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Copy Southbound Podcast Bruce Gunter & Brendon Ryan
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4.9 • 242 Ratings
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Copy Southbound is a Podcast that immortalises the real life stories from some of the great Pioneers of the Australian Trucking Industry. It brings to life what they have experienced and been able to achieve in such a demanding but rewarding industry and enables their stories to live on forever and be accessed by our future generations.
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94. Dennis Williams - Truckie & Stunt Driver
We attempted to interview Dennis over a year ago thanks to a recommendation from our mate Glenn Reedman. Unfortunately, Dennis took ill in the middle of recording and it’s taken this long to finally get back there and capture this unique person’s story. From driving trucks to rolling them over (on purpose), this very dry and humorous bloke still had us laughing as he recounted how he stumbled into the film industry and ended up as an icon to all who know him.
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Les Tucker – Success Freightlines
Following many years as a driver and then a long stint in Management, Les Tucker teamed up with Colin Walters to form Success Freightlines in Geelong. They operated Australia wide before his retirement and Les was kind enough to sit with us to discuss his history and career that spanned over 6 decades. We must thank Adam ‘Lefty’ Hotchin for his introduction to Les along with his incredible photo history that helped pull this story together.
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Rob Woolley - S.C Woolley Haulage Contractors
Bruce has been mates with Rob Woolley for close to 30 years and refers to him as a “font of knowledge” due to his unmistakeable eye for detail with all things transport related. He’s been waiting for a long time to corner Rob for a podcast and finally the starts aligned and they managed to sit for a marathon effort and record the history of S.C Woolley Haulage. Bruce definitely retains a lot of information on transport but credits Rob with filling in the blanks.
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Brett Harder - Harder Transport
Every now and then we are contacted by someone with a story that is so moving that we act on it as soon as we can. This was one of those phone calls. Brett Harder owns a neat transport fleet on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia and called Bruce to share his story. A passionate truck enthusiast which is obvious by the quality and presentation of his fleet yet this is about his early signs and sudden diagnosis of a terminal illness. We always say that life is short but it’s easy to get complacent, so Brett’s willingness to share his current situation was embraced to remind us how lucky we are. Please note that there are some sound issues again as Brett was a bit quiet at times but this doesn’t overshadow this remarkable man. Thankyou Brett, it was an absolute pleasure.
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Graeme Doyle - Doyley
Doyley is a man known by many following well over 50 years behind the wheel. We got out to Trangie to finally interview Doyley and hear of his love of trucks, the industry and what it is that keeps him going as a driver in his mid-80’s. He was part of the legendary Grey Ghost crew and a good mate of Gary Darlington who recently passed away. We’d like to thank Graham for his hospitality, honesty and relentless sense of humour.
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Danny Borg – Fred's of Shepparton
Any truck enthusiast will be familiar with the legendary Freds of Shepparton fleet that grace our highways. With some customised and very individual designs, I think that most people would be proud to steer one. But with our recent catch up with Danny Borg, son of founder Fred Borg, we learnt about the non-traditional start to the company and a foundation that has ensured that Freds will be here to stay for a long time yet.
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Customer Reviews
Love the pod.
I started with the Bob Thompson one, as I have known home all my life. Buy it got me hooked on the show. The story’s and humour is awesome. The passion is next level. I love trucks, always have, but have never got into the industry, but this podcast does make me think I should of or even should chase it.
Keep up the good work Bruce and Brenno.
Paul Cox
Great interview and a very polished interviewee
Great Podcast
Keep up the good work Brendon and Bruce