McDonalds: Big queues as fans snap up 50c Big Macs for birthday celebrations

WATCH: Big queues are forming at McDonalds stores around Melbourne as fast food lovers snap up cheap Big Macs.

Maccas lovers are packing out their local restaurants to snap up a cheap burger to celebrate the fast food chain’s milestone event in Australia.

The golden arches are offering 50c Big Macs to celebrate its 50th anniversary of opening its first Australian store on June 18, 1971.

The offer, which runs until midnight, is limited to the 500,000 customers around the country through its MyMaccas app.

McDonald's is offering 50c Big Macs to celebrate its 50th birthday in Australia on June 18, 2021. Picture: McDonald's

At Wantirna’s McDonalds’s restaurant on Wantirna Rd and Mountain Highway, drive-through queues stretched to up to 10 cars at a time around 1.30pm.

Other customers opted to park in the carpark and head in store to avoid the queues.

Heathmont customer Andrew said he’d been waiting for about five minutes to get to the drive-through speaker and dropped in especially to get his cheap burger.

“I was in the area … I’m starting to think if it worth it,” Andrew said.

“It’s a bit ridiculous, but it doesn’t worry me too much.”

Wantirna’s Ben, 19, ordered online in advance to beat the queues.

“It’s a cool deal, so I thought why not take advantage,” he said.

“I’ve been following online and some places have been pretty bad (with queues)”.

The fast food giant opened its first Australian restaurant in Yagoona, NSW in 1971, and now has 1009 restaurants across the country.

McDonalds opened its first Victorian restaurant in Glen Waverley’s on September 12, 1973, at the corner of High St and Springvale Rd.