CURRENT MISSION

Re-igniting the travelling flame. Couchsurfing has given me a lot. Now I’m a family man I reflect back fondly been heavily involved in Couchsurfing foundation years.

ABOUT ME

Hi I'm David. Couchsurfing has given me so much between 2007-2011. It’s been 10 years. I’m back!

I'm Australian born with British and New Zealand born parents (I guess I was born to travel lol). I grew up in rural NSW in the Hunter Valley, 45 mins inland from coastal town Newcastle and two hours North of Sydney. I left school to do an Apprenticeship in Sydney and lived in Australia until I started travelling in 2006. One short trip to Europe was enough for me to apply for a UK passport and live in London working in the rail industry in 2007.

This is where couchsurfing started for me. I travelled to all parts of the world with friends and couchsurfers from 2007-2011. Now I live back in Newcastle, Australia and have plenty more travel plans especially in the Asian and Pacific Island areas and of course my own backyard Australia. I'm friendly person however perhaps the references below will give you more of an idea of who I am.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy life, don't let silly things put you down. Work to live and not live to work.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted and surfed in many places. I'm here for information. Family commitments require me to play only a small part in Couchsurfing now.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hopeless at keeping count. Stayed at about 25 places, Have hosted around 100 in London. Our couchsurfing house attracted the attention of Polish TV morning show and French show 100% Mag in 2009.

Interests

cricket, soccer, drinking, partying, traveling, water sports, meeting people of different cultures. Travel is the best education of them all.

• education
• partying
• drinking
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• hunting
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• cricket
• soccer
• golf
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

All sorts with no real favorites but Aussie rock band of the 80's Cold Chisel is unbeatable.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

White Christmas in Finland ranks high

Lived:

Australia.
Cessnock (20 years)
Newcastle (12 years)
Sydney (4 years)

England.
London (3 years)

Traveled:
I have been to dozens major destinations in 41 countries over 6 continents.

AUSTRALIA - OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA (HOME).....Hunter Valley, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Tamworth, Narribri, Gunnedah, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Thredbo ski, Perth, Gold Coast, Darwin.
6x
NEW ZEALAND.....Dunedin, Queenstown, Christchurch, Invercargill, Wellington, Lake Taupo, Hawkes Bay

1x
COOK ISLANDS……Rarotonga, Aitutaki

1x
FIJI…..Shangri La, Nataldo Bay

1x
VANUATU…..Pacific Pearl Christmas Cruise

1x
NEW CALEDONIA…..Pacific Pearl Christmas Cruise

EUROPE

ENGLAND.....London (Lived there) Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon tyne (couchsurfed), Newquay, Leeds.
15x
GERMANY....
Munich, Nurnberg, Frankfurt, Berlin(couchsurfed), Karlsruhe, Kandel (couchsurfed), Hamburg, Freiburg, Düsseldorf, Köln (couchsurfed)
9x
SPAIN....Barcelona, Pamplona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Madrid, Majorca, Santander, Bilboa, Canary Islands (Tenerife), San Sebastian (couchsurfed), Malaga.
6x
FRANCE..... Biarritz, Bordeaux, Paris, Marseille, Risoul ski resort, Strasbourg.
3x
AUSTRIA..... Vienna, Salzburg.
IRELAND..... Dublin (couchsurfed)
2x
CZECH REP.... Spindle Mylv ski resort, Prague.
NORWAY....Oslo (couchsurfed), Tromso.
SWITZERLAND.... Zurich, Basle, Jungfrau ski region
POLAND.... Poznan, Gdansk, Sopot
SCOTLAND....Edinburgh (couchsurfed), Loch Ness, Isle of Skye, St Andrews Golf links
1x
NETHERLANDS.... Amsterdam
WALES.... Cardiff (couchsurfed)
SWEDEN.... Stockholm (couchsurfed)
ITALY.... Bari (couchsurfed)
SLOVAKIA.... Bratislava
HUNGARY.... Budapest (couchsurfed)
NORTHERN IRELAND.... Derry (couchsurfed)
TURKEY.... Istanbul, Gallopoli
GREECE.... Athens, Eritha, Ageina
PORTUGAL.... Lisbon
BELGUIM.... Brussels
ICELAND.... Reykjavik, Gulfoss Geysir, Blue Lagoon, Myrdalsjokull Glacier.
SLOVENIA….Ljubljana
FINLAND…..Helsinki, Rovaniemi
RUSSIA…..St Petersburg, Moscow

NORTH AMERICA

4x
USA..... Miami, New York, Salt Lake City, Zion
National Park, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam,
Colorado River, San Francisco (couchsurfed). Hawaii
1x
CARIBBEAN.... Antigua
CANADA…..Whistler, Vancouver, Toronto

AFRICA

1x
MOROCCO.... Marrakech (couchsurfed)

ASIA

1x
SINGAPORE....Singapore
THAILAND…..Koh Samui

SOUTH AMERICA

1x
PERU....Lima, Cuzco areas, Lares Trek around Machu Pichhu.
BRAZIL....Sao Paulo, Rio de Janiero.

ANTARTICA

None yet.

All amazing

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about my country and willing to share more about this world to others

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, England, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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