NORDIC ADVENTURER
MANY WHO choose the life of a truck driver do so out of exposure to the industry from a young age. A father or uncle may have had trucks and school holidays may have provided childhood adventures and the freedom of the open road to inspire. This story is a common one and repeats itself, time and time again. So how does a young Norwegian boy eventually find his way to Australia to forge a lifelong career in the transport industry?
For those who may not know, Norway is way up north … way, way up north. Bordered by Sweden on one side and the North and Norwegian Seas on the other, Norway is known for its blonde-haired blue-eyed locals, salmon fishermen, the northern lights, deep coastal fjords and Vikings.
It’s Norway’s coastal fjords that gave a young Ollie Aspevik his introduction to the world of transport, far be it from the highways and by-ways of Australia in the seat of a truck.
From the small settlement bearing Ollie’s family name for 500 years, Aspevik on Norway’s west coast provided the ideal base for Ollie’s
