“I am over corporate style and nowadays I do what suits me and that is the most enjoyable part,” he said. “There is always something happening on the road and I chat to truckies, listen to podcasts or e-books, and chat on phone as my Starlink mini works the whole way … the day just seems to go.”

Wes’s service involves him flying out to collect a customer’s vehicle, driving it where it needs to go, and then flying home again. He says he sleeps in motels rather than the customer’s vehicle, sends them rig photos daily … and he’s punctual.

“People book their holiday airfares on the date I say the vehicle will be in Cairns or Perth or Broome or Kununurra or Darwin etc and I never let anyone down,” Wes said. “I book a homeward bound flight to gel with their incoming flight.”

Checking out the Great Australian Bight ,.. again!

The reasons why people use Wes’s services are many and varied. He says there are holidaymakers who want to see Australia but don’t have the time to do both ways; nomads who are called away from their trips for family reasons; motor dealers who don’t want to miss out on a sale; people who travel on the Indian Pacific or the Ghan and want to meet their car and van there; and there’s medical episodes of clients.

“In one incident, the owner of a caravan fell down a cliff on a walk and passed away in North Queensland,” said Wes. “And I had to go and get his 4WD and caravan and drive it to his son’s in Melbourne.”

A more cheerful job involved delivering a new LandCruiser 300 and flash new caravan, worth a combined $300,000, to someone in Port Hedland who had won it in a draw.

“It went to a young widower father with a couple of kids who was working in a general store,” said Wes. “He had a 20-year-old ‘Cruiser and van and he loved the look of his prize … I was so happy for him.”

Wes says he is probably away from home 250-300 days a year … and loves life behind the wheel. But when it comes to holidays, it’s a different story.

“We live at Maroubra Beach so there is no room for a van in our lifestyle now,” he said. “This year, we have been to the USA, Canada and Alaska … but we flew over, then travelled by coach, and ship.”

And not a caravan in sight!

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