Veteran driver Glenn Cummings lives at idyllic Innot Hot Springs on the Atherton Tablelands and drives far and wide for WW Group, which is based at nearby Ravenshoe.
Glenn, 65, was parked up at the Townsville Port Access Road breakdown pad in his Mack Titan when Big Rigs saw him last month.
“I came down empty and am heading to pick up containers from near Townsville Port for delivery to Cloncurry,” he said.
Glenn has been a driver for more than 40 years and with this company for the past two.
He doesn’t stop at many roadhouses for food, instead preferring to cook his meals in a hot box.
“I like rump steak with salad or vegetables,” he said.
The worst road Glenn travels is from Roma to the NSW border. “It is very rough,” he said.
Glenn added that more rest areas are required for drivers but one he does like stopping at is at Fishery Falls, south of Cairns. “It has toilets and some parking,” he said.
I asked what Glenn’s major dislikes are when on the highways and he said it was “tourists who drive recklessly”.
WW Group is a large company that caters for engineering, steel fabrication, ore and concentrate haulage, gravel and road base haulage, semi and road train water tankers, and plant and equipment.
When Glenn gets time off, he loves having a dip in one of the natural thermal pools at Innot Hot Springs.
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