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Outback Truckers Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2012 - 2014
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
45 mins
Richo owns a fleet of monster trucks and all the problems that go with them. He's got to get his convoy half way across the Australian continent to the middle of the desert. Clare and Mark are a trucking couple who complete one of the longest cross country supply runs in the world. Every six weeks they drive as many kilometres as the circumference of the Earth. The distance they can handle, crazy motorists drive them mad and driving level crossings under lights and 10 km above the speed limit. Gordon and Shui run road-trains to mining outposts in Australia's remote north. Working around the clock, beating fire and floods. Teeming summer rain is already playing havoc with the schedule of long distance truckie, Mark Bolitho, as he prepares for a marathon five-day trek across the Australian continent. It's been a good run so far but there are signs of trouble up ahead. A severe thunderstorm with hail, gale force winds and flash flooding hits the truck. On the edge of the Central Australian desert, Richo's convoy prepare to hit the dirt roads. It's going to be a tough ride for his most trusted driver, "Yeti". Up north on the coast road, Shui's losing patience with a slower road train but overtaking in these elongated rigs is a tricky operation. And it's not helped by two fellow truckies tying up the CB radio. For Richo's convoy, rains have closed several roads. Yeti's truck is in the lead but it's been badly shaken up. Clare and Mark are about to hit the endless straight of the Nullarbor Plain. No corners to worry about, just cars that don't understand trucks. Richo decides he'll stay at the small town of Warburton with part of his convoy and send two trucks of perishable goods to see if they can get through. It's not long before conditions start to deteriorate. Patches of water suddenly become lakes of unknown depth. He's only 21 but Yeti is already a veteran of the deep water crossing. The trucks make it through, but they've taken a hammering. Time to give the boss back at Warburton some more bad news. Yeti will have to sit tight, camp out while Richo organizes a replacement truck. The breakdown has already cost them precious time and with freezers packed with cold goods, sitting around in 40 degree heat isn't an option. Yeti's makes it to his destination. The unload is going smoothly until the shopkeeper notices something isn't right - the truck's freezers have not been working. Two hundred kilometres down the road, melting ice cream is the last of Richo's problems. He has a $3000 a day crane parked and idle. He needs to get it back to its owner before it sends him broke.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
45 mins
While Steve risks everything to keep his rig going on an epic trek, ex-model Deb and driving partner Damo must deal with a mid-trip change of plans.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
45 mins
Mark stretches his heavy hauler to the limit driving over a mountain range. Weather threatens Steve as he hauls supplies to a remote area.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
45 mins
Trucker and rancher Dougal must haul cattle to a faraway market to avoid ruin. Meanwhile Steve's rig is stuck a short distance from his destination.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
45 mins
Gordo and Shui face exhaustion and a cyclone on a turnaround trip. Mark, Clare and dog Roy drive toward Adelaide. Steve can't budge in a driving rain.