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At 62, Amanda is Training to Become a Truckie

Truck driving is ‘a lifestyle, not a job’ – a lifestyle that 62-year-old Amanda Secombe is happy to roll with!  Previously working as a travel agent for 30 years, Amanda’s work was impacted greatly by COVID, along with caring for her husband who sadly passed in 2021 from bowel cancer. Returning to the travel industry after a couple of years away from work, Amanda soon decided she needed a career change. In early 2022, Amanda purchased a minibus with the view of converting this into a mobile home. To drive the bus though she needed her Light Rigid (LR) licence.

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