Aussie who misses international company since returning home to Australia after living in Europe for five years. Working to experience the many benefits of eating guacamole.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

CS has led me to many amazing, life changing experiences and people. Found it to be a great thing while travelling and for now while I'm stationary and I have a place to host surfers I'm happy to!

Interests

Listening to and playing music, going to concerts, visual art, design, film, hiking, camping, sailing, gardening in others gardens, economics (my dirty secret), people watching, sociology, experiencing nature, environmental protection, cooking for new friends, eating stuff with chilli in it, drinking flavoursome beer, meeting wacky and wonderful characters, all the food (that's good for me and the world).

• arts
• design
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• technology
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping
• sailing
• business
• communications
• economics
• journalism
• sociology
• whiskey
• futurism
• enviroment
• knifemaking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies I love, check my IMDB.
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur67558524/ratings

Music
Adam Green, Akron/Family, Al Green, ALT_J, Animal Collective, Black Lips, Blur, Boards Of Canada, Bon Iver, Bonobo, Cloud Control, Cloud Nothings, Criolo, David Bowie, De La Soul, Fela Kuti, Here We Go Magic
Howlin Wolf, Jose Gonzalez, Jurassic 5, LCD Soundsystem, Little Dragon, Madness, Metronomy, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Paul Simon, Pixies, Radiohead, Refused, Seekae, Shuggie Otis, Talking Heads, The Flaming Lips, The Laurels, The Milk Carton Kids, The Rapture, TV on The Radio, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Violent Soho, Worlds End Press, Yo La Tengo, Four Tet on and on and on and on . ..... you get it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Worked with artists I love.
Got lost in a national park for 24 hours.
Drove around my country by myself for 2 months.
Moved to the other side of the world.
Lived in 10+ apartments in Berlin.
Had a French Christmas.
Traveled without plans for six months.
Hitchhiked 900 km.
Stayed in an anarchist camp for 2 weeks.
Lived in a van for 3.5 months.
Ate Pintxos in San Sebastián.
Hiking in the Pyrenees.
Many hikes.

Teach, Learn, Share

Radio, band management, gig bookings, music promotion, music industry, publicity, sales, business development, social media promotion, music releases. technology, design, startups, software project management.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Everything, except my dignity.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Germany