Outback Truckers

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.

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...

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.

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!