A top job for this happy truckie
Enthusiastic driver Justin ‘Harv’ Harvey, 42, was transporting fertiliser and tiles from Brisbane to Ayr when Big Rigs spotted him at the Gold City Roadhouse on the outskirts of Charters Towers.
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Wheels still turning on this 1942 beauty in Queensland
It’s the oldest continually working and registered ambulance truck in Australia, seen daily by tourists visiting the Ambulance Museum at Charters Towers, in north Queensland.
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Former road train driver switches things up with latest role
Chris Calder, 51, manages Kwik Tow NQ and drives an Isuzu 10260 Tipper, doing a lot of local work around Townsville but can travel as far away as Brisbane.
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Hitting the road with this friendly furniture trio
Kale Staver and his mates Scott Sproule and Arahi Edwards were delivering furniture from an Isuzu when Big Rigs saw them in the Townsville CBD about 10am one tropical morning recently.
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The ‘Green Machine’ keeping bottle shops and pubs stocked
Driver John Stanley and his assistant Daniel Ward travel around Townsville in an Isuzu 525 delivering alcohol.
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Truckie shares special love story from the road
Paraplegic Asta Johnson enjoys travelling with her truck driver partner Adam Evans who also doubles as her volunteer carer in what is a genuine and touching love story.
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Carrying freight across roads and sea
Young driver Ryan Philipson was one of the most popular people on idyllic Magnetic Island in north Queensland the day Big Rigs saw him.
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Truck driver keeping rail lines in check
Allan Wenck, 36, drives an Isuzu tilt truck for Queensland Rail and was parked up at the sleepy hamlet of Mingela when Big Rigs saw him.
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Trucking in the blood for third-generation family business
Based at the outback Queensland town of Hughenden, Coffison and Sons has been operating for 51 years. The town is located 388 kilometres west of Townsville along the notorious Flinders Highway.
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‘Rising fuel costs hurt us’
Long-time owner-operator Greg Hemley gave an apt description about the effects of rising fuel costs on the road transport industry. When I asked, “nasty and it hurts us” was his reply.
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