A breeze if u r on road before 5am from stop just north of Sydney . By 5 am traffic increasing and red lights are in play.
Dougwe said
03:20 PM May 20, 2019
I head through Sydney that way mid Sunday morning either way. I find there are not as many trucks and traffic in general is reasonable. I will be going through that way in a few weeks with the aluminium tent hooked on the back of the Collie, heading North.
Keep Safe on the roads and out there.
Long Weekend said
09:42 PM May 20, 2019
I towed our Sterling north through the M7 on the way to the State Rally at Maitland in March then returned back that way. Going up was about midday on Thursday while the return was on Tuesday, also around midday. Strangely, on the trip up the M7 was mostly down to 50km/h for a good part of it because of the traffic.
The reason I mention this is that the M7 and the Pentland Hills Road can be taken with a bit of care and being aware of the traffic around you. Good mirrors are essential. One point in its favour is that Sydney traffic will mostly let you change lanes when you give them plenty of warning.
I might add that the M7 is a lot easier to travel on than the dreaded Western Ring Road in Melbourne. That scares me every time I travel on it, doubly so when we tow our Sterling - which will be next on 10th of June. (By pure chance that day is a holiday. We will be returning on 17 June, which is not a holiday!)
Murray
-- Edited by Long Weekend on Monday 20th of May 2019 09:44:22 PM
Craig1 said
09:08 PM May 21, 2019
Hey Murray, just try to stay in second lane from right on Ring Road and chill out a bit. Most of road works seem now complete, as of 3 weeks ago. Except at Weribbee, oops I think that is Geelong rd?.
Long Weekend said
12:40 AM May 22, 2019
Thanks Craig,
Yes, I know the trick of staying in the middle lane. Also once joining the ring road at the end of the Hume Freeway to move out of the left lane as soon as possible. For those that haven't yet travelled on the WRR the left lane becomes an exit slip lane a kilometre or so ahead and if you happen to get boxed in you may be forced to take the exit.
It can be tricky joining the Geelong Road during peak hour. The on ramp is controlled by traffic lights that cycle red-green every ten seconds or so. That is to break up the traffic and prevent a continuous line of vehicles trying to merge.
Once past Werribee the road becomes easy.
Murray
Craig1 said
08:57 PM May 22, 2019
Just heard an update on those "on ramp lights " from Vic Roads. They say that they have cameras that actually read the freeway traffic to allow a safe entry.
Rob Driver said
09:57 AM May 23, 2019
Yes I agree that the M7 is generally easier on a weekend, but the Melbourne end can be very frustrating at times.
I have never been able to understand why the NSW govt allowed Vic govt to use it.
-- Edited by bentaxlebabe on Thursday 23rd of May 2019 09:58:05 AM
Keep Safe on the roads and out there.
I towed our Sterling north through the M7 on the way to the State Rally at Maitland in March then returned back that way. Going up was about midday on Thursday while the return was on Tuesday, also around midday. Strangely, on the trip up the M7 was mostly down to 50km/h for a good part of it because of the traffic.
The reason I mention this is that the M7 and the Pentland Hills Road can be taken with a bit of care and being aware of the traffic around you. Good mirrors are essential. One point in its favour is that Sydney traffic will mostly let you change lanes when you give them plenty of warning.
I might add that the M7 is a lot easier to travel on than the dreaded Western Ring Road in Melbourne. That scares me every time I travel on it, doubly so when we tow our Sterling - which will be next on 10th of June. (By pure chance that day is a holiday. We will be returning on 17 June, which is not a holiday!)
Murray
-- Edited by Long Weekend on Monday 20th of May 2019 09:44:22 PM
Thanks Craig,
Yes, I know the trick of staying in the middle lane. Also once joining the ring road at the end of the Hume Freeway to move out of the left lane as soon as possible. For those that haven't yet travelled on the WRR the left lane becomes an exit slip lane a kilometre or so ahead and if you happen to get boxed in you may be forced to take the exit.
It can be tricky joining the Geelong Road during peak hour. The on ramp is controlled by traffic lights that cycle red-green every ten seconds or so. That is to break up the traffic and prevent a continuous line of vehicles trying to merge.
Once past Werribee the road becomes easy.
Murray
Yes I agree that the M7 is generally easier on a weekend, but the Melbourne end can be very frustrating at times.
I have never been able to understand why the NSW govt allowed Vic govt to use it.
-- Edited by bentaxlebabe on Thursday 23rd of May 2019 09:58:05 AM