Long time driver David Bass works for Harbourside Cold Stores out of their Cairns depot and lives at Mareeba on the Atherton Tablelands.
The 55-year-old truckie was parked up in Townsville on January 9 near his Volvo having a break, when he chatted to Big Rigs.
“I have been a truckie since I was 18 and have been with this company for a year. They are good to work for,” he said.
David carts produce between the far north and Brisbane and said the Bruce Highway stretch between Rockhampton and Mackay was bad to travel on.
“I used to be an owner-driver for 16 years when I lived in Rockhampton and have goods from Townsville to Cairns now,” he said.
David’s favourite roadhouses are BP ones and he says he enjoys bacon and egg burgers.
Outside work David likes fishing and did plenty of that when he lived in Cooktown.
“The creeks up at Cape York are great for fishing,” he added.
Because of his surname, I asked David if he has ever travelled on the Bass Highway in Tasmania.
“No, but people do ask me if I have been across Bass Strait by sea and I haven’t. I have only been around Queensland and NSW,” he said.
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