Would you like his job? (UPDATE IV: Not Sydney!?)

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From this small photo it’s hard to tell what this man is doing. But it will all make sense to you when you click the main photo (do it now!). Pretty scary height, isn’t it? And no safety devices like obligatory today. This picture is one of a set that were taken in the 1930s in Sydney, Australia and was send to us by Barry Stalker. We’ll show you more later, but for now Barry would like to know the identity of the small truck and if it was Australian made? Can you help?
Update IV by Jhn Hughes: "This photograph was not taken in Sydney. On the rear of the vehicle can be seen the words "Nesca Service". Nesca was a government-owned elictricity supply company in Newcastle, Australia, which is a large city, located about 150 kilometres north of Sydney. Until the company name was changed to "Shortland Electricity" in about 1970, all of it's commercial vehicles bore the words "Nesca Service".
Update III: Both John Hearne and Reg Harris also come up with "British Bedford". Reg: “a British Bedford, made by Vauxhall, approx 1934 vintage. Most probably imported to Australia in Chassis-Cowl form and the body added possibly by Holden before it became General Motors Holden.”
Update II from: Manuel Voyages: “It would be an Australian GM product. We had all of the GM trucks here. Bedford, GMC, Chev, Maple Leaf & Olds. My guess would be 1932-4 Bedford [30 cwt?] looking at the flat front and lights on the front guards. The badge on the bonnet probably says "British Product".
Update I comes from Graeme Simpson: “Looks like a Federal, maybe a 1-ton or 30-cwt light chassis from 1933-34. It's likely that the body is Australian because of the high import duties on vehicle bodies.”

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