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Cobey Bartels

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  • Freelance Journalist and Content Specialist, Freelance
Brisbane
As seen in: Holistic Women's Health, CarSales, WhichCar, Shannons, GoAutoNews, GOAUTONEWS PREMIUM, Street Machine, Big Rigs, BikePoint, Australasian Transport News (ATN) and
Covers:  Automotive, motorcycles, culture, tech, electrification, mining & resources, machinery, transport.
Freelance Journalist & Content Specialist | NFP Assistant Director | TV Host
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HQ Holden Run 2021

HQ Holden Run 2021

Street Machine Magazine — THE ninth HQ Run brought the thunder to Brisbane on Saturday, 14 August, with more than 250 of the chrome-bumpered stunners brought out to play after last year's cruise got COVID-canned. Timed perfectly to commemorate 50 years of the humble HQ, the cavalcade gathered at Rocklea Showgrounds before cruising the backroads of South Brisbane.
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Motor Madness hits Townsville!

Motor Madness hits Townsville!

Street Machine Magazine — Car shows seem few and far between these days, as bastard Coronavirus continues to do a number on our more heavily populated centres. Pleasingly though, the inaugural Motor Madness at Townsville Showgrounds went off without a hitch, held across the last weekend of July.
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Mopar Sunday 2021

Mopar Sunday 2021

Street Machine Magazine — IT WAS Chrysler chaos as Queensland's toughest classics and new metal showed up to let loose for the inaugural Mopar Sunday event. "We're just lucky we could pull it off, with all the COVID lockdowns going on," organiser Sam Tatton says.
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Mighty Machines TV

Mighty Machines TV

youtube.com — Introducing Mighty Machines, the action-packed, first of its kind TV show featuring the mightiest machinery the world has to offer! Hosted by young gun journalists Harrison Hunkin and Cobey Bartels, and aired on 10 Bold in Australia and Prime in New Zealand, each episode features highly-entertaining and engaging reviews, comparisons and adventures!
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Episode 3: Cobey Bartels - Host of Mighty Machines. Journalist and just a top aussie bloke by Sni...

Episode 3: Cobey Bartels - Host of Mighty Machines. Journalist and just a top aussie bloke by Sni...

Anchor.fm — Cobey Bartels is a world renowned Australian journalist and top bloke from Brisbane Australia. The host of Might Machine on Channel 10 in Australia this guy is a character. A quick 30 minute yarn about everything career related with a bit of spanners thrown in there. Hope you enjoy.
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The Motorcycle: Storytelling Night

The Motorcycle: Storytelling Night

qld.gov.au — In this special storytelling night hosted by Yarn Storytelling, hear from storytellers as they share true stories told live, exploring the freedom, joy, desire and challenges of getting on the road and embarking on a journey.Why not make a night of it?
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Best Dual-Cab Utes Australia 2018

Best Dual-Cab Utes Australia 2018

Australasian Transport News (ATN) — Welcome to the 2018 Ute Megatest. Here we have all of the popular 4x4 dual-cabs to put through their paces on road - with and without a 900kg total payload - and off road.
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Mercedes-Benz delivers intelligent new Sprinter

Mercedes-Benz delivers intelligent new Sprinter

Australasian Transport News (ATN) — By: Cobey Bartels With a touch of glitz and glamour, Mercedes-Benz launched the latest generation Sprinter range in February, including an all-electric model. Cobey Bartels reports from Duisburg, Germany The new generation of Mercedes-Benz light commercial vehicles is headed for Australia in the fourth quarter of this year, already a market leader down under but with even more to offer this time.
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Behind the world's first Burnout Symphony

Behind the world's first Burnout Symphony

Australasian Transport News (ATN) — By: Cobey Bartels Meat pies, Vegemite, burnouts - all integral parts of the Aussie DNA. But for burnout fanatics, it's more than just a bit of smoke and shredded rubber: it's a true motorsport Whether it's a subtle shed skid, a sneaky clutch kick, or an all-out tyre fryer...
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Komatsu's Intelligent Machine Control helps Mighty Machines TV

Komatsu's Intelligent Machine Control helps Mighty Machines TV

Owner//Driver — By: Cobey Bartels, Photography by: Matt Beaver Episode 8 of Mighty Machines features some heavy duty earthmoving, with Komatsu's Intelligent Machine Control helping Cobey Bartels dig with the best For Episode 8 of Mighty Machines I wanted to up the ante, do something crazy. Or just really stupid.
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Keeping the wheels turning

Keeping the wheels turning

Owner//Driver — Constant paperwork, phone calls, invoicing dramas ... one couple accidentally discovered a solution to the administration work keeping operators out of the truck. Cobey Bartels writes New Zealand-based farmers Sara and Sam Orsborn decided to help out a mate who'd bought a transport company and taken interest in the paperless system the couple were using to run their stockfeed business.
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ALL IN: Casino delivers huge truck turnout

ALL IN: Casino delivers huge truck turnout

Owner//Driver — By: Cobey Bartels, Photography by: Cobey Bartels, Video by: Cobey Bartels The 2017 North Coast Petroleum Casino Truck Show was everything you'd expect, plus some. Owner//Driver's Cobey Bartels was there to see just why this truck show has become so popular.
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All Ford Day 2021

All Ford Day 2021

Street Machine Magazine — MORE than 1000 Fords thundered into Willowbank Raceway in South East Queensland on July 18, giving crowds a chance to ogle some of the state's finest, as well as providing some much-needed aural action out on the strip. There were old and new, factory original through to fully built, so here are our top 12 Fords from across the day.
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FIRST DRIVE: Australian-made electric SEA300

FIRST DRIVE: Australian-made electric SEA300

Owner//Driver — By: Cobey Bartels, Photography by: Sean Lander We take the first Australian-made electric truck, the SEA300, for a zero-emissions journey through the Dandenong ranges. The buzz around electric vehicles continues to intensify, introduced to the masses by the likes of Tesla and now catapulted to the forefront of political-economic interest as traditional vehicle manufactures race to snag a piece of the pie.
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Best trailers on display at the Brisbane Truck Show 2021

Best trailers on display at the Brisbane Truck Show 2021

tradetrucks.com.au — A truck show has to have trucks. But, trailers are just as important. Australia is home to some of the best and toughest trailer manufacturers in the world,...
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All the electric trucks at Brisbane Truck Show 2021

All the electric trucks at Brisbane Truck Show 2021

Australasian Transport News (ATN) — Electric trucks and commercial vehicles were out in force at the 2021 Brisbane Truck Show. From the Fuso eCanter to the exciting SEA electric truck range, mo...
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MIGHTY MACHINES: Is the Sprinter the ute we've been missing?

MIGHTY MACHINES: Is the Sprinter the ute we've been missing?

Australasian Transport News (ATN) — Catch this and more in episode 10 of Mighty Machines, airing this Saturday 4.30pm on 10BOLD! Cobey asks the big question - have utes lost their way? Small trays, five seats, luxury interiors - what happened to massive trays and a modest two-seater cab up front?
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MIGHTY MACHINES: Food delivery driving in a UNIMOG!

MIGHTY MACHINES: Food delivery driving in a UNIMOG!

Australasian Transport News (ATN) — Cobey wanted to try his hand at food delivery driving and given it needed to be done with a 'Mighty Machine', what better than a UNIMOG? Catch this and mo...
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MIGHTY MACHINES: High-tech Hino 500 Challenge

MIGHTY MACHINES: High-tech Hino 500 Challenge

Owner//Driver — Cobey and Steve take the smart 500 Series Hino on an epic Sydney road trip....with a twist!
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MIGHTY MACHINES: Bullet Burnout truck UNLEASHED at Summernats!

MIGHTY MACHINES: Bullet Burnout truck UNLEASHED at Summernats!

Australasian Transport News (ATN) — Cobey takes the wild reborn Bullet Burnout Truck to Summernats to unleash its 3000HP of fury on the burnout pad for the first time! Catch this and more in...
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Trading tools for truckin'

Trading tools for truckin'

Owner//Driver — By: Cobey Bartels Former diesel fitter Brenton Bugeja, better known as 'Budgie', has changed his tune of the choice of North American or European trucks Mackay-based diesel fitter Brenton 'Budgie' Bugeja felt like a change of scenery, so he traded the tools for the cab of a truck - a decision he couldn't be happier with!
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Trucks fit for Kings of the road

Trucks fit for Kings of the road

Australasian Transport News (ATN) — By: Cobey Bartels Daniel King, a third generation member of his family's transport business, is proof that once diesel gets into your blood, it's there for life Melbourne-based truckie Daniel King tells us it started for him like it did for many other operators, in the cab of his old man's truck putting in a mile.
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Moo trucks on through cancer battle

Moo trucks on through cancer battle

Owner//Driver — By: Cobey Bartels Friend of Owner//Driver and owner of the iconic 'Filthy' White 4000 we covered last year, Mick 'Moo' Lake, was diagnosed with cancer on Christmas Eve. Since the devastating news, Mick and his wife Mel have been struggling to balance treatment and operating their business - Truckin' Stainless - setting up a GoFundMe page to help cover the costs of hospital care.
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