PHILOSOPHY

"I want to be all used up when I die." - George Bernard Shaw

"May the world be as beautiful for you as it is for me." - William Blake (edited a little!)

"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution." - Kahlil Gibran

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Mainly I like to host, because I'm passionate about my city and want to help others enjoy it :)

I love meeting people and hearing about other cultures and experiences. I have been shown incredible kindness whilst travelling and would like to "give back"

Interests

I like to get as much as I can out of life so like to try different things :) Some of my interests include photography, horse riding (though not so much anymore), programming, writing, and being an enormous law nerd!

• writing
• photography
• tango
• traveling
• socializing
• bungee jumping
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

I don't really like movies (except for kids movies!) and my taste in TV shows is notoriously terrible... a mix of crime docos, home renovation shows and trashy reality TV!

I really love music but my taste is a bit all over the place. Some of my favourites, in no particular order are: Beyonce, King Stingray, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the DMAs, Billy Bragg, Sam Fender and Taylor Swift. I also have a soft spot for cheesy music including songs from musicals and Eurovision, ha!

Books are great but I don't read as much as I should. Recently I read Humankind: A Hopeful History which I really loved and recommend to everyone who is sick of hearing how terrible the world and its people are. Spoiler alert: most of us are pretty great really!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

So many things, it's hard to sum them up. Perhaps my favourite memories are the small things, like being invited to a stranger's home in Lahore in Pakistan to share Chai.

But probably the best thing was I met the love of my life touring in Kenya and ended up hiring a car and driving from the top of Namibia to Cape Town a couple of weeks later. We are now married and live together in Australia.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my cute home and hopefully plenty of hospitality :) My dogs are guaranteed to share cuddles - probably more than you can handle ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Fiji, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Peru, Romania, Samoa, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, England

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