My name is Chris, known to most as 'Freebs'. After finishing my degree at university in 2011 I took off around the world for a 12 month trip through South East Asia, Uk, Europe, Russia and India. It was an incredible year. Now I am back in Australia and have recently started my own business.

I love living a life of movement and excitement. I drive myself to find beauty in all things and constantly recalibrate my preconceptions toward a more open minded attitude to life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In 2012 I traveled around the world. Whilst I mostly stayed in hostels, toward the end of my trip I did more couch surfing. Hosting couch surfers now that I'm back home is a way of repaying the favour and staying in touch with the traveling lifestyle.

We have hosted many people in our little beach side suburb and get a real kick out of being able to show people a different side of Sydney away from the touristy areas, somewhere a bit more local, with plenty of natural beauty too!

In your couch request tell us about yourself and your trip, we can always help out with things to do as well as help plan your travels around the East Coast. Make sure you include the phrase 'OH YEAH' in your request to show you care enough to read my profile - I get too many requests from people just looking for cheap accommodation... We are travel junkies so love to meet other TRAVELLERS!

Interests

I'm an architect and super passionate about what I do, I've seen the world in its extremities, I love to travel and explore new places. I love getting outdoors and making the most of lifes little pleasures.

• culture
• architecture
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

"Into the Wild" is a great movie and even better book that set me on a course of books like "Into Thin Air", "Shantaram" and "The Road to Kandahar".

I love any movie by Tarantino or Scorsese, but would have to say my favourite movie is "In Bruges" on account of having watched it about 50 times...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking to the top of Mt. Stromboli and witnessing volcanic eruptions!

Teach, Learn, Share

Find life experiences and swallow them whole. TRAVEL. Meet many people. Go down some dead ends and experience dark alleys. TRY EVERYTHING. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of LIFE!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Our home, our friends, our knowledge, our surrounding and of course our friendship!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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