The aptly-named Truck Stop Industrial Appetite, located in the Brighton industrial hub area in southern Tasmania, is a place where many drivers stop.
Small fleet owner Robert Wade told Spy that it was a popular stop for truckies.
“They serve up good food and early in the morning their bain-marie is full but it doesn’t last long when the truckies arrive. It is reasonably priced and I have a steak sandwich there and a coffee,” Robert said.
He added that the couple who run it also ran a small fleet of trucks on the mainland before arriving there. “They know what drivers want,” Robert said.
So Spy contacted the business and spoke to Leone Silver who runs it with her partner Corey Gay.
“We would get about 50 trucks pulling up here from Monday to Friday and there is lots of nearby parking. We have been here coming up to four years,” Leone said.
It has clean toilets and is open Monday to Friday from 4.30am to 4pm.
I asked Leone what are the favourite foods of drivers? “They order steak sandwiches, roast pork or egg and bacon rolls, various hot dishes and lots of coffee,” Leone said.
The truck stop has four staff who always have a yarn to truckies.
“They can sit inside or outside at tables and chairs,” Leone said.
The Brighton Hub is Tasmania’s premier intermodal logistics precinct, supporting freight, warehousing, advanced manufacturing, and circular economy initiatives.
With major tenants like Toll and SRT, the Hub offers seamless road-rail-port connectivity and proximity to Hobart.