Unlike many outback truckies, Jai McDougall, 41, didn’t grow up around trucks, nor did he start driving them as soon as he was of age.
Young gun outback truckie enjoying the ride
For 26-year-old interstate truckie Jakob Batchelor, it’s always been about trucks, with both his dad and step-dad also being truckies.
Scarcella Transport takes donated thongs 5500km across Australia
When Big Rigs recently posted a story online about a preschool teacher looking for a way to get two pallets of donated thongs to Kununurra in the Kimberley, Scarcella Transport quickly answered the call.
Truckie and social media influencer sets sights high
SA-based truckie and current Miss Ink Australia, Blayze Williams, is among seven finalists hoping to secure a position on the Women in Trucking Australia (WiTA) board.
DG driver strikes gold with new Mack
When Big Rigs called Paul Haworth for a chat, he was loading hydrochloric acid, bound for Tropicana Gold Mine.
Not your average two-up duo
When MC driver Corrina Riley put the call out for a truckie to join her on a 3400km trip from Brisbane to Cairns, she found a perfect match in Kerri Avern, 64.
Triples, quads and anything in between
By the age of 12, Nathan Brock was already driving trucks around the family farm – so it’s probably no surprise that he ended up taking that career path.
Trucking in the blood for third generation truckie
Inspired by his father and grandfather, Leigh Butcher, 33, developed a love for trucks at a very young age. “I grew up around trucks. My pop and my dad were both truckies. Pop did livestock; and dad did livestock and general,” he said.
An amazing ride for QTA Woman of the Year
Annastasia Denigan, 40, didn’t originally seek out a career in transport, but since joining the industry, her professionalism and dedication have been widely recognised – most recently with being named the Trucking Woman of the Year at the Queensland Trucking Association’s (QTA) annual awards.
‘As long as I’m fit and healthy, I’ll keep going’
A lot has changed for Ian Bird, 77, since he first starting driving trucks over half a century ago at the age of 22.