With Roger’s passing, Barry and his mother Eileen, were left with a sizable transport business which was suddenly at a turning point in its operations. 

The recent introduction of interstate services and a decline in the apple industry in Tasmania forced Barry and Eileen to make some very big decisions - withdraw from interstate operations and concentrate on their Tasmanian interests with a somewhat seasonal workload, or move forward with operations as they were and grow the company. 

For the previous few years, Barry had taken a keen interest in interstate t