Truckie Profiles

Courageous truckie gets back behind the wheel

Hers is an inspirational story of optimism and resilience. For Rachel Kriss, a 52-year-old grandmother from the Northern Rivers region of NSW, things couldn’t have been better – until a heartbreaking diagnosis saw it all come crashing down. Read More

Danielle GullaciFebruary 20, 2024, 10:47 amFebruary 26, 2024

Features, Truckie Profiles

Prowling the paddocks of the Riverina with a T358

“We have to put the truck through its paces, we have had it set up for just over 12 months, but you need to test it across all the environments we work in.” Read More

David VileFebruary 19, 2024, 8:00 amFebruary 26, 2024

Truck driver, Truckie Profiles

It’s a good life for this truckie as he travels the Apple Isle

It was freezing cold when Jamie Van Essen, 51, pulled up in his 1989 Mitsubishi Canter at High Clare Roadhouse in Tasmania at around 11am. Read More

Alf WilsonFebruary 16, 2024, 11:26 amFebruary 19, 2024

Truckie Profiles

‘If you want to be a truckie, put your head down and work’

Given that I see so many Collins Transport trucks through my great little town of Ararat, Victoria, I figured it was about time that I shared a story on one of their drivers in Big Rigs. Read More

Darryl EdwardsFebruary 15, 2024, 8:02 amFebruary 13, 2024

Features, Mental, Physical, Truckie Profiles, Truckies’ health and wellbeing

Truckie ‘grateful to be alive’ after open-heart surgery

A truckie based in Bathurst, NSW has told how he’s finally back on the road after open-heart surgery – and grateful to be alive. Read More

Kayla WalshFebruary 14, 2024, 4:17 pmFebruary 14, 2024

Careers & Training, Features, Truckie Profiles

Young owner-driver makes dreams come true

Calab Dihm grew up watching the trucks drive past his family’s 700-acre farm in Lang Lang, Victoria, and a dream formed in his head. Read More

Kayla WalshFebruary 12, 2024, 11:16 amFebruary 18, 2024

Features, Truck driver, Truckie Profiles

More big things to come for go-getting young truckie

Chloe Anderson tried her hand at many different roles in trucking before finding her calling in heavy haulage – and she’s just moved her biggest load yet. Read More

Danielle GullaciFebruary 9, 2024, 2:48 pmFebruary 14, 2024

Truckie Profiles

Lots of ‘nice places’ to see behind the wheel of this Hino

Driving a refrigerated Hino for Tas Fresh, based at Camdale in northern Tasmania, truckie Paul Fulford was unloading frozen food for delivery to a café at scenic Penguin.
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Alf WilsonFebruary 1, 2024, 4:42 pmFebruary 1, 2024