Today we drove into Rockhampton from the west. A lot of you will know the round-about at the southern access to town. The traffic was so bad that today we crawled at 5kmh for 4 kms to get to that roundabout. Apparently it's like that most of the time now. When we left town about 3pm traffic coming into town was still crawling & backed up.
jimricho said
03:06 AM Jul 19, 2012
I came through there last week. I noticed there were extensive road-works at the roundabout, especially on the Capricorn highway approach.
jonathan said
03:08 AM Jul 19, 2012
Hi Alice & Keith ..
It doesn't get that bad up here as you know .. but although the Rodeo is over now, there are still heaps of vehicles here .. some stopping for a few days before the Country Music down the road .. and then there's the the Christmas in July on about the 26th ..then it might thin out for a while ..
Hope you're doin' better now Keith !
Jon
kandagal said
04:35 PM Jul 19, 2012
Hi Jonathon, I think Keith has recovered from manhandling those tyres. He should be able to relax here as we have a cushy job looking after daughter's dog. She's just a little thing about ankle high. Say hi for us to all at Christmas in July. Regards Alice
jonathan said
07:13 PM Jul 19, 2012
Hi Alice ..
I don't actually go to that function myself but know many who do ..
stay well
Jon
aussietraveller said
01:58 AM Jul 20, 2012
We drove south out of Rocky on Tuesday and the traffic coming from the south went from the roundabout back to the turnoff to mount morgan up and over the hill on that road and about another 150 meters down the Bruce hwy and this was about 9.30 am
justcruisin01 said
03:41 AM Jul 20, 2012
We were advised about this round about problem in peak hours on our trip north, so we headed into town at 8.00am from the south, no traffic & didn't even have to stop at this section.
JC.
jimricho said
02:44 PM Jul 20, 2012
Part of the problem with this roundabout is that it is only one lane and this does not allow traffic entering to merge with traffic already in the roundabout. Also, there are no intersections with traffic lights nearby to provide breaks in the traffic.
gillyb said
03:40 PM Jul 20, 2012
I've always aimed to go through on a Sunday..............much easier
ken thomas said
12:34 AM Jul 21, 2012
Im heading that way tomorrow so hopefully it will be ok Could not get into C/p so will have to go onto calliope and hope it has dried out a bit Ken
Sheba said
12:41 AM Jul 21, 2012
Any-one coming through Rocky is welcome to overnight [or a few days] at my place guys. Have posted this before. I'm between Rocky and Emu Park, [about 30 k's from Rocky, or around 25 mins. out] in a country setting.
Today we drove into Rockhampton from the west. A lot of you will know the round-about at the southern access to town. The traffic was so bad that today we crawled at 5kmh for 4 kms to get to that roundabout. Apparently it's like that most of the time now. When we left town about 3pm traffic coming into town was still crawling & backed up.
Hi Alice & Keith ..
It doesn't get that bad up here as you know .. but although the Rodeo is over now, there are still heaps of vehicles here .. some stopping for a few days before the Country Music down the road .. and then there's the the Christmas in July on about the 26th ..then it might thin out for a while ..
Hope you're doin' better now Keith !
Jon
Hi Alice ..
I don't actually go to that function myself but know many who do ..
stay well
Jon
We were advised about this round about problem in peak hours on our trip north, so we headed into town at 8.00am from the south, no traffic & didn't even have to stop at this section.
JC.
I've always aimed to go through on a Sunday..............much easier
Could not get into C/p so will have to go onto calliope and hope it has dried out a bit
Ken
Any-one coming through Rocky is welcome to overnight [or a few days] at my place guys. Have posted this before. I'm between Rocky and Emu Park, [about 30 k's from Rocky, or around 25 mins. out] in a country setting.
Cheers,
Sheba.