When Big Rigs saw Warwick Jacobson at Charters Towers Gold City Roadhouse recently, he was walking towards his white Volvo.
“I have delivered general freight from Brisbane to Townsville and do the return trip once a week,” he said.
Warwick works for his brother Craig’s company, Jacobson Transport, which is based at Cooroy in southern Queensland.
“This is the only truck he has and I drive it and he does the administration side. But when I go on holidays he takes over driving,” Warwick said.
The 55-year-old truckie was heading towards Emerald to pick up a backload of cotton for Brisbane.
“This is a really good truck and I like driving it,” he said.
A truck driver for 35 years, Warwick said the worst road he gets along is the section of the Gregory Development Highway known as the Belyando.
“The shoulders are terrible and even though there are two rest areas along the way, more parking spaces for trucks are needed,” he said.
Warwick added that he cooks a lot of his own meals when on the road. “I don’t stop at many roadhouses for food,” he said.