Clem Hill : Clem Hill Carriers Port Augusta
Inducted into the Shell Rimula Wall of Fame at ReUnion 2010.- March 30, 2017
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Good Times and Great Memories – Alan Lever
Alan Lever remembers one million miles and some interesting stories along the way- March 30, 2017
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Talk to any of the older and wiser gentlemen of the trucking industry, and at some stage you’ll hear a reference to the “good old days”. It’s not until you dig a little deeper that you find the days referred to, while highly memorable, were full of hard work, long hours and a considerable amount of financial and physical discomfort.
These days we take reliability as pretty much guaranteed. And for anyone living in the city there’s always the telephone to call for help or to find out how to fix a problem. But just 50 years ago, life on the highway was fraught with all sorts of problems for anyone trying to get their load from the east to the west coast.
It’s been my privilege to know Alan Lever of the Wollongong area for at least some of the more recent years, during which he piloted his Peterbilt 379 as an [...]