That's one beautiful tunnel system in Sydney, Australia, I must tell you, very bright and never dark.

Came for the drive, stayed for the trivia. This was an awesome video. If you don't get demonetised for the copyrighted music, I hope you earn enough to at least cover the tolls.

Great music choice, 80’s memories of a very different Sydney.

Very happy to see the tunnels open and documented. I’m really impressed seeing a tunnel network like this, especially with its sheer length. The tolls are steep but I think it’ll absolutely benefit the city

With the opening of the M4-M8 link, at 19km, WestConnex is now the longest motorway-grade road tunnel in the world, and the second longest road tunnel in the world overall (behind Laerdal Tunnel in Norway)!

I worked on the entire length from Sydney Olympic all the way to St Peters I'm glad you liked it :)

This is an excellent video with lots of useful information and iconic Aussie songs to listen too!

Now that is one long tunnel. The lighting in the ceiling somehow reminds me of the whole Stargate Sequence in the 2001 film.

Last night I nearly got the bingo! I went M1, Pennant Hills Road, M2, M7 and M5, Pacific Highway and then M1 home lol. The most I’ve done in one night is Newcastle-Banksmeadow, Banksmeadow-Mt Thorley, Mt Thorley-Tomago, Tomago-Marulan, Marulan-Newcastle. That was an epic one.

It is amazing. The work that went into this is mind blowing😊

Great video thanks for posting!!!!

Amazing Mate, I was waiting for your video on this new tunnel route, would love to drive this 22km stretch of tunnel one day. This new WestConnect is really beautiful, what an Engineering masterpiece. Cheers!

Thanks for this mate been wanting to see what it looks 👍

I’ve been anticipating this video for a while. It’s great to see this section finally open, and early too! It may look quite underused at the moment, but I’m sure as future projects open such as: - Rozelle Interchange - Western Harbour Tunnel - Beaches Link - Sydney Gateway - M6 …the tunnel will see increased volumes of traffic. Excellent video, I hope to drive in this tunnel sometime soon.

Awesome video, great music, appreciate you speed it up and explained the roads.

WOW! I moved from Sydney to Perth in 2004 and I have only been back once [driving a hire car] in 2013 for an event I was attending. The roads were all changed in 2013 but nothing like this!!! Thanks so much for taking the time in recording this clip. Your explanations and pop-ups with information sure make it understandable for first time drivers or expats like me to understand how to get around in Sydney in 2023. Thanks for taking to time. Maybe the RTA could use your clip to explain the new changes? DM.

Great video. Put together very well. After a while I had no idea where I was as far as above ground. Look forwarding to navigating it some time

The scale and size of this underground freeway network is extraordinary!

Wow! you uploaded three weeks early! very nice vid as always keep it up mate!

Fantastic! I suspect that traffic volumes on the M8 will increase once the Rozelle Interchange is complete; people may start to drive from the south and southwest to the city via the M8 and Anzac Bridge rather than via the M5 tunnels and M1 as they do now.

Good news, great footage. Thanks mate!

fantastic video I love it

Great video showing west connex

Was curious about what this tunnel would look like since I drove past it when it was closed not long ago. Am glad youtube algo brought this vid up! Always looking for nice drives around sydney so just subbed!

The last 2 songs on this vid are your best pieces of music put in to any video of yours ever. I've downloaded both songs, and especially That's Freedom by John Farnham its my favourite classic song. I am born in 2001, way after these two songs were hits but I enjoy them a lot. So thanks for that 👍🤗 and a great drive this is too. Looking forward to more vids from ya 🙏😁

Great video.. better quality than another upload where I completely missed the suburb naming on the walls. It's not quite as good as the M8 where they also had the LED rope, but still decent. It's amazing to think this is just the start for this piece of road - Rozelle Interchange 2023 - Airport Gateway 2024 - M6 2026/2027 - Western Harbour Tunnel 2027/2028 Will completely change the use, add traffic, and make for a lot of merging.

Great video and awesome foresight to build this amazing infrastructure for Sydney. We needed it so badly. Now just need to finish the Rozelle Interchange, make the M6 motorway & the Northern Beaches motorway happen.

finally!!!! cant wait to drive this myself

Sydney should be now be considered the motorway tunnel capital of the world!

Thanks for saving me 4 coffees! Also those strips of light are really interesting.

The m4-M8 link needed a Camperdown exit ...the traffic from Haberfield exit to Broadway is shocking in peak traffic and vice versa for those wanting to get on the m4 tunnel. They could of skipped 20 set of traffic lights

I’ve been through a tunnel in sydney before when going to collaroy and it was super dark and all you could see was like these white Stars on the sides of the tunnel, it was so pretty.

Awesome mate, new sub to the channel.

Thanks to this video I'll know where to exit for the airport, so it's just after the Camperdown sign. Last time we passed by here to go to the airport we missed the exit and had to turn back in Riverwood.

Love the video mate Ironic how the lights flashing past your camera are virtually in sync with the beats from “great southern land” 👍

Thanks.

Great video. Imagine the traffic volumes if the tolls weren't so high!

I remember being excited when they opened the Parramatta to Prospect missing link!! 🤣😂

That’s a big win for Sydney. I lived in Sydney 2002 to 2005. Traffic was horrendous back then.

It’s finally done!

Went through the tunnel yesterday from Gardeners road to the blue Mtns. It was a good journey. I wish there was a tunnel from Mascot to Anzac Parade. Traffic on Gardeners road is getting worst every year.

Going to have to renew my license & checkout the new roads in Sydney. Used to live in Lane Cove so knew those tunnels & motorway to airport & Hume well. Have plenty of toll credit. Haven’t been down there for 6 years. I’m at top end of C coast & used to be there regularly. M1is normal up here. Done M4, M7, M2 but this has thrown me a bit with Geography so need to reacquaint myself with Sydney’s road network

Ok I finally used the M4 / M8 from Homebush Bay Drive, Homebush to Gardeners Road, Mascot. It took approximately 11 minutes. Pretty impressive

Great to new road systems lived here in the 60s what changes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I must admit it was a very well presented video….unfortunately I won’t be experiencing any of these tunnels…as I will be moving to Perth with “NO TOLLS” and amazing road system….good to see Sydney’s moving forward with better roads. 😊

Great to see Sydney getting its roads made properly to modern standards, this will free local roads from traffic congestion, now if you all drive electric cars you stop having a transport problem,congratulations Sydney, now get your new airport working!😀✌️❤️🇬🇧

Love the music.

Great graphics being used. Haven’t done the drive yet on the link but have the M8 a few times and I can’t help but notice how wet and dirty the road and concrete always looks like there is a leak in the tunnel

I drive from Holroyd to Hurstville which took 45-60 minutes via either Woodville/Henry Lawson/M5 or Parramatta Rd/Olympic/Rookwood/Stacy/M5 around 34 kilometers through countless stop start traffic lights and traffic. Got on at James Ruse Drive from Parramatta Road to Beverly Hills at King Georges Road to try the M8. Took 35 kilometers to get home but only 25-30 minutes due to not stopping once and driving on cruise control at a constant 80 km/h instead of crawling along in stop start slow traffic. My fuel economy has dropped from 29 litres /100km to 9.6 litres /100km and this using a Holden VF Commodore V8 running on E85! If I changed back to Unleaded 98 this would increase even more as it uses around 30% less fuel. Sure, the toll costs $11 each way instead of using the Southwest M5 Motorway CashBack at $5.96 but I reckon it will be worth it when the NSW Government gives back 40% Cashback when using the M8 when you reach I think $373 of tolls just with the fuel savings and no wear and tear on the car like tyres, engine wear and brake pads. Also less risk of crashing with Road Ragers and cars getting damaged by Sydney afternoon Hail Storms. The only risk is falling asleep if your tired as you don't need to really concentrate on anything apart from keeping your car in the lane. Hehe

7:33 Talk about perfect tempo matching..... I swear those lights and the music , its a rhythm game...... ."Tunnel Band" or "Beat Tunnel" ;)

They need to amend the flashing amber signs at 0:20 and 1:04 that say "Parra /Wattle Use Left Lanes" to just "Parra /Wattle Use Left Lane" - singular. You can see the car at 1:35 having to make a last-second dash, from what was the middle lane at the start of the tunnel, into the left lane to exit at Parramatta Rd . He probably thought, as I did, that you could exit at Parra Rd from the middle lane, not realising that a new left lane suddenly appears just before the exit.

Wow. I have to move to Sydney. I'd never have to get out of my car. I could drive around 24/7.

The Sydney gateway needs to include a link to the foreshore road for all the trucks going to the ports, then encourage trucks to use Westconnex. This would take all that traffic out of the M5, and the M5 will then be primarily for eastern suburbs traffic. Otherwise, yep, a multi-billion dollar road to nowhere. Although once the western harbour tunnel and rozelle interchange open that should boost traffic

Good on ya, heading airport from Parra, think exit at Ashfield and cut through Marrickville way. Exit for tunnel too far from terminal and $$

Thanks for the trip...I guess once all the other links are attached it will make more sense...a shame we have to take out small loans everytime we want to utilise the tunnel system the WestConnex will be once fully completed...and as I drive a truck throughout this fine city...it's a shame the Government can't provide more incentive to get the bilk of the traffic off the surface and underground...but just allow the BOOM system to line the pockets of the investors...once the daily traffic number start to pick up. Alas the woes of Sydney's traffic snarls will continue so long as the private consortiums run the tunnel and motorway networks. Great vid by the way...and the information provided throughout was top notch...keep up the great work 🙂🙂🙂🙂 Cheers from outer Western Sydney!!!!

I live in granville. Kind bummed that M5 via henry Lawson is still faster that M4 to M8 when going to the airport.

I am curious to know what your trip time and total cost was from Homebush > Beverly hills and Beverly Hills back to Homebush. Cheers

always quick to it mate, fantastic. had a bit of a hiatus but I must find some time to drive this endless passage of concrete and wall panels + more! I find it interesting they didn't even think of putting in any installations to deter loss of concentration from the monotony of the full 20~km length of the tunnels, apart from the rather lacking RGB wall panels in the initial M8 section of the tunnel 😅

Is the route to the international airport sign posted after taking the airport exit

I live in the Hills district and the quickest way to the airport via road is the M2, Lane Cove Tunnel and Harbour Tunnel there and back. It costs $38.58 return If I head down James Ruse Drive and then use M4-M8 extension it should only cost me $22.22 return. I'll definitely go the M4-M8 as it is $16.36 cheaper

So if your heading to the airport from say the Concord Road entry do you exit at the Gardeners Road exit at Mascot? Sorry slightly confused 🫤

I like so much

Funny enough I did not even knew about this tunnel until only a few days ago when I dropped my mum at Sydney airport and as I was trying to drive back home I got lost and ended up though this tunnel at the start all the way to the end. It felt like an eternity until I see daylight😅

Great video and information but, until the Rozelle Interchange and the Sydney Gateway is completed, the M4-M8 link will be an almost useless for most residents in the Inner West. It will be only useful for those passing through from the west and south west. Many drivers (especially trucks) will still continue to exit the M5 at King Georges Road, and follow the A3 (which is not tolled) until the intersection with the M4 at Homebush.

Icehouse - Great Southern Land is an appropriate song to have blaring through that tunnel. Future projects that will link to Westconnex - Rozelle Interchange - late 2023 Sydney Gateway to airport and M6 stage 1 - both 2025 Western Harbour Tunnel - 2028

The best motorway between Homebush and Beverly Hills would be an actual motorway lies somewhere between Homebush Bay Dr/King Georges Rd and Olympic Dr/Fairfield Rd, going North South. That would be amazing and really reduce both travelling time and distance

Taking the Westconnex Tunnel from one part of the A3 to another part of the A3… then doing a U-ie to take the same tunnel back to the first part of the A3. What’s not to like about this video?

Here comes a toll levy from the transport Co. And no doubt Woollies & Coles will pass that onto us.

How long does it take from homebush to Beverly hills? I'm guess the video was sped up.

Speed limit should be at least 100km/h; ideally 110 or 120km/h (70/75mph). 80km/h (50mph) seems too low since its not busy. And sorry if my metric skills are bad I normally use imperial (mph in UK). One time I would use cruise control at 78km/h

Doh I missed the turn of to Parramatta Rd and ended up at the airport the other day. Now I'm watching this to see what I did wrong. Go internet!😬😬

@great aussie drives. Hello, can you tell me where is the Ashfield (Parramatta Rd) exit? There’s a sign at the start of the video it says 8km to get to Ashfield. Today I was driving from Granville and was going home to Marrickville I got lost at the new m4-m8 link. I panicked as I keep on driving eventually I was at the m5 east link. My car racked up 30+ kms. My phone says “Take the exit on the right towards Great Western Highway/Parramatta Rd. I don’t see a right exit anywhere. I only see a left exit at 1:35 mark do I exit from there? Or keep staying on the m4? Please help! I am afraid to go back. I don’t want to take the dreaded Parramatta rd home.

Thanks for the drive thru! It is always a bit stessful when you drive through ne roads - often the signs are not pointing to where you are going and assume you know the area! (thus the 80km speed limit! as many people are one time users - sometimes from outerstate). Videos of this quality should be available online from the RMS and the toll road companies so people can plan trips. thanks again.

Really awesome infrastructure, pity the tolls are so expensive that motorists can't utilise it fully.

look forward to sydney gateway opening, that will be the last game changer connection to this network allowing the M8 to be fully utilized. at the moment compared to the M5, it is still very light on traffic.

Can you do the M4 to port botany one?

That's pretty gnarly infrastructure. It's amazing to see such an impressive network of highway tunnels.

If you wanted to go from beverly hills to homebush or vice versa it would be quicker to just drive down King Georges road and cheaper. Although the M8 is much better than using the M5 east tunnel.

I think Sydney is the capital of tunnels in the world with too many tunnels: M5 , EB, cross city, Harbour tunnel, lane cove, northconnex, Sydney Metro harbour tunnel, M4, M8, m4m8 link, then new west harbour tunnel.

Imagine these were toll free then Parramatta rd would be almost empty, a sight to see.

There's a gnarly bend when you enter from Wattle St. Posted limit 80 but the strange camber and changing angle of turns makes that a terrifying prospect.

for the M4 east opening video can someone give me the link as i cant seem to find the vid

The drive was Good but the music was better 😂

Where’s the cycle track,

The video is obviously accelerated (by how much?). Would be really cool if you could actually drive that fast in the tunnel

I may be a month late, but I must say Australia is definitely ahead of the US in terms of building out effective, useful roads; And that is coming from an American.

someone send a link of this to Google so they can update their maps... 8 days after upload, not recognised as a route...

Really should have been an exit at Camperdown

So if I wanted to go to st Peter's or Newtown, I would have to get off the Gardners /Euston rd road exit? Because the map on the westconnex website says there are two separate exits....one Euston Rd exit and one Gardeners rd exist? Gardners rd exit seems way off getting to Newtown

When you take into account all the savings: Time Fuel Car wear & tear Accident risk Injury risk Stress and mental health Daily fatigue ...the tolls are WELL worth it. And if you have two or more people in the car, it becomes an absolute no-brainer. Not to mention the benefit you taking the toll roads has on reducing congestion on the regular roads.

0:39 ramp provision?

who knows where the cameras are

A small price of $26.35 in tolls

It is sad with the signage. People airport bound find themselves in the wrong lane and will do a deadly quick lane change ,because people do what people do when in a panic . Coloured line strips and coloured designated signage would that be so hard to implement .

Looks like Clem jones tunnel

How much is the toll???

IDK why but i love and hate the toll systerm in australia. ITs funn going in the tunnles but sucks when you have to pay the expensive bills.

They need to remove the crossover merges at the end of the tunnel

Great drive on a new tunnel! How do you compare WestConnex Tunnels that you just did to Yamate Tunnel, the longest urban expressway tunnel in the world in Tokyo, Japan at 18.6 km long that carries Route C2 (Circular Central Route)? Here's the video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJ6Sf5udxLjYd40.html

Do that three time's a week, At what cost.....