Okay, okay, so it's another bloody modern truck (or at least half of it). However, this photo, kindly sent in by Ray O'Halloran (but taken by someone else), has provided the seed for the first photo challenge of this blog. What we see here is what looks like a T900-series Kenworth triple that has come unstuck (stuck is probably the better term) at the Creswell Creek Crossing in Queensland. I have no time stamp for these pics so do not know whether they are from the recent floods that are paralysing the two great states of NSW and Qld. I can only imagine/hope the driver got stuck, escaped to safety and the waters have since risen further. The challenge? ACC is all about old trucks and buses so it is your job to come up with classic commercial vehicles operating in extreme conditions. They can be old or new photos but they must show the old vehicle battling dust, mud, water, snow, mountains of rocks, beach sand or whatever. An accompanying story would be cool too if possible. There will be a prize for the winner once I think of one.
As big as the road train above is, it is tiny compare to the size and impact of the flooding. Here's to those who have been affected - I hope the road to recovery is an easy one to follow.
Email your submissions to accemagATbigpond.com (replacing the AT with @). This may all end in tears and I may not get one photo (kidding myself the blog is relatively popular!) so here's a rather extreme example of the type of stuff I'm after (AEC Mandator tanker taking a short cut in the NT. Neil Fraser collection):
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