MC driver Michele Simmons, 54, came into trucking much later than many. “My truck driving career started with a job at a mine site,” she recalled.
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Veteran outback truckie learnt the ropes from his father
Now based in Kalgoorlie, Shane Ashton got the trucking bug early, inspired by his father Wayne Ashton, who is also a truckie.
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Former paramedic finds calling driving quads in the west
“I was never destined to be a truck driver. I came from an academic family that expected me to do medicine or law,” said Natalie Kascak, while driving a quad road train down the Great Northern Highway in WA.
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Veteran truckie lured back to the outback
Veteran outback truckie Matt Langley, 53, originally moved to Darwin to pursue a desire to drive road trains.
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Third generation truckie fulfills childhood dream
Growing up in a trucking family, third generation truckie Toby Shingles dreamt of one day driving the big rigs.
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No stopping go-getting outback truckie
MC driver Amber Wright, 33, certainly doesn’t do things by halves – and that may well be how she earned her nickname the ‘Hot Mess Express’.
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Truckie makes the switch from Tassie to the outback
Originally from Tassie, outback truckie Joshua Bratt was lured to the west through his love of the big rigs – and the 33-year-old now calls Kalgoorlie home.
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Husband and wife duo run two-up across WA
Transporting anything from coffee to food, engines to mining machinery, Kane Vincenti says he’s loved trucks and everything about them from a young age.
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Two decades on the same 8200km weekly run
Veteran outback truckie Adrian ‘Slurp’ Schlieper, 54, has been doing the weekly 8200km round trip from Sydney to Darwin and back again since he joined Scarcella Transport 22 years ago. “They’re a great company to work for, it’s a great run and I love doing it – I wouldn’t change it for the world,” he said.
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Third generation Irish truckie finds his calling down under
From driving trucks across Europe to travelling Australia’s outback, it’s been quite the adventure for Irish-born truckie David Dennehy.
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