It’s not every day that you encounter something that really moves you. And then when you do, you naturally want to tell the world about it. What you’re about to read is a story of courage, and my small part of that journey started when I ran into an old friend in April last year.
It was lunchtime, and I was sipping on a latte with a colleague, when from across the room I saw a childhood friend I knew years ago. After some umming and arring I decided to approach him and sure enough, it was my friend Nikola who I’ve known forever yet hadn’t seen in years.
After much surprise and disbelief that the world really is a small place, after all, we both grew up in Sydney and had found ourselves working in Canberra across the road from one another, Nikola proceeded to tell me of this crazy idea he had to cycle from Canberra to Sydney with his twin brother, Jovan. To make matters worse he wanted to coerce my little brother and another friend to make this long and potentially dangerous trip with them. I was astounded ‘How can you possibly do that? Have you ever seen cyclists riding to Canberra on the Hume Highway?’ You’re crazy! I protested.
