For the most part, Brett Cleary is a bloke who likes to keep things relatively simple.
Simply put, he is the third generation of Cleary Bros, an immensely proud and resourceful family company that, for more than 100 years, has built and operated quarrying, transport and civil construction enterprises from a base on the Illawarra coast, which, nowadays, is little more than an hour’s drive south of Sydney.
Similarly simple, within this family’s code resides a strong, historic appreciation for things that work well and, at the other end of the scale, an equally strong disdain for things that don’t. When it comes to equipment that doesn’t meet expectations, second chances are rare in the Cleary mould.
These formidable and sometimes fierce attitudes are in the blood. Brett’s 80-year-old uncle,…