Young driver Jamie Ashford, 29, is a genuine chip off the old block and is following in the footsteps of his dad Craig.
“Dad is aged 45 and drives for Lindsay Brothers,” he said.
Jamie works for Ingham Carrying Service and had delivered general goods around Townsville on a Kenworth when Big Rigs met up with him.
Jamie has been driving trucks since he was 18 and says he loves the job.
He likes the Rockhampton BP Roadhouse and rates the worst road as between Aramac and Torren’s Creek out west. “It is very rough,” he said.
Fishing is a recreational passion for Jamie, like many other drivers.
“I go up to Tinaroo Dam on the Atherton Tablelands and have caught barramundi and fingermark,” he said.
Jamie also has a raft of options to wet a line in the district especially in the creeks and rivers in the Hinchinbrook Channel and the Herbert River.
I told Jamie that the average age of drivers was 58 and he was surprised but added. “I will be doing it for many more years.”
Jamie says his favourite meal is crumbed steak with veggies and chips.