CURRENT MISSION

Meet new people, not to take life to seriously, and visit as many countries as possible :-)

ABOUT ME

ONE WEEKS NOTICE IS APPRECIATED...

WE PREFER SURFERS STAY 2 TO 4 NIGHTS...

Nelly and I met through couchsurfing and a year later we married and have never looked back.

We can host anytime, having said that I work shift so preference will be on my days off as it gives us all a chance to relax and get to know each other. We live in a suburb of Canberra, approx: 35min from town by bus.

We try to live a fun, active life, we are into Geocaching and love to share it with anyone that wants to join in.

PHILOSOPHY

It doesn't matter where we are in the world, its the people that make the experience not the place!!!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A friend and I discovered CS just before travelling to India, and the experience really made our trip! When I returned to Oz I have started to host so I could experience the "vibe" of travel without leaving home.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nelly and I like to make connections before we travel. Meeting people from different cultures with unique personality's make the travel experience for us.

We hope that by opening our home, it will enable others to get that opportunity also.

An empty bed is a wasted bed!!!!

Hosted...

2012
Lisa & Kathrin Renz - Gundheim, Germany
Nena & Linda Groll - Berlin, Germany
Noelle de Craen - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Bianca Luteijn - Zeeland, Netherlands
Anneloes Marijnissen - Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
Anna & Daniel - Leipzig, Germany

2011
Nigel - Invercargill, NZ
Nelly - Jakarta, Indonesia
Duncan & Jan - Wairarapa, Martinborough, NZ
Mary - Seattle, Washington
Kellie - Pocatello, Idaho??
Caroline - Vancouver CA & Addie - Virginia US
Stephanie - Halstenbek, Germany
Jesse (Eugene) & Ashley (Virginia)- United States
Katharina & Maria - Hamburg, Germany
Nigel - Invercargill, New Zealand
Jesse (Eugene) & Ashley (Virginia)- United States
Niki & Marieke - Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Amanda & Stephanie - Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

2010
Jaroslav(Jerry)& Klára - Prague, Czech Republic
Dan & Joanne AGAIN :-) - Mebane, North Carolina,US
Emily & Kellie - Pocatello, Idaho,US
Dan & Joanne - Mebane, North Carolina,US
Cristina - Insul, Germany
Kristal & Sue – Dublin, Ireland
Francis – Brisbane, Australia
Octavio – Mexico City, Mexico
Michael, Jodi, Jet & Cooper - Canberra, Australia
Heiner – Buchholz, Germany
Bernard – Trebur, Germany
Tyler – Texas, USA
Arwel - Wales, UK
Colleen - Melbourne, Australia
Francis - Brisbane, Australia
Richo & Kate - Darwin, Australia
Philip - Brisbane, Australia
Gus - Thursday Island, Australia
Fritz - Weipa, Australia
Amita & Moriva – Baden, Germany
Sammy - Brussels, Belgium
Qi & Rafael – Armidale, Australia
Lorna – Oachan, England
Regina & Nico – Wuppertal, Germany
Veronica, Racey, Melinda, Beth, Arwel & Francis - Brisbane Australia.
Theo & Christie – Chessy, France
Tracey - Brisbane, Australia

Hosted By...

2010
Hangout – Bangalore, India
Arvind – Jodhpur, India

Met With...
Deepak – Dehli, India

Interests

We love travel, we keep our passports up to date and handy at all times and never think twice before taking off if a good opportunity presents itself, we even applied for a passport for our son within a month of him being born. He is still travelling on it even though he does not look anything like his passport photo :-)

We like to relax, we believe that life is about finding comfort, however when travelling we are not the lying on the beach type, we need to be doing, experiencing, tasting or seeing something or someone to make any encounter stand out.

Meeting new people, you can stay anywhere in the world, it is the people that you meet that make the experience not the place, and we hopefully learn from the experience. Oh and Nelly loves to eat!

Music, Movies, and Books

As good as it gets, Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump, Shantaram, I am David, Len Deighton, Clive Cussler, and many others. Nelly has her own profile so I will leave her views and opinions to her own personal space.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

visited 29 countries (12.8%) Create your own visited map of The World

Teach, Learn, Share

Happiness is like peeing your pants, everyone can see its effects but only you can feel its warmth!

RIGHTS
Notwithstanding article 5.1 of the CS Terms of Use, I do not grant CouchSurfing International Inc. a license to use my content under the conditions specified there. Instead, I reserve all rights to my pictures uploaded by me to the site.

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