Driving Melbourne to Brisbane in two days

Warwick is flooded badly for starters Cunningham Gap is closed.

look up "road conditions"


What they are like on Thursday may be better or worse than today depending on the weather which isnt getting better ATM

As an ex interstate truckie, I'd recomend that you stay dry at home!!!

If you must go, go to Warwick, then across toward Towoomba and then about halfway turn to Allora and Gatton. Cunninghams has had massive slippage and is open and closed like Bonds fish and chips in Fremantle.

Drive safe.

Paul.

These sites may also help Chris,
Incidents and Closures & Limits
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Safe travels.

Newell Highway to Dubbo and then swing over to the New England Highway via Gunnedah and Tamworth to avoid Cunninghams Gap closure.

Qld traffic and Travel info site

Dont go near the coast. It will be full of holiday makers and slow moving traffic. Mainly vans etc.

Phil

Try QANTAS. Quick and safe.

We travelled the Newell (on a trip from Brisbane to Adelaide) last week and it was good- there is water up to the road but not over the road. Getting into Brisbane is another question- yesterday Cunningham's Gap was closed and the Warrego Highway was closed as well. I'd try the Allora route mentioned above, or you could take a detour and head to the Pacific Highway, but of course this probably isn't preferred!

When you stop for the night, beware the mozzies! We attempted to stay between Forbes & West Wyalong and were swarmed the minute we stepped out of the car- we ended up driving another 130km, where it was a bit better. Water everywhere makes for hungry mozzies- take the aeroguard! :)

Chris,

Be careful even though the floodwaters may recede by the time you leave, the roads are full of potholes are there are major washouts around creek and river crossings.

There are photos of bitumen lifted like pizza slices for quite some distances around bridges..

Councils will have their hands full dealing with various matters and fixing the roads may take some time.

I live in Goondiwindi and can confirm that coming the Newell is problematic. All roads from Goondiwindi to Brisbane are closed at present. The Cunningham is closed near Karara (40km W of Warwick), and Cunningham's Gap is closed. The Gore highway to Toowoomba is closed at Pitsworth and Brookstead. The Millmerran to Inglewood road is open but you can't get throgh from Millmerran anyway, and the Karara-Toowoomba Rd is closed. essentially this means that all routes to Toowoomba and /or Warwick are closed. I'd suggest that you need to look at getting across to the New England at some point. I'm not sure whether you can get from Warwick to Toowoomba and come down the range there but it's worth a try. Alternatively, try the Pacific.

Hope that helps.

Chris11726,

Why not go from Melbourne to Dubbo, Gunnedah, Tamworth, Tenterfield, across to Ballina then up the coast to Brisbane.

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Cheers,

Cruiser

Chris, the most reliable route would be the Pacific Hwy up the coast. All inland routes are problematic with flooding with still more to come and even after the waters recede there will be long delays due to roadwork repairs.

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Hi Chris, John arrived in Bris last night & had no trouble getting thru Warwick. Best way to find out road closures is to phone the police.
Cheers

I just got into Brisvegas from Newcastle about 15 minutes ago. Came via Thunderbolts Way, NewEngland and Cunningham's Gap. No problems at all to the border then just some potholes that have mostly been repaired between Stanthorpe and Warwick.
Stop/Go on Cunningham's Gap where they are trying to stabalise the landslips but no real holdup at all.

Thankyou to everyone for your replys and comments. We spent last night in Coonabarabran, about to shoot off tamworth and head up the New England.

Police are out in force I got breath tested three times at road blocks yesterday.

Stay safe everyone.