new bypass going to gunalda, it should go all the way to Maryborough and then bypass the whole dated old bruce highway alltogether. I wonder if this will be the final goal

[@FutureSystem738]

Should go a lot further than that. The Bruce Highway is mostly terrible.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Maybe....

[@frodosadventures8757]

I heard that they are going to fill Tuan- Tolara State Forest full of wind turbines! I lived at Farm 13, Bruce Hwy, Chatsworth in 1998. Loved it, all open green paddocks , hills and a view over Gympie. It's all acreagage blocks and houses there now. Bit sad!

[@vek679]

How much time would be saved compared to going through Gympie? Got to be about 20 to 30 minutes

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

I'd say you are correct - it will be awesome - even though it took so long to create. But it is almost finally here. I'll fly over and film sometime after the traffic starts flowing.

[@Mudjimba23AT]

.Why did they not put an off ramp for the Burnett hway ????

[@justinburney9699]

Perhaps you’re thinking of the Wide Bay Highway at Bells Bridge? I’d guess the intention is to travel through Gympie or head north then exit at Curra and head back south.

[@Mudjimba23AT]

@justinburney9699 yeah that's the one wide Bay still a terrible oversight don't you reckon ?

[@justinburney9699]

@@Mudjimba23AT Yeah, maybe. But if you're heading (north) that way you might as well grab a coffee in Gympie on your way☕️👍

[@jimclarke1108]

Bunnings👨‍🎓

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Nice work Jim!

[@Steve-jo3cl]

All the things you mention in your discription are true, But what about the economic effects this will have on Gympie as a town, many businesses rely on people stopping in and spending their money in town, just like all the bypasses in Northern NSW it has killed small towns and the economy in those small towns, so people move to the city, my gosh every major city in Australia already cant cope with its population, this is a huge issue facing Australia ATM........ I dont really see to many positives

[@FutureSystem738]

Riiiiiight. So they shouldn’t have built the bypass? What complete rubbish. People who WANT something will drive via the old route (and have a clearer run doing so). People who want to get from A to B will benefit hugely by not having to crawl through town.

[@Steve-jo3cl]

@@FutureSystem738 you dont get it 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂, not even going to entertain a muppet like u

[@ralfkruse7565]

Was it just a coincidence that this video came online some days before the Gympie Music Muster, with about 30000 Campingcars and some 100000 Visitors, and awesome groups like "Hussy Hicks'"and young talents like "Guitar Gem" and lots of others!😊

[@Mick_4591]

Whats the reason for the stop and go's?

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

I had just made an adjustment to the carburetors, affecting mixture. Testing climb outs was a way to load the engine and watch the temperatures to make sure they weren't excessive, and have a runway to immediately return to if there were any issues. I flew today for several hours and all is very well. Even checked the spark plugs today and the colour indicating mixture is spot on.

[@Youtuber-k2p]

*goes

[@ibsn87]

If only we designed highways with a large multi lane gap between the lanes. This way ALL the overpasses, the off-ramps and the guard rails would never need to be touched in the future. And then if you wanted to add a lane at a later stage you could do so without ever effecting traffic flow. We have spent billions on the gateway motorway northbound and for us to add a SINGLE lane, we need to destroy all guardrails, all off-ramps, all over passes to make it wider…. and block traffic for years to do so. Why are we so incredibly f’n dumb.

[@touchstar68]

15 years! The Chinese would have built it within 2.

[@lizbarber3473]

So true black mountain rd , could easily been done in 2 months not 2 fucking years

[@dawggonevidz9140]

difference being you'll still be able to drive on ours six months later. but yes, corrupt building officials and chinese traditional tofu dreg style construction is so much faster.

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

And cheaper...

[@steeldragon5867]

Go to 12.40 for bypass, rest is crap

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

Thanks for that! Some people might actually enjoy the flying.

[@steeldragon5867]

@@CrayonboxAviationAdventures your click bait says Gympie bypass, it didn't mention 13 minutes of other stuff, thanks for confirming that 👍

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

@@steeldragon5867 Are you saying we should all describe the full video in the title now? I'm really not sorry if you didn't appreciate the effort I took to fly down to Gympie and film the bypass - with some background behind the scenes video. At least some people appreciated it.

[@steeldragon5867]

@@CrayonboxAviationAdventures I'm not saying anything like that , just letting some of your viewers know where to jump to, certainly don't want you to apologise for your click bait, it seems a lot of bloggers are doing the same thing, ' oh look I'm bogged in crocodile country ' ' oh look I broke down on Gibb River Rd ', I think you know exactly what I mean, good luck and safe travels

[@BundyToo]

@@CrayonboxAviationAdventures Obviously he's not an aviator, don't let the trolls get to you.

[@thenetworkguy_]

15 years to build a bypass 😂

[@malgal8972]

Nah, the Tiger Moth was better.

[@jeffgagen3561]

Unfortunately I still need to go service the Gympie Hospital. But Bundaberg Hospitals, E AH.