DESPITE predictions of a massive influx of cars driving through Palen Creek when the borders reopened yesterday morning, Beaudesert police say the road has been relatively quiet.
All people entering Queensland by road from NSW need to show police a border pass.
Senior Sergeant Ken Murray said although police had to turn back a number of vehicles and some problems with people trying to get in without the correct pass, traffic had flowed smoothly today.
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He said having proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test taken within the past 72 hours for those arriving from outside the border bubble was also a requirement.
The state borders reopened at 1am and 12 hours later only 238 vehicles had come through the border checkpoint at Palen Creek.
"The difficulty is when people come without the correct pass so we are asking everyone to make sure they have the right one before they arrive," he said.
"We had to send people back towards Kyogle because if they don't have the right pass we can't really help them if we have cars backed up.
"There's no space to pull over there ... and the Internet is pretty bad around Rathdowney. Optus is just forget it and Telstra is sketchy too, so if you need your phone to get the correct pass we can't give you any device to use.
"We want to help but we don't have time to sit for 10 or 15 minutes helping them access the internet ... so generally we turn people around, ask them to go back home and get it right."
Sergeant Murray said he wanted to remind people that the Lions Road border crossing remained inaccessible.
"It's closed and it won't be opening any time soon," he said.
"But people are still trying to get through that way."
Although extra troops had been sent to the Scenic Rim to help with border duties, Sergeant Murray said he looked forward to Queensland reaching the 90 percent vaccinated milestone.
"We need to get to 90 per cent so we can have fully open borders," he said.
"That's what we need to do. I know there are different opinions in town about that.
"Police were happy about the event in the park and Pauline Hanson coming to town, it was all peaceful.
"Freedom of speech is important, I think it was good that the people had something to say and were heard, respectfully."
