It’s that time of year again. Truck Week is the annual event organised by the Australian Trucking Association, which grew out of the need to improve awareness and perceptions of the trucking industry.
Here’s a list of the numerous events around the country, get involved and help your industry:
| Parliament House Delegation Private event Date: 3-4 September Location: Parliament House, ACT Event contact: Bill McKinley ATA Chair Noelene Watson will lead a delegation of trucking industry figures to Parliament House to talk to senior politicians about the issues affecting the trucking industry. |
| Parliament House Breakfast Private event Date: 4 September Location: Parliament House Event contact: Bill McKinley Leading road safety researcher Prof. Mark Stevenson from the Monash University Accident Research Centre will share his findings from his recently-completed heavy vehicle crash study with politicians and trucking industry figures over breakfast at Parliament House. This study is the biggest of its kind ever to be completed in Australia. |
| Nolans Interstate Transport Out of Uniform Day Private event Date: 5 September Location: Gatton, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne Event contact: Darren Nolan, 07 5466 2830 During TruckWeek, Nolan’s Interstate Transport will hold a casual dress day for all employees to help raise awareness of the existence of depression and anxiety within the trucking community. Staff can participate by donating a gold coin, with all money raised to go to beyondblue. |
| Buyparts and Kincrome Tools support beyondblue Public event Date: 1-7 September Location: www.buyparts.com.au Event contact: Steve Tabacchiera Together with Kincrome Tools, Buyparts will donate $1 for every $10 spent on the Kincrome tooling range purchased on buyparts.com.au during TruckWeek 2014 to the beyondblue foundation. In light of recently well publicized events and the male dominance of the trucking industry, Buyparts strongly believes that encouraging men to seek help for depression and related illness is of high importance for the health of the industry we all participate in. |
| National road safety advertisements Public event Date: 1-7 September Location: WIN TV Event contact: Steve Power During TruckWeek, the ATA will run road safety advertisements on national TV explaining how car drivers can share the road safely with heavy vehicles. Featuring the animated Safety Truck, you can also watch the videos on the ATA’s YouTube channel. |
New South Wales
| Volvo Commercial Vehicles Sydney West Dealership open day Public event Time: 10am – 4pm Date: 30 August Location: 9 Oatley Close, Blacktown Event contact: Corina Gonzalez, 02 8713 8447 To officially celebrate its opening earlier this year, VCV Sydney West will hold a community day on Saturday 30 August, with entertainment for all ages and brand specific tours of Mack, UD, Volvo Truck and Volvo Bus products. There will be kids stage show performances by Australian country music star Amber Lawrence, special guest appearances from Peppa Pig and the Volvo V8 Team, Mack the Transporter, food stalls, jumping castles, face painting and much more. |
| DSE Trucks 20 Year Reunion Private event Time: 4pm – 7pm Date: 30 August Location: Smithfield NSW Event contact: Kirsty Bee, 02 9725 3111 DSE Trucks has been operating for more than 20 years and has a reputation for “Delivering Service Excellence”. To celebrate TruckWeek, they have organised a reunion of more than 200 past and present drivers and staff that have helped DSE become the success it is today. |
| ATANSW Port Botany Sausage Sizzle Public event Time: 7:30am – 10:30am Date: Monday 1 September Location: Truck Marshalling Area, Bumborah Point Road, Port Botany Event contact: Jodie Broadbent, 0417 201 466 ATANSW will hold a free sausage sizzle for truck drivers and operators in and around the Port Botany area from 7:30am to 10:30am on Monday 1 September. Media and members of the public should contact Jodie Broadbent for access if they wish to attend. |
| Tippings Transport staff morning tea Private event Time: 10am Date: 1 September Location: Dubbo To celebrate TruckWeek, Tippings Transport will hold a morning tea for its employees, as well as recognising long-serving staff members. |
| 3M Innovation Centre Tour Public event – registration essential Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm Date: 2 September Location: 3M Centre, Building A, 1 Rivett Rd, North Ryde Event contact: Pippa Batchelor, 0409 924 268 Come and see the 3M technologies which make truck maintenance quicker, cabs warmer, trucks more visible and people safer. Tours will be running every hour to take you around the 3M Innovation Centre and explain how many technologies used in the Trucking Industry work. Registrations are essential for this free tour – please RSVP at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QKBHL93 |
| TruckWeek on the Newell Public event Date: 1-5 September Location: Towns along the Newell Highway Event contact: Rod Hannifey, 0428 120 560 Rod Hannifey has invited every newspaper and radio station in towns based along the Newell Highway and Olympic Way from Melbourne to Brisbane to join him in the TRUCKRIGHT Industry Vehicle for an interview during TruckWeek. |
| Formula Chemicals Truck Display and BBQ at Melrose Park public school Private event Time: 10:00am Date: 4 September Location: Melrose Park Public School Event contact: Leigh Smart To celebrate TruckWeek, Formula Chemicals has organised a truck display and school barbecue with Melrose Park Public School. The display includes a Toll 22 pallet 2013 Volvo Tautliner, a Formula chemicals 2014 Hino 14 pallet truck, a Fire Engine from Eastwood, a Vintage Truck and a Hino Truck. Formula Chemicals is also providing a BBQ and showbags for the school’s 200 children, and a donation of $500.00 to the school. The Mayor of Ryde, Mayor of Parramatta and members of Parliament have also been invited to attend. |
| Chappo’s Transport goes back to school Public event Time: 10:30am – 2pm Date: 5 September Location: Nashdale Public School, Nashdale NSW Event contact: Coralie Chapman, 0438 395 238 During TruckWeek, Chappo’s Transport will work together with local Nashdale Public school to add truck safety to the children’s studies and have a colouring in competition. On the Friday, Chappo’s will host a lunch time BBQ for the students, where they can also get up close and personal with some heavy vehicles. Students will test their new truck safety knowledge with a quiz, before an assembly where one child from each class will be awarded a TruckWeek achievement certificate for the best colouring in. All children will receive a gift bag on the day. |
Victoria
| Goulburn Valley Transport Group – TruckWeek Dinner Public event Time: 7:00pm Date: 30 August Location: Goulburn Valley Hotel Event contact: Peter McPhee To celebrate TruckWeek 2014, the Goulburn Valley Transport Group will be hosting a dinner at the Goulburn Valley Hotel on Saturday 30 August. The dinner will feature a guest speaker from the Australian Trucking Association. Cost is $35.00per head for two course dinner and bookings can be made by contacting Len Cockram on lac@cockram.com.au. |
| Don Watson Transport TruckWeek Careers Day Private event Date: 1 September Location: Don Watson Transport, Bacchus Marsh Event contact: Noelene Watson, 03 5367 6655 To celebrate TruckWeek, Don Watson Transport will host 40 year 11 and 12 Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning students at their Bacchus Marsh depot. The students will be given tours of the maintenance, administrations and operations areas of the business, as well as being invited to sit in the cab of a truck. |
| Politician Drive Day Private event Time: 11:00am Date: 5 September Location: Graham Thomson Motors Dealership, Cnr Doyles and New Dookie Road, Shepparton Event contact: Gerard Michel, 03 5821 3977 Graham Thomson Motors – New Dookie Rd, Shepparton, will be hosting an opportunity for Federal, State and Local Members of Parliament and Council on Friday 5th September from 11.00am to meet with local operators and travel in a truck to appreciate the issues the trucking industry face on a daily basis. This event is to provide an opportunity for local people involved in the trucking industry to talk face to face with our politicians about what we can do locally to promote a safe and professional trucking industry within the Goulburn and Murray Valleys. |
Queensland
| Blenners Transport road safety ads Public event Date: August – September Location: WIN Network Cairns Event Contact: Roger Blennerhassett, 0448 684 444 To help show their local community how to share the road safety with heavy vehicles, Blenners Transport has paid to have the ATA’s animated road safety videos played on WIN Network Cairns during prime time evening television for four weeks during August and September. The animated truck has been proudly branded with the Blenners logo. |
| A different kind of ticket Public event Date: 1-5 September Location: Warwick and Cunninghams Gap Event contact: Graham Buchner, 07 4661 1544 Truck drivers pulled over in Warwick during TruckWeek may be given a different kind of ticket, with the Warwick Police giving out free raffle tickets to some trucks stopped at the Caltex Truck Stop, Warwick, and the Fishers Park Truck Stop, Cunninghams Gap. The raffle will be drawn on Sunday 7 September, with the winners receiving trucker jackets in their size courtesy of the Warwick and District Road Safety Group. |
| Warwick Daily news trucking feature Public event Date: 1-5 September Location: Warwick Event contact: Graham Buchner, 07 4661 1544 From Monday 1 to Friday 5 September, the Warwick Daily News will run a daily safety message from the Warwick and District Road Safety Group to remind people to drive safely around trucks. Each edition from Monday to Thursday will also include a truck colouring in or drawing competition page for children 12 years and under, with prizes for the best drawing and colouring. |
| Team Transport Private event Time: 10:00am – 10:30am Date: 2 September Location: WorkCover Queensland Event contact: Michelle Turton The Logistics Industry team at WorkCover Queensland are passionate about supporting workers and their employers to return to work after injury. To celebrate this and raise awareness of road safety with their colleagues throughout WorkCover Queensland, the Logistics team will be holding a morning tea to promote TruckWeek. |
| TruckWeek drive day and awards presentation Private event Date: 4-5 September Location: Ostwald Bros Transport depot, Moura Event contact: Athol Carter, 0418 444 457 To celebrate TruckWeek, Ostwald Bros Transport will be hosting an opportunity for members of parliament and local government to travel in a road train to gain an understanding first hand of what drivers face and do in their daily tasks in the Banana Shire area. An awards presentation will also be held, recognising staff who have consistently displayed safe and professional driving. |
| Warwick truck parade Public event Time: 4pm Date: 5 September Location: Palmerin St, Warwick Event contact: Graham Buchner, 07 4661 1544 The Warwick and District Road Safety Group have organised a truck parade in Warwick’s main streets, starting at 4pm from Wallace St outside Victoria Park, turning into Wood St, then Palmerin St, finishing at Queen’s Park.The Queensland Minister for Health and local member for Warwick, Lawrence Springborg, is just one of the special guests who will be riding in the parade. Other guests include Southern Downs Regional Council Mayor Peter Blundell, the Principals of Warwick State High School and Scots College, the Director of Nursing at Warwick Base Hospital, the Officer in Charge at Warwick Police and the Manager of the Warwick Daily News. The parade includes vehicles from many local businesses and services, including Wickham’s Transport, CM Fraser & Sons, Hardy’s Haulage, John Dee, Transport Field Services, Haidleys Coaches, Darling Downs Heavy Towing & Salvage, the Warwick Daily News, the Warwick police, ambulance, Fire Brigade and Rural Fire Brigade. The event is sponsored by Rose City Tyres, the Warwick Credit Union, Mack Trucks, Brown & Hurley, Cat Trucks, CM Fraser & Sons and GR Buchner & Co. |
| James & Kathleen’s truckin’ awesome wedding! Private event Time: 10:30am Date: 6 September Location: Gold Coast hinterland Event contact: Kathleen Bakon After getting engaged at Trucking Australia 2013, ATA Communications Officer Kathleen Bakon and her fiance James Horne are delighted to tie the knot during TruckWeek 2014. We guess it shows that the ATA staff really are married to their work. |
| Simon National Carriers Tour De Office Private event Date: 8-12 September Location: Carole Park, QLD Event contact: David Simon Simon National Carriers will celebrate TruckWeek and raise money for Diabetes Australia by participating in the Tour De Office from 8 – 12 September, where 80 riders (including CEO David Simon) will take a 30 minute shift on a stationary bike in their Carole Park offices. Diabetes Queensland CEO Michelle Trute will visit the depot during the week, while rt health will be on site conducting general health checks for staff. |
| Hastings Deering CAT CT630S RoadShow Public event Time: various Date: 15 August – 19 September Location: Major truck stops across Queensland Event contact: Gary Johnson, 07 3713 8370 The Hastings Deering CAT CT630S RoadShow, with support from Navistar, will provide truck owners and drivers from SE QLD through to Cairns with a first-hand introduction to the new Cat CT630S and CT630SC models coupled to B-double combinations. Commencing Friday August 15 from the Hastings Deering Cat Truck Centre at Richlands in suburban Brisbane, the roadshow will cover more than 5000 km. Full tour details can be found at http://bit.ly/1memwhq. |
| Gold Coast truck show Public event Time: 7:00am – 3:00pm Date: 16 November 2014 Location: Mudgeeraba showgrounds, Gold Coast Event contact: Kevin Franklin, 0439 170 882 Although a little late for TruckWeek, the Gold Coast truck show will be home to a truck convoy and display showcasing impressive graphics and interiors. |
Northern Territory
| Alice Springs Truckies ReUnion Public event Date: 28-31 August 2014 Location: National Road Transport Hall of Fame, Alice Springs Event contact: Liz Martin OAM, 08 8952 7161 The Alice Springs Road Transport Historical Society will join the celebrations for TruckWeek 2014 with their annual Truckies ReUnion, running from 28-31 August 2014. The ReUnion will acknowledge trucking legends with the Shell Rimula Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday 30 August, while members of the public are invited to attend the CAT Truck open day at the Hall of Fame all day on Sunday 31 August. |
South Australia
| Hentschke Transport staff awards ceremony Private event Date: 3 September Location: Loxton Event contact: Dennis Hentschke Hentschke Transport will celebrate TruckWeek and the professionalism of their staff by presenting TruckWeek achievement awards to some of their exceptional employees. |
Western Australia
| Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls industry and road safety day Public event Time: 9am – 5pm Date: 2 September Location: Karratha Leisureplex oval, Karratha Event contact: Heather Jones, 0439 507 282 A display of road transport industry vehicles used around the Pilbara, including a road safety day for the general public to get to know trucking issues with sharing the roads with motorists and tourists. School students are invited to hear from LTC Perth showing the pathways for students to secure jobs in the road transport industry. We will have competitions being run with great prizes to give away. The Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls will be in attendance to discuss how women can make road transport their career. |
| Brunswick Lions Club TruckWeek dinner Public event Time: 7pm Date: 2 September Location: Brunswick WA Event contact: Mark Talbot, 0419 964 481 The Lions Club of Brunswick, WA, are inviting members of the public to join them for a dinner at Roelands Hall at 7pm on Tuesday 2 September. For more information, contact Mark Talbot on 0419 964 481. |
| Port Hedland Roadwise Big Rig Expo Public event Time: 10am – 4pm Date: 6 September Location: Port Hedland Turf Club, McGregor St, Port Hedland Event contact: Keith Murfet, 0419 672 610 An opportunity for members of the public to get up close and personal with some of the heavy machinery that shares their roads. Featuring roadtrains, roadtrain simulator, heavy lift cranes and emergency services that service the area, the event is aimed at promoting road safety in the Pilbara area. Entry is by gold coin donation with proceeds going to the local St John Ambulance. The RAC Inattention Car will be in attendance and there will be random prize draws on the day. |
Tasmania
| Heavy Vehicle Rollover Prevention Refresher Private event Date: 1-5 September Location: De Bruyn’s Transport depots in Hobart, Launceston, Davenport and Burnie Event contact: Ferdie Kroon, 0409 800 244 Recently, De Bruyn’s Transport was stunned by a serious heavy vehicle rollover. During TruckWeek, they are putting safety first by holding refresher sessions in the VicRoads Heavy Vehicle Rollover Prevention Program for all staff across their depots. |