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Porsche drives the desert to save lives
3 Mins Read Outward bound: Tom Barr Smith Senior with Andrew Burgess, Tom Barr Smith Junior, and Andrew Nikakis, getting ready to head off on their fundraising drive to the Simpson Desert. Also in the team are Nick van de Merwe, John Beresford and Andrew Hardy. Picture: Supplied Share
TACKLING the Simpson Desert in a Porsche might seem a daunting challenge, but a group mates from Flinders believe the cause makes it all worthwhile.
They are hoping to raise $100,000 for research – and, more importantly, greater awareness – of the fight against motor neuron disease.
Tom Barr Smith, his son Tom, and five old friends, took off at the crack of a cold Flinders dawn, Saturday 10 July, in the 2003 C4S Porsche knowing it was a mad cap idea but oh so exciting for the 80-year-old Tom Barr Smith and his team of seven.
Navigate dusty, red roads to unearth deep craters and spectacular gorges, plunge into a real-life oasis in the depths of the outback and marvel at some.