Truckie Profiles

Young truckie enjoying every day on the job

Young driver Money Singh did not dodge the subject when I asked him for a comment on criticism of Indian truckies by many Australian counterparts.

“If Indian drivers do the wrong thing they deserve criticism. I seek as much advice as I can get from Aussie drivers I see and I come across mainly veterans and love the job here,” he said.

The 25-year-old truckie works for SLR Trans based at Brisbane and was parked up in his Mercedes when I saw him in Townsville late last month.

He had just transported frozen foods from Brisbane to Townsville and was picking up produce at Bowen for the return journey.

“The Mercedes has 300,000km on the clock and is good to drive,” he said.

The friendly truckie used to drive road trains in WA and has enjoyed a short stint in Queensland.

“But I return to WA soon to work for Bannu Transport which is owned by an Indian and based at Kewdale,” he said.

Born in India and from a big farming community in Punjab, he has lived in Australia since he was 18. He previously spent three and a half years working as a truck driver in WA, before moving to Queensland.

Money says his favourite roadhouses have been several in WA and Townsville’s BP Cluden, which is where I saw him.

Money added that the worst road he got along was in WA, between Leinster and Mount Morgan. Leinster is a town in the northern Goldfields area of WA, 968km northeast of Perth.

Commenting on hobbies outside of work, Money said, “My favourite sports are football codes and volleyball which I played in WA.”

This young bachelor says he is content on his move down under, “I love every day of it,” he said.

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