‘When it’s in the blood, it’s in the blood’
The son of a truck driver, Wayne Rogerson, 50, grew up around trucks but didn’t initially think it would be the path he’d follow.
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Triple the fun for young outback truckie
Starting his career in the workshop, it wasn’t long before former diesel mechanic Tom Bromley, 28, made the switch to being behind the wheel.
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A love of trucks lures third generation truckie across the ditch
After losing his father when he was just eight years old, third generation truckie Shane Mitchell, 35, says he has an old neighbour to thank for teaching him everything he knows.
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‘This is a hard game and it’s not for the faint-hearted’
Born and bred on a cattle station near Alice Springs, William Rosie, 48, says truck driving is in his blood.
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The Drone Way: A truckie with a great eye and a big heart
For experienced MC truckie Ben Stamatovich, 48, the sky has become his playground and the open highway his canvas.
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A 6400km weekly round trip for veteran outback truckie
A third-generation truckie, Simon Roberts was already beginning to hone his truck skills from as young as five years old, while sitting on his father’s lap.
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‘I never thought I’d get into trucking – far from it’
If you asked Fiona Christy, now 57, if she had any interest in driving a truck before she met her husband Norm Christy, the answer would likely have been a definite “no”. But now, after three decades behind the wheel, she says she’s still loving life on the road.
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‘It all started with a little toy truck’ for veteran outback truckie
“At school, they told me I’d never get paid to look out the window, but I proved them wrong,” laughed Perth-based owner operator Bill Carruthers, 62.
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FIFO truckie ticks one off the bucket list
A truck driver for the past 12 years, Rachel Thornton, 50, says she can now tick another item off the bucket list.
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Outback truckie at home on the Tanami
At just 24 years of age, third generation truckie Robert Hull already knows the Tanami like the back of his hand – after all, this unforgiving stretch is where he spends the majority of his time behind the wheel.
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