Truck Tales

Australia, 2017

Circumnavigating Australia with Truck Drivers

After walking the Rabbit Proof Fence in 2016, I could not bring myself to fly back to Perth in 60 minutes, when It had taken me three months to walk. So, I hitch hiked with truck drivers. They were wonderful. So kind, gentlemanly and full of fascinating tales. They also dispelled any misconceptions I had had of them.

Ten years before, I had this wonderful van named Larry, with blue painted waves running along his side, when I was backpacking in Australia. He was my first home and I loved him. My plan was to circumnavigate the whole country with him. But, our journey was cut short in Cairns, when I received the call to say my Dad had suddenly died.

When my last lift had dropped me off in Perth he enveloped his massive frame around me and thanked me for my company. I sat at the bus stop and waited for my friend to pick me up. I wasn’t ready to go back home to the UK, so I decided to continue that journey I wanted to do ten years before and circumnavigate Australia…but this time with truck drivers.