I have seen chatter today that BOOM GATES have been erected on the M1 Motorway on the border between the Australian states of Queensland (QLD) and New South Wales (NSW) in the Gold Coast/Tweed Heads area where I live.

maps.app.goo.gl/jtdXhHT…

I thought I'd go and check for myself and they were definitely there!

The location where they have been installed right on the motorway makes it effectively impossible to stop and take photos or videos if you are alone in the car (like I was) but someone else managed to take photos and posted them on Twitter:

twitter.com/protectOZFO…

I can confirm that this is indeed what I saw as well. This is very concerning given how the border area between the two states looked like four years ago:

I will return better prepared and with ‘reinforcement’ so I can hopefully provide some footage of my own but at this point, I think this is definitely something worth sounding the alarm on and asking whether you have noticed any new boom gates popping up on major roads in your area.

Aug 26
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10:08 AM