Outback Truckers

They drive the biggest trucks on earth along the toughest roads and loneliest highways in the world. They are Australia's Outback Truckers, men and women in monster rigs, on marathon runs, through some of the most inhospitable terrain on the planet. Out here only one thing matters, getting there and back alive!

In Perth, lone trucking operator Steve Grahame is preparing for an epic journey. A 3000-kilometre trek to the top of Western Australia. Deb's having trouble with the gears on her truck. She's not used to a manual. With a further delay, they are now starting 5 hours late really putting the pressure on. Then on the outskirts of Melbourne, the boss calls.

Mark King is a heavy haulage specialist that has to haul a monster rig to a coal mine 700 kilometres away. It's too big for the road and there's a mountain range to cross. In the wilds of north Western Australia, veteran truckie Steve Grahame is in the middle of an epic journey, trying to deliver essential supplies to a remote community, but the weather and roads are conspiring against him.

Dougal Brett is depending on the sale of his cattle to pay the bills but the dirt tracks off his remote station are wet and getting wetter. Mark King is half-way through a marathon job. He's in charge of getting a monster mining truck from Brisbane to the central Queensland coal fields, 700 kilometres away. Mark's convoy has to cross a series of mountain passes.

In far North Queensland, Steve Hughes is loading up for a supply run to remote clients who need fuel before the wet season cuts them off. At a Perth freight depot tempers are fraying. Husband and wife team, Gordon and Shui, have just finished a two-day non-stop drive but bad weather's caused them delays. Instead of resting at home, the boss has told them to turn around and do it all again.