How hard is it for an American to be hired as a truck driver in Australia?

Well at the moment you better off working over here with the exchange rate you'll earn more money plus when you convert it to $US you'll even have more money but hey you don't come for the money its the adventure thats why i went to work over in the USA.

 

Yes its official if you got a pay cheque today at the current exchange rates $1000 Australian would give you $1044 US and $1329 NZ any wonder the Kiwis are coming over but its all good bro

 

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hey josh, i see u r an Airlie Beach boy, i spent 20 years in Cairns, u r dam lucky to live and work there. yes im jelous

 

yes 1 of the better parts of the world to live apart from when your on the receiving end of a cyclone but hey give me a cyclone any day of the week compared to those tornado's . :biggrin_25

 

I have to agree with the cyclone thing, once i and some mates went out to the cook pen and rode out a cyclone that was a cat 3, it was a great day with a few beers, a fire, and some great one liner jokes flying around, p.s the cook pen survived but the beer and fire didn't.

 

Would having experience with RHD trucks make a prospective Australian employer look more favorably at a foreign applicant?

 

Hi all,
I am Thomas from Germany. I'm driving several years trucks in Europe . Now i think about it in Australia to work. Can you send me addresses of companies in which I can apply? Thanks, Thomas

 

g'day Thomas these days with the world wide web you can find most employers on the net try Linfox and Toll holdings to start

 

I guess every employers different, but I think you'd find that a bit of help with aussie trucks - one upside to driving LHD is you'd be good "backin in on the blind side" over here