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Mercedes-Benz Actros Live Event - Review
On Saturday, July 4 at 11am, Mercedes-Benz will be conducting a customer launch for the new Actros on Australia and New Zealand.
A Diamond in the Ruff: Remembering a Legend
Singer, songwriter and poet, Rod Dowsett was wandering around a cemetery one time. Looking at the graves he noted the '-' that separates the dates of birth and death…
Up in the Daintree
Trucks play a vital role in supplying the scenic Daintree region of far north Queensland, and beyond to Cape Tribulation…
Music Wars
Loud and intrusive music heard regularly by a well-known truckie is being combated by… well, music…
Life’s a Good Pie
Thousands of truckies from all around Australia have bought a pie with peas…
Traffic Changes in Cairns
As part of the Smithfield Bypass Project in Cairns, Main Roads Department advises members of North Queensland’s…
Queensland: Police Urge Caution
Police have appealed to all motorists to take extra care after four people died and three were seriously injured on Queensland roads…
Delays near Mingela
The Department of Transport and Main Roads has advised that road micro-surfacing works will commence on Saturday June 27 on the Flinders Highway…
Photos from the Vault 2009
This week we go back to Castlemaine, Victoria and their terrific truck show, run at the end of November each year. Hopefully Covid 19 will have abated…
The Truck in the Logo
When designing the logo for truckinwithkermie.com, I didn’t have to look far for a truck to use in it. Troy, Wayne and Rick Cornwill’s classic Kenworth…
Aptly Named Highway, Tassie Rest Areas, And More
THE Remembrance Driveway in NSW has 17 rest areas named in honour of 24 Australian heroes who won Victoria Cross medals in conflicts…
Freightliner Cascadia – First Drive
My how time flies! It was back in October of 2018 that we first got to test drive the Freightliner Cascadia – in LH drive guise around Anglesea’s AARC test facility…
McColl’s is Milking it with Freightliner - Welcomes Cascadia to Its Dairy Fleet
The Freightliner Cascadia has hit the road, delivering milk across Victoria with iconic tanker operator McColl’s…
The Story of ‘Bruiser’ the Brockway
My love affair with Brockway started back in the 1990’s when I purchased an old model with a capacity of two to three tons and a 16C Continental motor…
Spriggy Heritage – A Tale of Two Lives
What does a funeral parlour have to do with trucking? Read on and all becomes clear…
BRIDGE CLOSURES
IMPORTANT information for truckies travelling along the Bruce Highway in North Queensland over the next four months…
Victorian Truck Driver’s Memorial
This year, as with many other services and events, the VTDM postponed the annual service…
NEW HINO 300 SERIES: TRUE AUTOMATIC ACROSS THE RANGE
Ahead of the launch of its new 2020 300 Series range in July, Hino Australia has confirmed that it will remain the only…
…and in more news from Hino: HINO EXPANDS INTO BALLARAT
Hino Australia’s newest dealership is defying the current economic conditions - and Covid 19…
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