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Overview
About Me
Hey! I'm from Australia and currently living in the UK! I love travelling, seeing new places, experiencing new cultures and meeting new people.
Next trip.... Camping and hiking around Norway!!
So for some actual depth I'm an environmental engineer remediating contaminated sites. I'm originally from Melbourne, Australia and moved to Stockholm last year and the UK this year.
Growing up I travelled a lot with parents but I don't really consider that travelling as they were never my own adventures. My first real trip was to Europe with some mates in 2016 which was the typical boys euro trip but I did catch the travel bug.
In 2017 I was in the army and travelled all around Australia and saw all the beautiful islands where I developed a passion for snorkelling and diving. Straight after I wanted a bit more of a challenge so I backpacked south east Asia.
As per usual, once I got home I started planning the next trip and in this case I really wanted to challenge myself so I figured I would go to South America in December 2018. If you ever go to South America on your own, you'll soon realise that if you don't speak Spanish it's very hard to eat.
The next 'trip' was slightly bigger as I wanted to combine my passion for travelling with work. Also I never felt as though I had fully seen Europe so I asked work for a transfer to the Swedish office and then to the UK office and here I am!!
In terms of places that I want to see, I feel as though I've seen most of them, it's more about how I see them now. I've always been the type of person with a plan so I decided to book a flight to Croatia then another out of Hungary and just to see what happens in between.
Could always use a travel buddy
- can preferably handle spicy food
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
For the adventure
Interests
I like the simple things in life.... Good people, good adventures and good food.
Why would I ever want to be a standard tourist when I'm willing to put some skin in the game and get my hands dirty.
I would rather struggle in Bolivia and be my best self than have an all inclusive resort holiday.
- travel
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Quit my job, left everything and moved to Sweden without a plan
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom