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Overview

  • 3 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Croatian
  • 46, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Electrician in Australia. Labourer whilst travelling... i...
  • I graduated high school and completed a trade certificate
  • From Seven Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To meet people and travel... this is my current mission and i love it!

ABOUT ME

I'm fun loving and easy going. Love to meet people and have enjoyed travelling europe immensely for this reason. I don't mind a drink (being Australian) and have been known to go out dancing all night. I love music more than anything and go to many festivals.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't watch television... it's junk food for the brain.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have just joined Couch Surfing so at the moment my partisipation is minimal. I am currently travelling but on my return to OZ i will have a couch available to travellers who need a place to crash and want to have a chat.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

These 2 Estonian girls were telling me about CS. They contacted a Polish girl on this site, she text messaged them back from their email within an hour and we were all having traditional polish dinner and all went out together that evening. I ended up staying with her too... it was absolutely amazing for my first experience!!!!

Interests

I'm interested in travel, meeting people, music, other cultures, radio control cars and technology

  • festivals
  • dancing
  • dining
  • picnic
  • drinking
  • technology
  • traveling
  • cars
  • socializing
  • music
  • surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

This is some of the music i love and listen to....

Radiohead, Chemical Brothers, TV On The Radio, The Mars Volta, Saul Williams, The Presets, The Gossip (love your work Beth Ditto!), Groove Armada, Hot Chip, Chez Bob, Daft Punk, CSS (Cansei De Ser Sexy = Death By Sexy), Hot Hot Heat, James Brown, Katalyst, Decoder Ring, Deltron 3030 Joan Armatrading, Death In Vegas Jurrasic 5, The Knife, Killer Kitch, Camera Obscura, Mattafix, Miss Kitten & The Hacker, Rosin Murphy, Royksopp, Siiri Nordi, Sneaker Pimps Missy Elliot, Mylo, Super Furry Animals, Sonic Animation, Peaches, Black Rebal Motorcycle Club, The Dresden Dolls, Dynamo Productions, Eagles Of Death Metal, Eskimp Joe, Faithless, Bagsmen, Basement Jaxx The Velvet Underground, Jeff Buckley, Muse, Prefuse 73, Bluebottle Kiss, Joni Mitchell, Joy Division, The Postal Service, The Raconteurs, The Rakes, The Rapture, New Order, Prince, Jackson 5, Alan Parsons Project, Patti Smith, Elton John, Bjork, Santana, The Streets, Thom York, Wolfmother David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Eurythmics, Gorillaz, The Beatles, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pavement, The Breeders, The White Stripes, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Modest Mouse, Sarah Blasko, Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, The Go! Team, The Killers, The Magic Numbers, The Pogues, The Polyphonic Spree, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Rage Against The Machine, The Crystal Method, The Happy Mondays, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Cyndi Laupa, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Plant Life, Death Cab for Cutie, The Deftones, The Presets, Sleater-Kinney, Snow Patrol, At the Drive In, The Prodigy, Cut Copy, Tool, Cog, Van Morrison, Portishead, Massive Attack, Scissor Sisters, Spoon, The Human League, Bright Eyes, Something For Kate, Sufjan Stevens, Faker, Unkle, Wolfmother, The Arcade Fire, Andy Clockwise, Danger Doom, Beasties Boys, Jurassic 5, DJ Shadow, Edan, Blackalicious, Handsome Boy Modelling School, Plump DJs and the Finger Lickin Crew.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked atop the Swiss Alps in Interlaken. Slept overnight in an abandoned castle in Scotland. Played Pallett and Patonque (2 traditional french games) and kicked arse at it, went to Electric Picnic and Oxegen mjusic festivals... they were amazing for me because Australia doesn't have anything that scale.

Teach, Learn, Share

I believe everyone has a hidden talent and I can teach anyone how to squirt fresh saliva from their saliva glands under the tounge.

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