Outback Truckers

Great show but spoilt by over dramatised commentary. Oz show not over the top Yankee show

The narrator says, "they're barreling down the highway at 100 kilometers per hour" which to Americans sounds REALLY fast until you realize that is 62.5 miles per hour. Granted that is probably pretty fast on some of those roads. This show is great if you're looking to numb your mind. Tends to be melodramatic but the countryside is interesting

Stumbled across this on 'QUEST' while channel hopping. Having been a fan of Ice Road Truckers for a while, I was getting bored with the on screen 'conflict' between shipping companies then found this gem from Australia. Firstly, they drive on the right side of the road (the left) the language and sense of humour etc are more recognisable to my Brit way of thinking. It's not all about the language though, I get a real sense of camaraderie between drivers and their co-drivers and the people they come across, quite often the co-drivers are spouses, because of this personal connection IRT does appear cold, no pun intended. OT shows locals gathering together to help drivers get out of sticky situations. They often invite drivers to their homes and feed and water them, offer advice about local road black spots and weather. All in all I look forward to seeing OT in the 'My recordings' folder.

It seems most of the reviewers here note how dramatic the narrator makes "possible" scenarios seem, and I too find him a little over the top. But overall, I loved this show, especially when watching this calms my anxiety attacks, provided they're not too bad.

I think the crew did an awesome job of finding interesting things to film. I can count the number of times I saw them in a shot on my fingers on one hand, and some of the positions they put themselves into for a certain shot were incredibly dangerous. Hopefully they got hazard pay. And there were the shots from drones that were amazing. I read the top speed of a hobby drone is around 160 mph, so I can see how they can keep up with the rigs.

Hopefully they.

I like this show i like a lot of comorol shows like ice pilots or ice roed truckers