In Australia, the Leader of of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, was attending an event calling for the dualling of the Princes Highway in Winchelsea. Naturally enough there were TV film crews waiting to film his arrival but both they and Tony Abbott got a lot more than they bargained for.
Organised by the Australian Trucking Association, the Aussie equivilent of the UK’s Road Haulage Association and Freight Transport Association the aim is, according to the ATA, to ‘bring the trucking industry together to inform the community and politicians about the importance of the trucking industry, the issues the industry will face in the coming years, how to drive safely around trucks, and the great careers that are now available.’
It’s long overdue that Tachoblog features some Australian trucks, so here’s something that Tachoblog thinks Vic H will like, although we suspect not as much as his own beloved International.
So, if you have a 37 tonne Boab tree that you want moved, here’s how you shift it by road.
Long standing Tachoblog readers may recall that back in March we had a post (Tachoblog, Google Street View and Eddie Stobart)that showed an Eddie Stobart truck in Google’s Street View. Well, thanks to the interesting and entertaining (in equal measure) Google Sightseeing website, Tachoblog can now go one better – or should that be three bigger – with this Road Train captured on the Stuart Highway near Glendambo in South Australia.
Browsing Youtube as Tachoblog does on occasion, we came upon this video of CAT Dump Trucks at work in an Australian Iron Ore mine.
As it’s Friday, it must be time for our final trip to Australia in 1985 and Classic Road Trains.
Time for something a little more relaxing as we go to Australia once more for the next edition of the 1985 Classic Road Trains.
It’s Monday morning, so let’s ease ourselves into the week by going to 1980’s Australia for the second part of our Classic Road Trains series.
When Tachoblog finished our series of posts on Destination Doha we promised you another collection of posts and today we start Classic Road Trains…
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