Over to you LRTAWA by Jan Cooper, CEO, Livestock and Rural Transport Association of Western Australia (Inc)
The sky is the limit and never pass up an opportunity In the second part of our series of interviews with young committee members we talk to Matt Henderson, LRTAWA Vice President of the Rural Division whose motto is ‘the sky is the limit and never pass up an opportunity’.
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WATM • July 2020
Tell us about yourself I am 35 years old, born and bred in Busselton, WA. I attended school in Busselton and graduated from Harvey Agricultural College where I concentrated on viticulture. I had hoped to be a viticulturalist, but the industry took a turn for the worse. After leaving agricultural college I worked on a local farm before moving to the North West as an all-round machine operator in earth moving. My father had an earth moving business and I’ve always been around trucks, so it was natural for me look towards transport. I
distinctly remember sitting on the steps of the Busselton Post Office on my 20th birthday waiting for it to open so I could get my MC permit. By the afternoon and after a trip to Bunbury, I had my licence. My partner Hannah and I have two children. When I have spare time, I indulge in my hobby of training for, and participating in triathlons. Tell us about your business I bought my first truck in 2011 when I was 26 years old and sub-contracted as a civil mining tow haulier in the North West. My
