CURRENT MISSION

Finding poetry.

ABOUT ME

Have been a mudbrick builder, teacher of English, Aboriginal and Women studies, painter and sculptor, Regional Gallery director, Humanitarian worker. Now mainly a writer and poet, working on a research Masters Degree in Creative Arts, poetry based, on the artist Ian Fairweather. Environment campaigner working towards stopping coal mining in Australia polluting the planet. Always a student.

PHILOSOPHY

Contribute.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Climate change and anti-coal protests, supporting refugees, humanitarian work, member of Avaaz and GetUp, HelpEx host.

Interests

Writing, reading, writers' festivals, world music, art making and viewing, gardening, walking, traveling, cooking, singing, saving the planet.

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• festivals
• environment
• cooking
• walking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• drawing
• music
• world music
• teaching

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My partner, Rick, and I have built a mudbrick house that overlooks a large pool in the creek where platypus live. I have swum with the platypus, and one has swum to me.

Teach, Learn, Share

Poetry, writing, drawing, mudbrick building, cooking, happy to help out in the garden - pretty practical.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking, conversation, general tasks

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Cambodia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Indonesia, Kiribati, South Africa

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