Best Australian Trucking Stories
is a totally original concept ... a first.

There has never before been a collection of stories about the fascinating world of the Aussie trucking business, yet the characters, humour, tragedy and history of this enormous industry, so vital to our nations everyday life, make for a wonderful variety of stories that will have readers laughing and crying as they re evaluate the importance of the truckie in our nation's history and development.

Jim Haynes has gathered REAL stories from some amazing characters, from all parts of Australia. Their yarns and experiences ring true and take the reader into the fascinating and often lonely world of the long distance truck driver.

Crossing the Nullarbor in the early 1950s, repossessing vehicles in suburban Adelaide, rescuing mates stranded in the desert, dumping wheat in protest at Parliament House, all these and many more stories prove that truth is often stranger, more inspiring and funnier, than fiction.

Here are tales about the Truckie's Friend Slim Dusty, on the road himself for over fifty years, the history of road trains of the Northern Territory; the incredible story of the engineering marvels of the early cross-country vehicles and the men who used them as they pioneered the outback. There are stories of endurance, of men who were imprisoned during the long political battle to make the roads of Australia free to carry freight. There are stories of antics and Aussie humour from some of the most genuine Aussie characters to ever spin a yarn, and there are true stories that will break the hardest heart.

If you know nothing at all about trucks and truckies, you will have a clear and vibrant picture of the history of road transport and those who deliver 90% of everything you buy when you have read this book.

If you love a good yarn and have any connection with the trucking business, this book is a 'must-read'!