With the grain season about to crank into gear once again, owner-operator Michael Domjahn had taken a break from his harvest preparations to display his 2024 Kenworth T659 at the Weethalle Truck Show in late August.
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The Old Blue Commer, a real crowd pleaser
“A lot of people I speak to at shows, their father, uncle or grandfather drove one – this one has done its work, and it can now just be appreciated.”
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Passion for rare rigs lives on with L700 that ticks all the right boxes
A lot of blokes refer to them as a ‘cab-under’ as opposed to a ‘cabover!’ But I thought it was just a unique truck to have.”
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Weethalle wows truck fans in the Riverina
Situated on the Mid-Western Highway in the New South Wales Riverina area, the small town of Weethalle held its annual truck show on August 17.
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Leader of the pack still earning its keep
In the 1970s and 1980s Leader Trucks were a player in the Australian transport industry, with a range of trucks being constructed by transport visionary Cyril Anderson of Toowoomba, with near to 2000 trucks built between 1972 and 1984.
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Son pays tribute to truckie dad, his inspiration for joining Big Rigs team
Having done near-to 400 stories for Big Rigs over the last 14 years, this is probably the most personal one I have written, as I pay tribute to my father, R.G. (Toby) Vile, who passed away last month at the age of 91.
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Unique truck clocks lifetime of stories across three countries
It is a long journey indeed from British Columbia on Canada’s west coast to the town of Boonah in southern Queensland, even more so given a detour via the rugged forest country of New Zealand’s North Island.
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Independent school gears up for new automotive academy
One of the new features of the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show was ‘The Depot’, an interactive transport careers expo set up across the road from the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre highlighting a range of transport training and employment pathways.
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Mack Workwear puts best foot forward
The Mack brand-name and its iconic logo are both instantly recognisable and highly regarded both in Australia and around the world with the bulldog mascot a symbol of durability and reliability.
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Training program helping to get more women behind the truck wheel
The Iron Women Australia driver training program was on display at ‘The Depot’ careers expo held in conjunction with the recent Brisbane Truck Show, with a striking Volvo FH prime mover taking pride of place on the Wodonga TAFE stand.
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