If there’s one way to sum up The Gold Nugget Truckstop in Gympie, it’s a good old fashioned roadhouse with old school values.
Heritage pub welcomes truckies
Heading down the Golden Highway in the small town of Dunedoo, a heritage pub that was built over 100 years ago sits on a street corner.
Little roadhouse gem
It may only be small but the Wondecla Roadhouse in far north Queensland is very popular.
Pilot driver refused service at roadhouses
As Christine Thiel has discovered, it seems size does matter when it comes to using roadhouse facilities, with some adopting a ‘no truck, no shower approach’. A pilot driver for over 10 years, Thiel has been turned away from using facilities at numerous roadhouses because “she’s not a truckie”.