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Above: Old trucks and new filled the streets and plaza at Southbank during the Brisbane Truck Show. Below: Attention grabbing O’Phee Trailers double stacker container mover (top) and new Western Star 48X (centre) were lined up in Little Stanley St while Daimler Truck brands (below) were on show at Brisbane City Markets.
THE BRISBANE TRUCK SHOW REACHES A MUCH LARGER audience than the reported record four-day attendance of 42,855. Hosting the show within the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre puts the trucking industry into downtown Brisbane for the week of the show. The surrounding streets and South Bank Parklands space presents the industry to the city workers, shoppers and tourists who visit the riverbank area and its restaurants and bars. This portion of the show is billed as the South Bank Truck Festival with Little Stanley St featuring the Caltex Truck & Trailer Showcase which includes Electric Avenue – a display of zero-emission trucks on Little Stanley Street which included Volvo, Janus Electric, MercedesBenz, SEA and Fuso models. A big attraction was the world-first Super B-Double/Triple SKEL trailer developed by O’Phee Trailers. To be used for Brisbane Port logistics, the impressive 32-metre long “London” unit double can stack four 40-foot or eight 20-foot containers in double configuration or six/twelve as a triple. Stanley Plaza also featured truck displays with the main attraction being final assembly of the almost one million brick Lego Mack Anthem drawing a steady stream of young and old studying the Guinness World Record attempt build. In terms of general media coverage, the Lego build gained both Mack and the truck show national prominence. South Bank Parklands also featured family concerts while the HVIA National Apprentice Challenge was held at the South Bank Piazza. The industry also made its presence felt elsewhere around Brisbane with several manufacturers putting trucks on display in locations around the city and trucks were also featured in Brisbane airport displays. The South Bank Truck Festival is supported by Tourism and Events Queensland, Brisbane City Council and South Bank Corporation. T&D Truck & Driver | 73
