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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