QLD's Gateway Toll & Interstate Visitors

Hey GB... as one of the toll collectors that got booted out my advice is stuff em! don't pay a bloody cent and when they chase you down for it, tell them it is your right as an aussie to drive on the roads in your own country for free!
But you might get into trouble....
If you have an interstate toll tag that will work for you. All toll tags can be used aus wide.
Yes you have the option to go through the toll, they will snap a pic of your plate and you will have 3 days to contact them to pay. Leave it past 3 days and you will incur admin fees. Leave it over thirty days and expect a $120 odd dollar fine.
Your other option is to prepay your tolls. Check out the link below. Any other questions give me an email.

https://www.govia.com.au/via/home/

Steve,

I used the Gateway when I picked up the Trak Shak over a month ago and I had left my E Tag at home :(

I am yet to have a notice sent to me saying I had used the Gateway Motorway, twice within an hour LOL

I tried to pay it online by using my non Gateway motorway E Tag and couldn't make heads or Tails of their system, so decided to wait for the notice to turn up in the mail.

Cheers Kev

GB,
Do you want to talk about what's fair or toll payments, LOL

We have paid enough road tax in Australia over the years for good roads almost everywhere, but little of that money ends up on road.

Now back to your concern, I'm in no way suggesting you "cheat" the system and I can in no way suggest what I am saying will be the case, however, the M7 mtrway in Sydney was always cashless and I am lead to believe that, except in extreme cases of multiple toll evasion, no one has been chased for occasional one off events. I also believe the same to be true of the M2 and Harbour Bridge etc.

This MAY be the case in Qld too, for to chase a "one off" would cost many times more than the missed toll in the first place, also a perfect identification would be critical for a conviction to apply.

JMHO, Colin.

I just went to their web site.... man... that has to be the worst web site I have ever been on. It's difficult to find what you need... and even worse to read. No wonder people give up on it.

I eventually found that you can go to one of their centres (address supplied) to pay.... or you can go to one of their retailers.... WHAT RETAILERS & WHERE... they are not listed. At least as a visitor to Victoria, I can go to any post office to pay.

The message I get from all this is.... don't bother to visit Brisbane or surrounds; give Brisvegas a miss!

Mate, it's not that hard to get through Bris without going on the toll road.

Just go straight up the highway to Bris, then take the Inner City Bypass (ICB) which brings you back onto Kingsford Smith Drive. Follow that out till you get to the Gateway then turn North.

If you have Oziexplorer I can send you a track..

There's no need to panic.
You can take alternate routes that bypass the tolls, and go through the guts of the metropolis.
It will probably take you longer, unless it's around peak hour, then one little prang and the toll road becomes a carpark.
We used the Gateway toll road yesterday, and far southern to northern suburbs took less than 45 minutes, but the return trip took 95 minutes. Some idiots have three lanes merging to one lane going south, which doesn't help congestion.
Toll free can be done, but unless you pick the wrong time, it's probably worth using the toll bridge.
Cheers

GB there has been no tolls on the Westgate Bridge for 15 to 20 odd years.

Citylink is another matter and they will fine you.

We avoid them. Recently we had to go through Sydney to Newcastle. We took the normal Cumberland Highway through Fairfield area and up past Parra to Hornsby. A non toll wayThere was a prang on the M2 (I think that is the one). According to the radio it was taking cars up to an hour to get off at the "Hornsby" end. Thats right. A prang near the end of the motorway and everyone on the prang side stopped dead and on the other side they all slowed down to look.

Nah I hate them. You don't see anything and all you do is blindly rush along like a mob of lemmings. Give me the old roads anytime. Who cares how long it takes. At least you can pull over and do a bit of sight seeing/shopping or have a cuppa or answer the phone. Much safer.

Boy I hate the city rush. You can feel it (nay - almost taste it) as soon as you get near a big city. And we used to live there!!!!

Still I must agree that the big motorways do have a purpose and they do move a lot of traffic (when they wok). And someone has to pay. Bring on the tolls. Why should I from the ACT pay for these roads in other states. Nope not me.

My two bobs worth

Phil (fired me up on this topic hey!!!) Ah what the heck. Its all fun.

I haven't worked out what day of the week we will be there yet.

If it's a weekend I might look at going thru the city.

If not I may become an outlaw, on the run.

Hi Gone Bush,

If you use the Gateway without an E-Tag and fail to contact them to pay within 3 days you WILL get a request-for-payment with additional fees. Had it happen recently to a relative. And if you ignore that request, following ones have increasing fees!

Suggest that the easiest way (apart from avoiding the route) is to phone them on 1300 559940 within 3 days of passing the toll point and select "option two" to pay by credit card. You then have the option of returning within 30 days and having the return fee paid automatically.

I know its a pain, but this is the cost of living in a "modern technological" society.

Anyway, it will be worth the effort to spend a few days here on the Sunshine Coast!

I've just been looking at a street map of the Inner City Bypass, Kelvin Grove Rd and Hale St.

What a dog's breakfast !!

Is it easier to negotiate than it looks??