Tarcutta andV8Ian

[Hogarthde]

We stopped at Tarcutta for smoko yesterday,and I mentioned to Ricki that this was halfway Melbourne .. Sydney, and the site of “the blockade”. So of course the why and when questions where asked and to my eternal embarrassment, I couldn’t quite elucidate . So V8Ian, can you help? I thought late 70s, and the protest was re intra state road tariffs and tax, and really nothing much changed, and was the chief protagonist a chap called green dog?

Dave

[bblaze]

Hi dave
google brings up this
Razorback Blockade - Ted Stevens tells the real story (https://truckyarns.com.au/product/razorback-blockade-book-ted-stevens/)

[V8Ian]

We stopped at Tarcutta for smoko yesterday,and I mentioned to Ricki that this was halfway Melbourne .. Sydney, and the site of “the blockade”. So of course the why and when questions where asked and to my eternal embarrassment, I couldn’t quite elucidate . So V8Ian, can you help? I thought late 70s, and the protest was re intra state road tariffs and tax, and really nothing much changed, and was the chief protagonist a chap called green dog?

Dave
'79 IIRC, I was a new local driver at the time and too niave to understand the business and politics, I 'll do some research and get back to you.

[V8Ian]

Truckies set up blockade (https://www.smh.com.au/national/truckies-set-up-blockade-20091231-ll09.html)

PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines. (https://www.pressreader.com)

Greendog publishes ‘real’ story of Razorback | News (https://www.ownerdriver.com.au/industry-news/1704/greendog-publishes-real-story-of-razorback)
I've made enquiries about purchasing this book, quite happy to mail it to you to borrow, subject to it still being available.

[V8Ian]

We stopped at Tarcutta for smoko yesterday,and I mentioned to Ricki that this was halfway Melbourne .. Sydney, and the site of “the blockade”. So of course the why and when questions where asked and to my eternal embarrassment, I couldn’t quite elucidate . So V8Ian, can you help? I thought late 70s, and the protest was re intra state road tariffs and tax, and really nothing much changed, and was the chief protagonist a chap called green dog?

Dave
Is protagonist a big word for hero or legend? [bigwhistle]

[V8Ian]

12 Apr 1979 - THE AFTERMATH OF THE BIG BLOCKADE - Trove (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110940271)

[V8Ian]

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[Bigbjorn]

Ian is probably old enough to remember the Tarcutta bog in the 1950's.

[Hogarthde]

Righto, thanks men.

Razorback.......Yass.... Ted Stevens, ‘‘tis stirring the cells a bit.

I refuse to believe Ian ,that you where young and naive, next thing you will tell us you rode a B.S.A. to work. Thanks for the offer re book, but will try online when we get back to Encounter Bay.

Yass , was Tote living there all those years ago? And has the truckies lot improved much, I know the trucks and trailers have, but are you fellows still getting clobbered .

And yes Ian ,Ted was indeed a working man’s legend.

[Bigbjorn]

And it was a pedal BSA.

[Tote]

Righto, thanks men.

Razorback.......Yass.... Ted Stevens, ‘‘tis stirring the cells a bit.

I refuse to believe Ian ,that you where young and naive, next thing you will tell us you rode a B.S.A. to work. Thanks for the offer re book, but will try online when we get back to Encounter Bay.

Yass , was Tote living there all those years ago? And has the truckies lot improved much, I know the trucks and trailers have, but are you fellows still getting clobbered .

And yes Ian ,Ted was indeed a working man’s legend.

Nope, I was living around Orange at that time. I did drive a rental furniture truck through a blockade in 1988 at Yass but that blockade was not organised by the same people as Razorback. A bit of info here H.R. Nicholls Society: No Ticket, No Start---No More!: Australia's Transport Industries and the Unions (http://archive.hrnicholls.com.au/archives/vol6/vol6-6.php) and here 13 Jul 1988 - Hume Highway a shambles as truck blockade continues at Yass - Trove (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102032035)

40 years ago I was not old enough to hold a truck licence [smilebigeye]

Regards,
Tote

[Hogarthde]

That H R Nicholls report is interesting Tote

[Stuck]

Found this old gem a few weeks ago. YouTube (https://youtu.be/6grAIYwkaBE)

[Tote]

Well that just speared me off for 15 minutes of looking at 8v92 Kenworth SAR videos [biggrin]

Regards,
Tote

[V8Ian]

Well that just speared me off for 15 minutes of looking at 8v92 Kenworth SAR videos [biggrin]

Regards,
Tote
Well that brings back a few memories, some good, bad, fast and one one particularly funny.

[jerryd]

Ian is probably old enough to remember the Tarcutta bog in the 1950's.

[bigrolf] this comment nearly slipped through the net !!

[V8Ian]

[bigrolf] this comment nearly slipped through the net !!
Haven't you got some tiles to lay? :bat:

[AndyG]

Thanks, i stopped at Tarcutta before Easter and tried to get the brain cells realigned, thanks for the reminder. And if i recall correctly a rig is buried at the top of the cutting, the exhaust are sticking out. Or am i getting my road blocks mixed up