Road train driver makes childhood dream come true
Growing up in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley and watching the countless road trains go past was enough to inspire Chris Pearson, 30, to follow the same path.
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Water drilling family says big move is ‘not what we expected’
It was a major tree-change of sorts for the Haighs, selling up their Queensland home and moving 3000 kilometres away to a remote 5000-acre farm, about 200 kilometres north of Alice Springs.
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Outback truckie says ‘it’s a big dream come true’
Ezekiel Clifford, 31, started out driving utes and vans, but these days you’ll find him steering a 2018 Mack Titan and triple road train on the weekly 3400-kilometre round trip from the Queensland town of Pittsworth to Mt Isa.
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Sludge overcomes more hurdles as he continues his recovery
It’s been over seven months since a motorcycle accident left Sludge with horrific injuries and though he’s continuing to improve each week, Sludge says there’s still a little while to go.
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Passing the baton from one generation to the next
Speaking to Brad Russell, 37, he recalled the first time his late father let him get behind the wheel. “The first time my dad asked if I wanted to have a drive of the truck, I thought I was king,” he said.
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‘Most people have to take holidays to see this stuff’
Ryan Mckenzie’s path into trucking is quite a familiar one. The son of a truck driver, he decided he’d get a trade before getting his start behind the wheel. Though he confessed, “I was always going to drive trucks. I never liked the trade but I loved the trucks.”
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Second generation truckie living his dream in Mt Isa
Trucking wasn’t always on the cards for Joe Watts, 50, whose trucking career has seen him travel the length and breadth of Australia.
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Is there a black panther roaming the highways? Tourists report new sighting
Over the past decades Spy has spoken to some truckies from around Australia who claim to have seen big black panther-like cats while travelling on remote highways at night.
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Outback truckies put it all on the line
This water drilling family has switched from life on the road to farming – setting out on an ambitious task of growing hay in the middle of the desert to supply the local cattle industry.
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WA truckie wins drag Fashions in the Desert title at outback festival
A Perth based dangerous goods road train driver has dazzled at the Birdsville Big Red Bash, taking out the top prize in the fashion stakes for his colourful ensemble.
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