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Overview

  • 10 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Geotechnical Engineer
  • Engineering at Canterbury University, Christchurch, NZ
  • From Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Work hard, play hard..

ABOUT ME

I have grown up near Queenstown (in the South Island) and know the area well, my family still live there and I head home a few times a year. Went to boarding school in Dunedin, then university to study civil engineering up in Christchurch.

For fun I play competitive rugby from February through to August, and support my home team the Otago Highlanders. On the weekends I like to get out hunting for deer, scuba diving for crayfish and a bit of fishing. I am currently completing my PADI Instructors course so I can travel and live the dream for a few years. We also manage to get in a fair bit of socialising on Friday/Saturday nights and enjoy the Auckland night life...

PHILOSOPHY

Work hard, play hard. Get out there and bite off more that you can chew! After all, a long journey/mad adventure is just an accumulation of small steps.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently hosting a few couch surfers, and looking to make use of some contacts I have made when I go travelling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been hosting couch surfers for a few years now while at university and when living up in Auckland. It has always been a great experience!

Interests

Travel, rugby, hunting, fishing and many other sports, socialising and meeting new people.

  • flying
  • traveling
  • fishing
  • camping
  • hunting
  • scuba diving
  • sports
  • rugby
  • engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I'll listen to pretty much anything and am a big fan of our Kiwi music..Shapeshifter, Six60, Katchafire, Trinity Roots, Fat Freddies Drop and Home Brew Crew.

Movies: Super Troopers, Old School, Boy, Forest Gump, City of God and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Book: The Hobbit, Scar Tissue, The Di Vinci Code

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Driving a tuk-tuk 4,100 km across India!
Spending time up in New Zealand's back country..fly camping under the stars and waking to an epic sunrise!
Night diving with sharks in the Cayman Islands.

visited 10 states (4.44%)Create your own visited map of The World or another interesting project

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cayman Islands, Chile, Cuba, Fiji, India, Indonesia, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Cayman Islands, New Zealand

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