3500 km through Australia's desert in a vintage car

This October, Michael Gillmeister from Sydney's Northern Beaches will set off into the desert again — with a decades-old car. The son of German migrants is taking part in the so-called “Shitbox Rally,” which raises money for cancer research. The car-crazy German-Australian reveals what his grandparents' ice cream company has to do with his passion for German cars, what fascinates him about the rally and his connection to Germany.

Dieses Jahr tritt der Deutsch-Australier bereits zum dritten Mal an bei der Rally. Der leidenschaftliche Bastler wird im Oktober dabei nicht auf einen alten Mercedes setzen, sondern auf einen Volvo aus den Achtziger Jahren mit namens "Frida".