Toots Holzheimer knew her rig inside and out. After 20 years of hauling “anything and everything” more than 1.6 million kilometers over the outback of northern Queensland–and raising eight kids, she passed away in 1992. A crane unloading pylons at a wharf lost control, and she was struck by its load.
Hardworking and tough, she tackled the hurdles of remote freight transportation, including lifting full 44 gallon drums. Her truck, Toot’s Old Girl, is on display at the Winton Diamantina Truck Museum.
But come on. She does look a wee bit like Large Marge, no?
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She would scare me that is for sure. God Bless her and her life. All that work and 8 kids too! Amazing.
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Agreed.
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I’ll bet she scared the heck out of the kangaroos. Large and in charge. Can you imagine how tough she must have been to hold her own in that business in Oz? Good on ya, Toots.
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Right? I’m scared to just VACATION there, for fear of critter attack, much less drive a big rig and lift things that would send me to the chiropractor.
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How is that not large Marge?
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Right? The actress must have been her doppelganger.
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