CURRENT MISSION

to get the most out of my exchange experience in Nottingham: travel, learn, meet people, make friends, hear some good music and eat some good food!

ABOUT ME

I'm a uni student from Brisbane, Australia. I get a kick out of learning, reading, going to the beach, rockclimbing, hiking, philosophising, politics and music.

Right now I'm on exchange at Nottingham University. I'm trying to do as much traveling in the six months I'm here. So far I've been around Western Europe and up to Scotland. I went hiking in the Highlands for two weeks this last August - awesome scenery and wonderful folk!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed once in York, which was brilliant. Looking forward to more!

Interests

• dining
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• juggling
• music
• hiking
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books (read)
Lord of the Rings
His Dark Materials
Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman
Slaughterhouse Five
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Anything by Terry Pratchett
Anything by P.G Wodehouse
Someone Knows My Name
Shadow of the Workhouse by Jenny Worth
George Orwell
Bill Bryson
Douglas Adams
Asimov
Harry Turtledove
Robert Fisk
Les Carlyon
Norman Davies
Marx
Ha-Joon Chang

Books (want to read)
Catch-22
Little Women
Brave New World
On the Road
The Great Gatsby
Of Mice and Men
The General Theory by John Maynard Keynes
Kicking Away the Ladder by Ha-Joon Chang
Globalisation and its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz

Music - my taste is hard to define, not in the stuck up way but just because I don't know enough about music to use any of the tags properly.
Bands I like are
Vampire Weekend
The Libertines
La Roux
Josh Pyke
Ben Lee
Bluejuice
Laura Marling
The Drums
Bombay Bicycle Club
MGMT
Yves Klein Blue
Arcade Fire
The Beautiful Girls
The Cat Empire
Arctics
The Fratellis
Sufjan Stevens
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Shins

Teach, Learn, Share

I can juggle. I can also walk on my hands. I could teach someone to do that.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom