Welcome to Little Trucker Summer 2022

Welcome to issue 5 of

Hey there little truckers!

Finally, summer is here!

Summer is my favourite part of the year. Not only is it holiday time and we get to have a bit of a sleep in, but the sun is out, the days are longer, and everything just seems to slow down a bit. The best part of summer though is going to the beach and doing some hikes, and I love getting on the road and exploring places I haven’t been to before. What’s your favourite drive to do? We talk to a truckie who tells us what his top drive in New Zealand is to do in his truck, check it out on page 14. This issue we head to Feilding for the Mack Trucks 50 Year Anniversary Truck Show (page 16), and our on-theground reporter in Australia Mike tells us all about trucker life in the hot climate of Western Australia (page 22). We also catch up with our friends at Carr & Haslam (page 48). Don’t forget to check out all the fun in our puzzles section from page 27 and we’ve also got a cool book giveaway on page 47.

Have a great summer! Remember that sunscreen and make sure you give a wave to all the truckers you see on the roads this holidays.

See you on the road,

Shannon

Here’s me on a hike at Piha, Auckland, with my little dog Shay. We had to carry her because she got a bit tired!

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CONTENTS

3 Welcome to Little

Trucker Summer 2022 6 On the road with Milly:

Truck Show Time 10 Top Truck 14 Top Drive in NZ 22 Aussie Aussie Aussie 24 Mini Big Rigs competition 27 Puzzles & Activities 36 Yummy Recipes 38 Little Trucker photo album 47 Book Giveaway 48 Meet My Fleet – Carr & Haslam 50 Colouring comp winners

On the road with our junior reporters

12 Logged and loaded with Dustin 20 Q&A with a truckie with Blake 44 Ready, set, go with Jacob

EDITOR Shannon Williams Ph: 021 182 4803 Email: editor@littletrucker.co.nz

Contributors Craig McCauley Milly McCauley Rochelle Thomas Mike Williams

PUBLISHER Dave McCoid Ph: 027 492 5601 Email: editor@nztrucking.co.nz For all advertising enquiries: Matt Smith Ph: 021 510 701 Email: matt@nztrucking.co.nz

Pav Warren Ph: 027 201 4001 Email: pav@nztrucking.co.nz

ART DIRECTOR Ricky Harris

DIGITAL MANAGER/CONTENT Louise Stowell

OFFICE ADMINISTRATION Georgi George

OFFICE Long Haul Publications Ltd 511 Queen Street, Thames 3500 PO Box 35, Thames 3500.

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