When it comes to heroines, fast-talking female tow-truck drivers probably aren't what springs to mind.
The best mates live in Agnes Water, a coastal town in the Gladstone Region, almost 500 kilometres north of Brisbane.She says there aren't too many owner-operators in Australia, and even fewer female ones."I'd be the only one that ever started a tow-truck business without a vehicle, but it was just something I really enjoyed doing," Ms Antoniolli says.
"The rural area was a bit of a bonus I think, because there wasn't a lot of boys, so we didn't have to fight for our spot, and the work is different. "To date, recruiters have been reluctant to recruit female heavy vehicle drivers. That's slowly changing," she says."Women don't need any special polices or procedures or things like that put in place before we come into the workplace, if you've got supportive management and people are willing to listen.Ms Denny says women are "hardwired" for heavy vehicle driving.
"So it's not that horrible grimy thing that people think of tow-truck drivers, that we are going to take your money or that we are ambulance chasers, we don't do that.