One-man band voted town’s best
Often seen around the streets in Townsville, David Talbot runs a local plumbing business and was recently voted as the city’s best plumber by readers of the local Townsville Bulletin newspaper.
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Navigating borders through the COVID-19 pandemic
Victorian owner-operator Mark Young had five different border passes in the cabin of his Kenworth 904 when Big Rigs saw him deep in the tropics of north Queensland.
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Highway from Hell gets a long overdue upgrade
It was once described as the ‘Highway from Hell’ and amongst the most dangerous routes in Australian for heavy vehicles to travel on despite being a major inland route for truckies.
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Inspiring the younger generation
Based at Wagga Wagga in NSW, owner-operator Mark Close of Closey’s Transport was far away in Townsville when Big Rigs saw him at BP Cluden.
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Like father, like son
It looks certain that 11-year-old Braxston Clay will follow in the footsteps of his father Jonathon Friend and become a truckie.
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Busy times for livestock truckie
Daniel Schaepman drives a 2015 Caterpillar truck for Baxter’s Haulage and was hooking up trailers when Big Rigs saw him.
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A new gig in Queensland’s south
It was extremely windy the morning Big Rigs saw driver Andrew Sloss attending to a trailer behind the Western Star 4800 he drives for Daryl Dickenson Transport, which is based at Yatala in southern Queensland.
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A decade on the wide open road
54-year-old Roberto Lopez works for TCB Transport, which has depots in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
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Huge turnout for Townsville charity truck convoy raises $62,000
It has been Australia’s only fundraising convoy for sick kids since the pandemic struck, and at the end of yesterday’s Townsville event organiser Ren Pedersen was delighted to hold up a large cheque for $62,020.
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Traversing the wonderful outback
Owner operator Phil McNamara enjoys life behind the wheel of his Western Star 6900, travelling far and wide.
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