A “Thank-U truckies” sign has been added to a “Welcome to Tully” sign beside the Bruce Highway to acknowledge the great work our drivers do to deliver food and supplies during floods.
Tully is 200km north of Townsville and 150km south of Cairns and is one of the wettest places in the country – in fact it’s been dubbed Australia’s wettest town.
It’s average annual rainfall is about 4000mm. And one weekend late in February saw a whopping 458mm fall from the Friday night through to Saturday morning,
When the Bruce Highway was closed after heavy rain and resultant flooding, trucks carrying goods were held up for long periods.
But when authorities gave the all clear for the heavy vehicles to get through, they soon had supermarket shelves replenished.