An aged home for old trucks

@JudyEv (342314)
Rockingham, Australia
September 30, 2021 8:10pm CST
On our way to Collie in Western Australia, we drove past this ‘home for aged trucks’. We’ve passed it lots of times and every time we’ve said ‘We must get a photo of that one day’. So now we’re done it. We pulled off to the side of the road and got our photos. I don’t know if the farmer collects them or if they are all his own that he has pensioned off. The sheep kept a close eye on us as you can see.
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@Ronrybs (19563)
• London, England
1 Oct 21
There is an old airfield, not far from here, where they are parking up cars and trucks. I think it is a bit like that airfield in the US where they store aircraft in the desert. Much prefer the greenery
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Oct 21
@Ronrybs There are a lot of yards here that deal in car parts off old cars.
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@Ronrybs (19563)
• London, England
4 Oct 21
@JudyEv Around here it seems are people are too lazy to scrap old wagons and just leave them to rot
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@Ronrybs (19563)
• London, England
7 Oct 21
@JudyEv Same here, I guess there is a big market in parts as there seems to be a lot of them
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@snowy22315 (182478)
• United States
1 Oct 21
It is sort of like a truck retirement village I guess. The sheep look gray.
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@snowy22315 (182478)
• United States
4 Oct 21
@JudyEv Interesting. I was at a zoo of sorts last week in a zoo of sorts. I took a picture of a ram desperately in need of ahearing. He looked like a yAk!
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
@snowy22315 Here is one of our pet sheep when we first got her in. She was running wild in the bush. She desperately needed shearing too.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
In the north where there is a lot of red dust, the sheep look more red! And in Ireland we saw some that were dyed orange to try to deter people from stealing them.
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@sjvg1976 (41290)
• Delhi, India
4 Oct 21
They don't seem to be old from the picture Judy. The sheeps are looking cute.
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@sjvg1976 (41290)
• Delhi, India
5 Oct 21
@JudyEv yes saying it, looks as if they are too old.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 21
The trucks are all quite old - certainly well back in the last century. Haha - saying 'last century' makes them sound very old, doesn't it?
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@just4him (317385)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Oct 21
He's got a good collection of old trucks. Nice picture. It looks like the sheep are guarding the trucks.
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@just4him (317385)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Oct 21
@JudyEv Those two sheep seem to be watching you carefully.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 21
I'm not sure who is guarding who! lol
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
1 Oct 21
I love this photo. What a cool scene. A retirement home for the classic trucks. The sheep are protecting them.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
I wonder how long it will be before another is added.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Oct 21
@JudyEv Would be nice to visit.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
1 Oct 21
nice picture!!! I love old trucks they are much nicer than the technological monsters on the road now!
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
@DocAndersen Hopefully next time.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
There is a 'Transport Hall of Fame' in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory that honours the big trucks and their drivers. I probably wrote about them at the time but I love this exhibit. Just part of the cab is attached to a wall but the rest is just a painting. Did you get to the Alice when you were in Australia?
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
4 Oct 21
@JudyEv i did not get to the Alice, it was on the list but well I have to say the list was extremely long.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
I'd love to see those trucks either restored or repurposed.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
4 Oct 21
@JudyEv hopefully.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
Maybe someone with the right skills will come along one day and bring them back to their former glory.
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@ptrikha_2 (47110)
• India
2 Oct 21
Quite a lot many sheeps! I think this Old and aged Trucks place is reasonably well clean and maintained. I have seen a few places in Delhi where people sort of dump old Trucks, jeeps and even buses but that place is not maintained and in a neglected state.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
They have places like that here too where the old vehicles are just dumped anywhere within an area. They do look very untidy.
@kaylachan (72035)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Oct 21
I don't know, either. But guess it's nice those trucks have somewhere to go.
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@kaylachan (72035)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Oct 21
@JudyEv That's true, too.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
At least, they're something to look at as you drive along the road.
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@RebeccasFarm (90547)
• Arvada, Colorado
1 Oct 21
I love this photo Judy!! You could sell that as you know Thanks for sharing it here.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
It's a very nice scene really, isn't it? Thanks.
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• Arvada, Colorado
4 Oct 21
@JudyEv Indeed it is
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
1 Oct 21
You finally got the photo!
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
It's taken a good few years but we managed it.
@rakski (126452)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
what a truck collection! they are guarding the trucks alright!
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
They have just about surrounded them! lol
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@rakski (126452)
• Philippines
4 Oct 21
@JudyEv oh yes, and it seems they are good guards
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
1 Oct 21
@JudyEv That is nice that there is a home for aged trucks. Maybe the sheep wanted the trucks and did not want to share them with you two.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
The trucks give the sheep shade perhaps and provide a cool place for resting.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
4 Oct 21
@JudyEv That is very nice.
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@LindaOHio (182241)
• United States
1 Oct 21
Someone should restore those old trucks.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
Maybe one day someone will restore them.
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
1 Oct 21
That's a nice photo. The way the farmer has displayed these trucks, it seems that he like to collect old trucks
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
He certainly seems to like his old trucks. I wonder how long before he adds another one.
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@rebelann (113017)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Oct 21
Those look like some of the old trucks I've seen from the 1940s, we have a few people around here who love to restore old classics like those.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
I don't really have any idea how old these would be but maybe they go back this far.
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@FourWalls (69200)
• United States
1 Oct 21
The sheep are probably in our FBI’s witness protection program. The sheep are lovely, and I can’t help but wonder if any of those trucks will actually run!
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
I don't think they would at the moment. They would all be a bit past it.
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@xFiacre (13188)
• Ireland
1 Oct 21
@judyev There’s quite a bitter sweetness about that picture.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
It's sad to see them unrestored. Although they are lined up nicely, they are still very rusty and obviously ancient.
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
That’s beautiful. I like to think that they are alive and at night they have truck race
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
Maybe they do - and the sheep would cheer them on! lol
@Dena91 (16699)
• United States
1 Oct 21
There is a home close to our church where they have kept all the cars that they have owned but no longer run in their side yard. No sheep though to protect them.
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@JudyEv (342314)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 21
Sometimes, a collection of old cars can really look pretty awful. I guess most people trade-in their old cars.
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