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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.

Seasons 1 and 2 were great. A nice peek into the world of an outback trucker. Beautiful scenery, ingenious roadside repairs, and interesting characters make it a fun show. Season 3 is almost ruined by the narrator's manufactured drama. Every single scene is "If the driver doesn't do (whatever), the consequences could be catastrophic". Hope the following seasons get back to the original style.

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

A good series. Well seasons 1 & 2 anyway. Pity about the crazily overdramatic music and narration. One gets the impression that if a lizard were to pop out from under a rock and stare at the rig for some reason, it might burst into flames and destroy the entire Outback. The rig, not the lizard .... although.

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

Interesting subject matter, but the narration is terrible! Every single step anyone takes could lead to disaster! The narration ruins an otherwise good show. I like the drivers, the equipment, the challenges, the backwoods roads, and the scenery, but sometimes I have to shut off the sound, because it SUCKS!! Stop the dramatics!

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

A lot of the events are just set on purpose but it shows the immense emptiness of Australia that may seem depressing to some but enlightening to me. The immense emptiness that has some similarities of the African Sahara. Something to make you feel very small...

Seems like they are trying to copy the stupid american style of bad TV. All the episodes are made for people with IQ of 10.

McNea

Enjoyed this show emmensly, the couples working together were a study in relationship skills.

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.

You know you are driving on a mud road. Why do you not have chains on tires, like you would for snow and ice. You know there's a bunch of dirt on the bridge, clean it before you try. Super boggy. Take the trailers one at a time. Get that road scrapper out there to get the water to drain. I feel like these situations where purposefully staged.