Video: Day in the life of a female truckie

By Video by Dean Saffron July 1, 2014
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From behind the wheel of her truck, this unlikely young livestock carter is committed to keeping Australia’s beef industry moving.

For nearly a decade, Claire Strasburg has travelled up and down the highways of eastern Queensland behind the wheel of her truck, carting cattle from saleyards and station ­paddocks to meatworks near Brisbane.

“It’s a brilliant job,” Claire says. “I wouldn’t change it for the world.”