Any Grey Nomads travelling on the Bruce Highway between Gin Gin and Yamba (North of Rocky) should be aware to expect long long delays.
I drove up to Yamba and back yesterday, and the journey took an extra 1 hour of travel between Gin Gin and Miriam Vale. The road works are long, many and the surface is really bad through the road works. We started back late in the evening and ran into very heavy rain north and south of Calliope where the dirt road surface was breaking up, with deep pools of water which will be worse today with all the heavies travelling on the road during the night.
Great caution is needed with the road.
Take care . Tim Robinson
Firefly said
11:46 AM Dec 16, 2011
I won't be up there at all Tim but thanks for the heads up mate.
There will be a few in that area I would say.
Roadworks seem much more prevelant around Xmas don't they.
Happywanderer said
12:14 PM Dec 16, 2011
Thanks for posting the warning Tim. Although I'm not up there at the moment there a lot who will get caught in the roadworks. If only they had known they could have avoided it all.
Beth54 said
04:06 PM Dec 16, 2011
I got caught up in November with roadworks between Gympie and the Maryborough turnoff. Three lots! Very long delays.
I'll be heading up that way again in January, so thanks for the warning Tim.
Cruising Granny said
04:57 PM Dec 16, 2011
The rain will be hampering progress and wrecking work already done which hasn't yet been sealed. I could be heading to Emerald with a job in the next few days so we'll have to watch road conditions very carefully. Thanks for the warning. Safe travels to everyone on the road over the silly season.
Tim Robinson said
05:37 PM Dec 16, 2011
I know you are in the Transport Industry and see more of these conditions than we will ever do, but last night was a scary drive and i have been driving for 50 year. I feel sorry for the truckies, with the constant delays on this section of the Bruce Highway, and the condition of the road. We overheard a radio conversation between two truckies where one was detailing a clutch rebuild on his truck, caused he belived, by the constant stopping and starting with all the road works, on this section which is part of his usual run.
The road surface during and after the heavy rain last night was dangerous for all of us.
Take care, Tim R
jimricho said
06:47 PM Dec 16, 2011
At least this means they're doing the maintenance the road needs.
Cruising Granny said
10:42 PM Dec 16, 2011
By the time they rebuild the road base, the open surface will be mutilated before it gets sealed. It will be too wet to seal. They've had a bad year as far as road conditions and repairs go with floods and cyclones, but they'll have to catch up soon. Why they try to do the northern roads in the wet season instead of timing it to be done in the dry has got me beat, but that's government departments for you. These days the work is contracted out, or "outsourced", and the contractors do it when it suits their timetable, not the climate in the region. It could be a long time before those roads are workable again.
Gerty Dancer said
10:48 AM Dec 17, 2011
Thanks for the warning Tim, We'll be up that way in May, hopefully all will be finished by then but we are warned to check on the road conditions now.
Any Grey Nomads travelling on the Bruce Highway between Gin Gin and Yamba (North of Rocky) should be aware to expect long long delays.
I drove up to Yamba and back yesterday, and the journey took an extra 1 hour of travel between Gin Gin and Miriam Vale. The road works are long, many and the surface is really bad through the road works. We started back late in the evening and ran into very heavy rain north and south of Calliope where the dirt road surface was breaking up, with deep pools of water which will be worse today with all the heavies travelling on the road during the night.
Great caution is needed with the road.
Take care . Tim Robinson
I won't be up there at all Tim but thanks for the heads up mate.
There will be a few in that area I would say.
Roadworks seem much more prevelant around Xmas don't they.
I got caught up in November with roadworks between Gympie and the Maryborough turnoff. Three lots! Very long delays.
I'll be heading up that way again in January, so thanks for the warning Tim.
I could be heading to Emerald with a job in the next few days so we'll have to watch road conditions very carefully.
Thanks for the warning.
Safe travels to everyone on the road over the silly season.
I know you are in the Transport Industry and see more of these conditions than we will ever do, but last night was a scary drive and i have been driving for 50 year. I feel sorry for the truckies, with the constant delays on this section of the Bruce Highway, and the condition of the road. We overheard a radio conversation between two truckies where one was detailing a clutch rebuild on his truck, caused he belived, by the constant stopping and starting with all the road works, on this section which is part of his usual run.
The road surface during and after the heavy rain last night was dangerous for all of us.
Take care, Tim R
They've had a bad year as far as road conditions and repairs go with floods and cyclones, but they'll have to catch up soon.
Why they try to do the northern roads in the wet season instead of timing it to be done in the dry has got me beat, but that's government departments for you.
These days the work is contracted out, or "outsourced", and the contractors do it when it suits their timetable, not the climate in the region. It could be a long time before those roads are workable again.