It takes an interesting character to travel halfway around the world and donate a motorcycle to a worthwhile cause. Tom Medema remembers one very interesting character and an incredible off-road adventure.
Tucked in the meagre shade of what I assume was once a lively shrub in the northern Gobi Desert, I looked over my shoulder and saw him; relaxed and prone, probably asleep, unfazed by the heat. ‘What is it about adventure,’ I wondered to myself, ‘that seems to tug at the heart and mind of so many Australians? ‘And dammit, why do they seem to handle the challenges so much better than the rest of us? ’The slender figure lounging in the shade behind me was Australian Michael Roberts, my roommate for this Mongolian epic.