Monday, November 23, 2015

The National Road Transport Hall of Fame, Alice Springs Australia


This privately owned museum is just outside of town on 2,000 acres of land.

Trucks are donated from individuals throughout Australia. One gentleman donated an old truck – it was the only one he owned for 26 years. Why donate it now when he was still working? He told the museum when they posed that question to him: “I want to come and see it when I am 85 years old and in a wheelchair – to give it a pat on the hood for supporting my livelihood for so many years”.

Individuals are not the only ones who donate vehicles – a number of prominent trucking companies sponsor displays or in the case of Kenworth – donated upwards of 10 million AU dollars for the construction of a building on site to house both current and historical Kenworth vehicles used in Australia.  http://www.roadtransporthall.com/museums/kenworth-museum

Road pioneer Kurt Johannsen's Diamond-T named "Bertha".

Kurt Johannsen, the inventor of the modern Road Train in Australia. He dropped out of school at age 11 – never was formally trained in any vocation but was a natural born engineer. He developed a unique vehicle with steering wheels on each trailer – this was instrumental in helping navigate some of Australia’s very narrow and windy bush tracks. His vehicles were somewhat snakelike in function

Three hundred plus vehicles are on site – both on display and in storage. A large building that was recently constructed now houses even more vehicles.

http://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-australia/national-road-transport-hall-fame-alice-springs-australia/


http://www.roadtransporthall.com/

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