Monday, 4 May 2020

Toowoomba ByPass

October 2019 on a Sunday we headed south to Millmerran in Queensland via the new Toowoomba ByPass which is a toll road but free when we went along it.
The ByPass is very hilly with steep climbs going south and is 41 km long.
Construction commenced in 2016, opened to traffic early September 2019.
A few photo taken through the ByPass from inside the vehicle.






At the end of the ByPass there is a service centre, so we stopped for some food, lunch and diesel then moved on.


A farm house and paddocks taken from the vehicle moving south.

32 comments:

  1. Where The Rubber Meets The Road - Travel On

    Cheers

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  2. Nice captures. Road trips are fun!

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    1. Thanks Bill. Yes, a lot of fun especially if there is something new to see.

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  3. Nice photoes!Ilove travel like this!Queensland Wow!I follow you!

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    1. Thanks.
      Will be the only way we Australians will be travelling for awhile - surfing or travelling the internet :)

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  4. Wow. I suspect before the bypass went in it was a long and windy road.

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    1. The road went through Toowoomba before and was windy and the descent was steep going north on the outskirts.
      Was wonderful to be able to drive on the new highway.

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  5. Hay que descansar, a las dos horas, cuando se va conduciendo por la carretera. Se recupera fuerzas y a su vez se descansa.

    Besos

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    1. Definitely rest after 2 hours and sometimes before that.

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  6. It certainly looks very new. If it is so steep, it must be on the western side of Toowoomba.

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    1. Yes, on the western side which I forgot to mention in the post.
      It was exciting to travel on it Andrew.

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  7. It's a long while since I've visited Toowoomba...nice to do a virtual visit...thanks to you, Margbaret! :)

    Keep taking good care. :)

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    1. Ob our way up we didn't know about the new highway and went the usual way into Toowoomba, it wasn't until we came back that we discovered we were on the new highway - great one too.

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  8. A vert dramatic cut thought the hills!

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    1. Sure is and such a privilege to be able to drive that new highway.

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  9. Amazing ride, love your photos as always! Stay safe and healthy everyone ☺

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  10. I wonder how much more of the planet we pave over each year?

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  11. Olá Margaret!
    Sempre divertidos os seus passeios.
    Um raminho de rosas.
    Megy Maia🌈

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  12. It looks great. We haven't done it yet.

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  13. Un bonito paseo. Muchos besos y salud.

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    1. A different road for us and it was nice as it was quicker.

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  14. Highways like this can be so helpful to travel …

    All the best Jan

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