‘Plan ahead and pack your patience’: Queensland travellers warned to expect delays

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has advised travellers to "plan ahead and pack their patience” as extensive delays are expected once the state border reopens on December 13.

It comes as Queensland’s border reopening was brought forward from December 17 to 1 am on December 13 – with the state expected to hit the 80 per cent fully vaccinated mark during the week.

“Travel out of that very, very difficult period, the peak hours, and that should obviously assist you,” Commissioner Carroll said.

“Be patient. Work with us, and obviously we always find, when we move the border declarations a little bit, it does take us a couple of days to get things moving smoothly.

“But I'm sure working together, as we always do, we'll do very well in this space as well.”