I think there is a contradiction of term in the title of this thread..
It is only for the QLD travellers, but let me be straight to the point here...
Other than a few bits of km of Hwy here and there, Queensland in 2025 still have no REAL roads, at least, compare to the rest of the country..
In the bush the most common term for a QLD road is "tarmac track" as in some bitumen has been spray on the dirt track, and presto. Now we call that a road...
I'm sure you have all witness the mushroom of tarmac popping out in the road from time to time.. Or perhaps the grass growing in the middle of the road, or the corner of the road tilted the opposite direction of the corner, or the 5 different lumps of road where the rain can easily build up on without having any chance to run away as the edges are higher.. That's what happen when you don't use ballast and the ground is soft, like in QLD. Therefore, we shouldn't call those roads..
Most bush people will also tell you that a dirt graded track is a million time better and safer than most tarmac track in QLD.
The easy way to fix all this according to QLD is to put up a sign that warns you of the damaged road... Fixing it instead?!?.... HA HA HA Don't be naive...
How true. I just watched a Youtube video on the Coffs Harbour by pass and it is truly amazing what they have done in a few years. I live in Mayborough QLD and we have had talk now of a Tiaro bypass for about 8 years now. This bypass would be about 10k's maximum over flat ground but QLD can't get it done. The town is a major traffic jam every school holidays with a 50k speed limit and a set of traffic lights for a pedestrian crossing and this is the Bruce Highway. When I see what NSW has done in the last 10 years with the highway now 4 lanes from Tweed Heads to Sydney I ashamed of QLD tracks/roads
