Mother truckers

Updated September 1 2014 - 2:18pm, first published August 30 2014 - 3:00am
Road warriors: (From left) Rosalie Hann, Heather Jones and Rachael
Williss of the Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls. Photo: Tony McDonough
Road warriors: (From left) Rosalie Hann, Heather Jones and Rachael Williss of the Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls. Photo: Tony McDonough
The long haul: Heather Jones's truck on the road between Broome and Karratha. Photo: Tony McDonough
The long haul: Heather Jones's truck on the road between Broome and Karratha. Photo: Tony McDonough
Keep on truckin': Heather Jones (front) with other members of the Heavy Haulage Girls. Photo: Tony McDonough
Keep on truckin': Heather Jones (front) with other members of the Heavy Haulage Girls. Photo: Tony McDonough
Heather Jones one of the Heavy Haulage Girls, Western Australia. Photo: Tony McDonough
Heather Jones one of the Heavy Haulage Girls, Western Australia. Photo: Tony McDonough

Heather Jones rocks hot-pink high-vis. At a truckstop outside Karratha, WA, she backs down the steps of her prime mover bum-first - reminding us that it is the safest way back to earth.