THE ARRIVAL OF THE FOOD TRUCK

Recently food trucks have begun to emerge in Australia. However they aren’t having an easy time due to government regulations being imposed on them. In Melbourne, a city famed for its arts and culture, the city council has approved only nine spots for food trucks to operate with the majority of these locations being outside the CBD (Berg 2013). Sydney is currently running a yearlong trial with food trucks. The food truck trial was born out of Sydneysiders wanting more, as the Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore states “…gourmet-quality, affordable food in places where options have previously been limited, especially late at night” (Erin 2012). However once again this trial in Sydney is host to only nine different food trucks in the CBD (City of Sydney 2013). This is still a far cry from the amount that would be found in cities such as Las Angeles and New York. Perth has also jumped on the food truck trial bandwagon with Curtin University hosting a number of food trucks during their two teaching semesters this year. Curtin hired Perth company Place Match to come up with an idea to reinvigorate the atmosphere around the university. According to Annette Hasluck from Place Match “Three months in and the response has been overwhelmingly positive, with 91 per cent of the 400 people surveyed saying they wanted the food trucks to stay” (Lambert 2013). There are a variety of foods available at Curtin Uni with twelve food vans currently in rotation in the Park’d food truck event. The trucks can be found at three separate locations throughout the university.

References:

Berg, C. 2013. Melbournians Are Streets Behind on Pavement Food. The Age, June 30. http://www.theage.com.au/comment/melburnians-are-streets-behind-on-pavement-food-20130629-2p42y.html

Erin. 2012. Food Trucks to be Summer’s New Eating Craze. News.com.au, October 10. http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/food-trucks-to-be-summers-new-eating-craze/story-fneuz8zj-1226492719258

City of Sydney. 2013. Sydney Food Trucks. http://www.sydneyfoodtrucks.com.au/

Lambert, H. 2013. Curtin Leads Funk Food Van Phenomena. http://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-leads-funky-food-van-phenomena-stm-cover-story/