Tim Jones was driving a 2024 Freightliner Cascadia for A&R Bock out of Maryborough, and had carried pipes from Brisbane to Townsville.
“I have a backload of cycled cardboard to pick up at Mackay on the way back south,” Tim said.
Now aged 56, Tim started driving when he was in the Army as an 18-year-old.
His favourite roadhouse is at Alligator Creek just south of Townsville.
“It has good toilets, food and plenty of parking space,” he said.
Tim added that he loves Indian food, especially mango chicken.
While he said there needs to be more rest areas with facilities for truckies, Tim does like stopping at one.
“It is at Waverley Creek located 13km south of St Lawrence on the Bruce Highway between Mackay and Rockhampton,” he said.
The Bruce Highway between Marlborough and Sarina is the road he dislikes travelling along.
Outside work, Tim loves his 160-acre farm west of Maryborough. “I have 20 sheep there,” he said.
His NRL team is the North Queensland Cowboys and his preferred drink is pear cider.
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