Hitting the road and seeing the sights
For the past 10 years, Stuart Abbott has driven for Milthorpe Transport. The 54-year-old has been a truckie for 24 years. When he chatted with Big Rigs, he was tending to his trailers near Townsville.
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Over four decades in trucking
Veteran driver Pat Allery, 68, was waiting near his Kenworth T909 at a rest area off the Bruce Highway at Kuttabul, north of Mackay, as it was being repaired.
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Third generation truckie fulfills childhood dream
Growing up in a trucking family, third generation truckie Toby Shingles dreamt of one day driving the big rigs.
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Keep on trucking
Despite being a truckie for the past eight years, Stephen Golinski still considers himself a rookie in the road transport industry.
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No stopping go-getting outback truckie
MC driver Amber Wright, 33, certainly doesn’t do things by halves – and that may well be how she earned her nickname the ‘Hot Mess Express’.
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Owner operator left feeling the pinch
Former chef and now owner-operator Peter ‘Barnsey’ Barnes said that the rise in fuel prices was “diabolical” for the industry.
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All in a day’s work
Transporting kangaroo, pig and deer carcasses is part of a day’s work for truck driver Darryl Campbell and his assistant Travis Ferris.
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VIDEO: Could this be Australia’s youngest truckie?
At just 12 years old, truck-loving Charlotte Radeski knows her way around a gearbox and is already poised to one day take over her family’s successful earthmoving and heavy haulage business.
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A welcome sight in the heat of summer
An Isuzu driven by Andrew Blackwell (pictured left) has been a welcome sight in Central Queensland over the summer months.
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Truckie enjoying his new gig
It was extremely hot when Big Rigs saw Graham Dennis and his Kenworth K610 parked at a rest area north of Mackay.
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