Wall of Fame * Australia - Trucking elite honoured as drivers inducted onto
The Shell Rimula Wall of Fame saw 54 new members inducted on Saturday, in a celebration of a lifetime of service to the trucking industry
Alice Springs,Australia -Australasian Transport News -27 August 2007: -- From the chief executives of national transport carriers to truckies from across Australia, over 550 people descended on National Road Transport Hall of Fame in Alice Springs on the weekend for a three-day celebration of the nation’s road transport industry stalwarts... The annual Shell Rimula Gala Dinner was held on Saturday night at the National Road Transport Hall of Fame... Some inductee highlights included:
* Betty Morgan, who got her truck licence in 1968, was one of the first female truck drivers in the industry and still holds a semi-trailer licence.
* Jim Warden, aged 78, who has been involved in the industry since the early 1950s.
* Stuart McColl, who will turn 90 this year, started his business with just one truck and now owns over 300.
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