After getting out of the game for several months, this experienced truckie is back in the driver’s seat, pulling anything up to four trailers of cattle.
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Two-up couple lured to the west to drive triple road trains
It was back in 2014, after moving to Australia from the other side of the world that Prakaash ‘Pats’ Karuppanasamy, 40, and his wife Kokilavani ‘Koke’ Prakaash Devan, 37, began their journey into the transport industry.
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Outback truckie says ‘it’s a big dream come true’
Ezekiel Clifford, 31, started out driving utes and vans, but these days you’ll find him steering a 2018 Mack Titan and triple road train on the weekly 3400-kilometre round trip from the Queensland town of Pittsworth to Mt Isa.
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Passing the baton from one generation to the next
Speaking to Brad Russell, 37, he recalled the first time his late father let him get behind the wheel. “The first time my dad asked if I wanted to have a drive of the truck, I thought I was king,” he said.
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Four times the fun for outback cattle carter
“Trucking is everything I am, who I identify with. For me, this is the dream,” said Darwin-based quad road train driver Kattie Risk, 36.
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Queensland trucking family keeps the wheels turning
Based in Mount Garnet in Far North Queensland, Smith Brothers Transport has been a respected company in the industry for more than 30 years.
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Switching things up from one great ride to another
A veteran truckie with over 30 years and millions of kilometres under his belt, Jamie Winnell, 53, has worked for Emerald Carrying Company for the past five and a half years.
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‘I love driving, I enjoy the freedom’
Adam Woods has been around trucks all his life. The open roads, the freedom of enjoying sunrises and sunsets in the outback, and knowing that what he is doing on a daily basis is contributing towards what keeps Australia moving – trucking is Woods’ haven and his joy.
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Trucking in the blood for third-generation family business
Based at the outback Queensland town of Hughenden, Coffison and Sons has been operating for 51 years. The town is located 388 kilometres west of Townsville along the notorious Flinders Highway.
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Just another ordinary day in the rugged outback
Driving triples and quads on red dirt corrugated roads around Weipa on Western Cape York, in far north Queensland, is just an ordinary day for 41-year-old Josh Henry.
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