It had been raining heavily just before I came across Shane Hurley in Townsville on October 26, but the driver’s comfort level had improved after a recent heat wave.
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Clayton Walker was driving an Iveco Stralis for Mainfreight when Big Rigs saw him one evening, carrying general goods from the south, bound for Townsville, Cairns and Mareeba.
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Younger truckie Jeff Anders opted to speak about the positive side of what the road transport industry has provided for him when we met in the tropics recently.
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Veteran truckie Adam Hawks, 58, drives a Kenworth C509 for Nighthawk Transport and was picking up a backload of fertiliser from North Queensland, bound for Darwin when Big Rigs caught up with him recently.
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Aidan Pope hopes that more young men and women become truck drivers to ensure the long term future of the industry. “We need lots of young drivers or we will run out of them,” he said.
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Veteran owner-operator Mal Wyton from the small sleepy hamlet of outback Muttaburra is committed to the road transport industry in the outback and also has a share with two other truckies in the local hotel.
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Burdekin based Simon Poletti drives a Kenworth T404 and was tending to his load at Townsville Port Access Road when Big Rigs caught up with him.
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