Like father, like son
It looks certain that 11-year-old Braxston Clay will follow in the footsteps of his father Jonathon Friend and become a truckie.
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Busy times for livestock truckie
Daniel Schaepman drives a 2015 Caterpillar truck for Baxter’s Haulage and was hooking up trailers when Big Rigs saw him.
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A new gig in Queensland’s south
It was extremely windy the morning Big Rigs saw driver Andrew Sloss attending to a trailer behind the Western Star 4800 he drives for Daryl Dickenson Transport, which is based at Yatala in southern Queensland.
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A decade on the wide open road
54-year-old Roberto Lopez works for TCB Transport, which has depots in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
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Traversing the wonderful outback
Owner operator Phil McNamara enjoys life behind the wheel of his Western Star 6900, travelling far and wide.
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Truckies, bushrangers and cowboys
Truckie John Kelly caught up with Big Rigs just as he was about to leave the Townsville Port bound for Mount Isa, some 900km away.
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A lifetime around trucks
Owner operator and President of the Lights on the Hill Memorial committee, Gary Simpson, has a long history of service to the road transport industry.
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Preserving Australia’s fire truck history
Retired from firefighting, John Hazzlewood now volunteers with the Tasmanian Fire Service Museum, helping to maintain and restore the state’s fire trucks and vehicles from times gone by.
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Proposed bypass could spell “disaster for the town”
Travelling through Campbelltown, Tasmania, Big Rigs chatted with truck driver Steve Watts and several small business owners from the area about the proposed bypass.
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Enjoying the freedom of the open road
For miner turned truckie, Philip Church, the freedom of Tassie’s wide open roads, coupled with its picturesque scenery, have proven to be a winning combination.
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