CURRENT MISSION

My motto is "I help people find their voice". My second motto is "never do for your children what they can do for themselves".

ABOUT ME

Two of our seven children are married and have given us 4 beautiful grandchildren between them, one in heaven and the rest live in Sydney, Melbourne and touring around the country. My husband and I yearn for a quiet life and have moved to a farm in East Gippsland, Victoria, where we grow vegetables & beef with the assistance of wonderful "workawayers" from all over the world, and operate a BnB.
PHILOSOPHY

Make the world a better place by the time you leave it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As my son, Nick, has, on our behalf, hosted more couchsurfers than I now remember - at our home - I thought I'd log on myself too. In 2014 my daughter, Mariette, and I did some couchsurfing in the UK. Now I'm about to visit an ailing cousin in the Netherlands and may need to find alternative accommodation, depending on her health.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Two memorable experiences in the UK in 2014 with our daughter...in Nottingham and in Porlock.

Interests

Music, especially choral; liturgy; oral communications; travel, especially in Australia and Europe; languages; self-improvement; adult education; historical novels and Netfilx.

• education
• traveling
• music
• communications
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Art music, dramas and historical novels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The best year of my life was when my husband and I took our then five children in a bus done up as a mobile home around outback Australia for 15 weeks. We called ourselves "Seven Little Australians" and our motto was "Querentes perspicientia" - "in search of understanding". We found it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love teaching people how to confidently express themselves with words, gesture and voice. Communicating one's message orally is a vital life skill.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am a Dutch ex-pat who can't get my homeland out of my blood. I also love the country I've lived in most of my life, Australia. Anyone I stay with will benefit from my extensive knowledge of "Down Under" (I've travelled around a fair bit, including the outback) and would be MOST welcome to come and stay on our farm if ever they travel to our wonderful, sunburnt country.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Fiji, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Palestine, Singapore, Solomon Islands, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands

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