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    GENTLE GIANT

    Oct 06, 2019 4 minutes

    THE LATE NOEL BRANSDEN OF HEYFIELD, Victoria, was well known in the trucking industry – especially Gippsland – as the owner and driver of Big William, a mighty 1982 W Model Kenworth famous for the massive loads it carried.

    Noel passed away on June 29, and his trucking mates were among over 400 people at his funeral in Heyfield, Victoria.

    His partner, Julie Bryer, hopes Noel will be remembered “as the gentle soul he was, and as the achiever that he was”.

    Photos taken by Noel illustrate some of Big William’s enormous loads. He specialised in moves for power stations and coal mines but enjoyed the challenge of all heavy, oversize, awkward loads. Julie lists a tram,

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