About 300 semi-trailers, caravans and cars from across Australia are expected to arrive in Goulburn on Sunday, before heading into Canberra the next day.

Goulburn Mulwaree Council general manager, Chris Berry, said the Council would work with organisers to ensure a smooth weekend on the roads.

“Council has met with NSW Police and representatives from the RTA to discuss the best ways we can help ensure this event runs smoothly and has a negligible impact on residents here in Goulburn Mulwaree,” Mr Berry said last week.

Canberra commuters have also been warned that August 22 will be a difficult day for getting into work and using major arterial routes heading towards the Parliamentary Triangle.

“At this stage the RTA do not know how many trucks will be involved but it is intended to be a blockade through the main streets of Canberra, converging on Parliament House,” a statement said last week.

The convoy is being spear-headed by National Road Freighters Association president, Mick Pattel, who says his business dropped 50 per cent because of the live export ban in June.

He plans to present one million signatures to the Governor General, Quentin Bryce, demanding an election based on outrage at the Federal government’s proposed carbon tax, snap Indonesian live exports suspension in June, and “compromised” power-sharing arrangements with the Independents and Greens.

Mr Pattel said traffic congestion and population swell would be a problem but some disruption was “inevitable” with an event of this size.

But, he said, the protest was being run like a military operation in Canberra, with the Australian Federal Police and RTA using satellite tracking to keep track of the convoy’s progress.

“Wherever we can we will do things by the book, as safely as we can,” he said.

“We will be in Canberra for a day and a half and then go on our way, after delivering our message.

NSW Nationals Senator, John Williams, said the Convoy of No Confidence was the result of growing frustration within rural Australia, at the government’s performance.

“This is the frustration expressed by many, just like the ‘farmers rally’ we had in Canberra during the Hawke government,” he said.

“Deliver good government to regional Australia and rallies like this don’t eventuate.

“Deliver bad government and the people will voice their anger.”