The NEW Gympie Bypass! The entire Bypass!

[@robertgarland9342]

I didn't realise the by pass went that far north. I just thought it went around Gympie and that was it. now I know why it took so long to build. I haven't been north on the Bruce for over 3 years now so looking forward to seeing it for myself.

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah mate, I was the same initially. Wish I could say the run past Gympie northbound was better... But that's just not the case 😔 The next town north on the bypass list is Tiaro I believe

[@robertgarland9342]

@@TheWandererAUS Yes Tiaro is the next town but really its not worth by-passing as its a good chance to slow down and take a breather from high speed driving. you're in and out of Tiaro in around 3 mins even at 50 Km/h. Now with all the duel highway stretching Sydney to Curra, The coffs Harbour by-pass is the only one left to do now.

[@Ghost_Ninja60]

Great video and love the drive along , good work mate.

[@TheWandererAUS]

Cheers mate 👍🤠

[@simonau1up384]

Drove up and down the bypass recently- bloody brilliant, saves quite a bit of time 👍

[@TheWandererAUS]

Sure does mate! Nice and flat too, no jump ups for trucks or anything... Not sure how I feel about no rest areas though... But there is the truck stop at Gunalda I guess...

[@jennycameron403]

Thanks Rob, it’s going to make life so much better

[@TheWandererAUS]

Absolutely! Hopefully old Gympie doesn't become a ghost town now though 🤞

[@jackturtle131]

Well a lot has changed in the last 30 years. Thanks Rob for showing this we haven't been there yet. 110K/h is a bit too much for caravans I think they should be limited to 90k/h. We would have way less accidents with caravans

[@nickislade5533]

Im pretty sure caravans are federally limited 100kph

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah I'm not totally certain of the caravan speed limit. It could be 100... 90 isn't a bad idea either! You will love the drive now when going through there mate!

[@petermiddo]

​@nickislade5533 no, only in 2 states - WA and NSW - limit caravanners to 100kph. In WA, anyone towing a trailer, no matter how heavy, is limited. NSW have gone in a different direction and said that any vehicle or vehicle combination 4.5ton or more (stamped on compliance plates, not actually measured) are speed limited. I also think this is a joke. The matter isn't speed related, it's driver related. I have been towing caravans and heavy trailers on the road since I was 17, 34 1/2 years. The appalling skill level of drivers is to blame, not the speed they are travelling at. And this has dropped significantly since people took up caravanning during and since ethe pandemic. Not only that, the attitude and arrogance of the caravanning set is frightening and dangerous to all motorists! Mind you, caravanners aren't alone in this poor attitude.

[@DamienGunston]

When i was a young bloke holding onto a steering wheel of a an old LTL it would take 12 to 14 hours from calliope xross roads to outskirts of Brisbane Up to two hours from calliope crossroads to the yeppin flood plains and into rockhampton. Most off the road was single lane where you had to drop of the left edge to let oncoming vehicles past My how times have changed!

[@DamienGunston]

And i hear blokes saying how bad it is now. Obviously time makes people forget

[@TheWandererAUS]

Wow mate! Yeah I do remember when it was single lane each way, not quite when it was actual single lane for both ways though. You are right, amazing how quickly people forget!

[@hickory01au]

Yes but don't forget Gympie is only 200 km from Brisbane and it's taken for ever to get that far pretty piss poor i think...

[@timryan3860]

Looks a great bit of road Rob thanks for sharing it with us and hopefully there’s more roadworks in the near future.As Confucius said a journey of a thousand miles starts with the first bypass 😂😂

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah it is a beauty! Huge time saver now! Love a good mantra... and thats not a bad one! haha 🤣

[@SOBIESKI_freedom]

There will surely be a few establishments establishing themselves for the convenience of travellers along the bypass in the years to come. Hopefully those will be set up by local Gympie residents to avoid any slow economic demises.

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah fingers crossed! 🤞 There is plenty of spots along that section for businesses to build. I think the residents are enjoying the peace and quiet through their town at the moment... But that novelty will wear off once the travellors dollar starts to run thin.

[@dawayneduffy3509]

Thanks Rob 👍. I Love the Gidgee shirt man .

[@TheWandererAUS]

Cheers mate. And yeah, those Gidgee shirts are brilliant!

[@petermiddo]

I am looking forward to driving the Gympie Bypass but dont have plans to do so until July next year, at least the full length. A cheeky boys weekend to Rainbow Beach, or maybe even Kgari, might have to happen before then...... (i am so glad they made the exit for Tin Can Bay/Rainbow Beach) As far as Gympie dying off, studies have proven that, in all but a few instances, towns like Gympie who get bypassed thrive rather than die off, especially if they reinvent themselves or (like Gympie) are a pivotal role in the community they serve.

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah that exit to Tin Can Bay is a winner for sure! Boys weekend! Get on it! 🍻

[@fightforjustice3744]

You mean Fraser Island?

[@davidhately2835]

Thank you 😊 that looks great

[@TheWandererAUS]

No worries mate 👍 yeah it's a dream run now!

[@CecPayne]

Good drive rob should have put a servo along there I think

[@TheWandererAUS]

Thanks mate, yeah I'm a bit torn on that. I think if you weren't to know that there we no servos there, people could find themselves stranded as a lot would be used to filling up in Gympie, but as another person commented... Adding fuel stations etc just adds to slow down points and potential congestion areas... So yeah... I'm torn on that one 🤣

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

15 years to construct. What a joke. That could only happen in Australia. The Chinese can build a whole city in less time.

[@TheWandererAUS]

Absolutely mate. The Cooroy section had a heap of mountain to move to negate the flooding and the width of the road for that section... A good 2 years I think just moving dirt. But yes... 15 years for 30km or so... Will be a long time before it reaches your way!

[@newyboys]

@@TheWandererAUS there's these things called tunnels now .come to NSW.🤣🤣🤣

[@TheWandererAUS]

@@newyboys Tunnels... with Tolls as much as your weekly wage 🤣 - Mind you... that NorthConnex tunnel is amazing!

[@hickory01au]

Gympie is only 200 km from Brisbane and they have only got that far.

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

@@hickory01au Should make it to Cairns in the year 3560.🤣

[@JimmyShields-z2h]

I remember i couldn't get through Brisbane with roadworks so i turn back went Ipswich then back road to Gympie, then back on Highway to Bundaberg. I cant remember small town on the back road but it had best, cheap bakery that me n wife been to. M1 from Gold Coast to Brisbane was FN crazy.

[@TheWandererAUS]

Might have been blackbutt bakery? They have always been brilliant! And yeah, that M1 will forever be a nightmare! 🙄

[@Bernie5172]

@@TheWandererAUS Blackbutt for sure .

[@TheWandererAUS]

@Bernie5172 yeah it's a beauty! 🥧

[@Robert-xs2mv]

Imagine a highway from Melbourne to Cairns bypassing all towns. How good would that be for truck drivers? And no tolls!

[@TheWandererAUS]

the dream...

[@Bernie5172]

Only Coffs harbour by-pass to finish now, and its free-way from North of Gympie to WEST of Geelong on HWY 1

[@TheWandererAUS]

Drove through Coffs a few months ago... that will be amazing once that is completed! That bypass will shave a huge amount of time off that section of the Hwy!

[@Mick_4591]

Yes all freeways unless you use the North CONex tunnel and the M2/M7 toll roads.

[@jenlarge9036]

Love it.

[@TheWandererAUS]

yeah they have done a good job that's for sure!

[@fightforjustice3744]

And I bet the people of Gympie will not miss the traffic one bit.

[@AussieCobbsupremebbq]

They spent money on upgrading gympie but what about the bottle neck from Gateway bridge through to Kallangur turn off in the afternoon it's a nightmare

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah that is a huge problem! With the massive population boom out that way, it almost needs another 4 lanes each way! 😂

[@vxcmdr]

QLD Gov really needs to take notes from NSW Highways/ rest areas.

[@TheWandererAUS]

Absolutely no denying it mate! Seems as though we don't believe in rest breaks in QLD 😂

[@hickory01au]

Don't slow them down they'll never get anything done

[@TheWandererAUS]

@@hickory01au hahaha too true!

[@MrOlgrumpy]

Don't need services along the way,just causes disruptions in flow,If you need supplies,fuel,etc,load up in advance ! plan ahead.

[@TheWandererAUS]

totally agree mate... except there ain't many of us left with that kind of common sense and foresight! 😂

[@Robert-xs2mv]

@@TheWandererAUSleave the “ common “ separated from sense.

[@stephenrogers9664]

I live in Cairns, & drive to Yepoon once a yr, & sometimes to Brisbane. The Bruce Hwy is shocking. I would actually save prob 2hrs min as the misses always makes me stop in Gympie at the shopping centre lol

[@Robert-xs2mv]

Caravans should be limited to a 100kmh as well. And should require a truck license, or a license especially created for caravan towing. I understand recently I special license is now required for Supercars.

[@TheWandererAUS]

Haha this is true mate... and I tend to agree... or at least some way to show proven training has been done! The 100km/h limit is a thing for certain states :)

[@Mick_4591]

Only in south Australia that a S licence required

[@rons4778]

Well if Gympie does what all the towns on the Hume between Melbourne and Albury they have thrived

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah, fingers crossed they do too! The town is large enough now, that it should fair ok I think...

[@petermiddo]

5000 klms to the rest of the Bruce Highway? Try 1500! It is ABSURD that the rest of the Bruce isn't 4 lanes and flood proofed. In fact, it's criminal. If the road was in either NSW or Victoria, the road would be done that way by now. The next big project to get underway is the Rockhampton Bypass which will have a massive effect on travelling the Bruce.

[@TheWandererAUS]

hahaha - its 1500... but sometimes feels like 5000 😂 Yeah, totally agree Peter! From the moment you cross the border into NSW, it is dual carraige all the way to the bottom of Melbourne... all the state governments up here... no matter what the flavour... just can't commit to sorting this road out! That Rocky bypass will be a massive upgrade!

[@superiorstreaming7350]

I really can't understand why they didn't tie it into the gunalda double lanes.

[@TheWandererAUS]

That is the next step I think. I don't think there is a time frame on it though...

[@jamesdorse8606]

Hey Taylor, I just worked out that you're actually the same age as my eldest daughter. Her birthday is March 1, 1999.

[@hsv03]

Your kidding me 15 YEARS

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah hard to believe! That first section around Cooroy took them a long time due to the terrain

[@hickory01au]

There's a song about that...20 years where'd they go

[@65Coasty]

My sister's house is just to the right at Tamaree.

[@TheWandererAUS]

How has she found the noise from the bypass?

[@Dave30867]

The roads in Queensland are some of the worst i have even experienced especially the sunshine coast roads and highways. they are repairing some but making a nightmare of the whole place and taking way too long to finish the work.

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah mate, it's not until people drive interstate that they realise just how bad our roads are!

[@grahamwhittaker8844]

I was thinking that this is how the road going all around Australia should be BUT 15 years for 26kms ,I’m not liking my chances 👁️👁️😎😇🐕‍🦺❤️🇦🇺

[@superiorstreaming7350]

It was 15 years for the whole bypass from Cooroy to Curra. Not the last 26kms

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah that's correct 👍

[@TheWandererAUS]

Haha yeah was a lot of earth works that needed to happen to get the road through. All up so far, it's about a 62km stretch

[@superiorstreaming7350]

@@TheWandererAUS It's actually taken over 37 years to get from Caloundra to Curra. I was living in Brisbane in 1987 and the freeway north ended at the Caloundra turnoff. Every new section was a blessing.

[@grahamwhittaker8844]

@@superiorstreaming7350 121kms 🤯

[@ACAFWDInfo]

Who's holding the camera if your driving Rob?

[@Robert-xs2mv]

Hahaha!

[@DavidThomas-ke7ih]

all they need to do now is get a bypass going past rocky

[@TheWandererAUS]

absolutely mate! a tricky one that one, but needs to happen!

[@positronundervolt4799]

Far out, I didn't know this...! I've been saying for awhile now, that once the Coffs Harbour & Hexam/Raymond Terrace bypasses are finished, there will be no traffic lights from Melbourne until Gympie... So what would it be now, Melbourne to Tiaro? I lived in the Wide Bay for about 2 years during pandemic times. I love the area & I miss it dearly.

[@TheWandererAUS]

I think you are right mate... No lights from Melbourne to Gympie once the Coffs/Raymond Terrace bypass is done. The next set after will be Tiaro... But there planning and surveying stages have already started for the Tiaro bypass too, which will mean no lights till Rocky I think once that's done 🤔

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah the Wide Bay is a stunning area!

[@nevillemills9517]

I'm disappointed there should be at least 115 roundabouts!!

[@TheWandererAUS]

🤣🤣🤣 give it time... 🤣🤣🤣

[@nickislade5533]

Errr Rob, you better check your road laws… caravans are limited to 100 kph

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah I wasn't sure about that Nikki. Good to know. I don't have a caravan, but handy info! 😊

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

Not in Queensland.

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

Just like in Victoria, there is no caravan speed limit in Queensland, and drivers are advised to follow posted speed limits instead. Learner drivers in Queensland are allowed to tow a caravan or trailer on the condition that their L plate is prominently placed at the back of the caravan or is visible on the trailer.

[@TheWandererAUS]

@@Mrbuckaroonie.. That is rediculous!

[@nickislade5533]

Federal laws literally state its 100k people.

[@bigman23DOTS]

A by pass that’s failed on so many levels….. no link to bells bridge back tracking on so many levels very poor access to Gympie itself

[@TheWandererAUS]

Yeah I did think that too about bells bridge when I realised how far north the bypass went before connecting back at Curra...

[@ETERNITY777]

😡😡 HEY ALBO THE HOMELESS WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ASAP 🤑😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@user-kt7gn6xw3v]

Two flaming lanes lol 10000 vehicles on the road every year no forward planning shoddy workmanship on the road build no way it's a class 1 road

[@PAULSAWTELL-x7z]

Put a sock in it