CURRENT MISSION

Explore, explore, explore, relax.

ABOUT ME

I am a high school teacher who has taken some time off to explore Europe and see friends from long ago. I love to cook and eat, to share tea and cakes with friends and to have a few glasses of wine while swapping stories. I have a passion for photography, writing and film and am loving learning about new cultures and finding out the things that matter the most to me.

I love the outdoors and travel a lot when at home as well - camping, hiking and enjoying music festivals and trips to the beach and the mountains. I think that home is a place where your best friends are and you can play your favourite music really loudly while dancing around the lounge-room!

PHILOSOPHY

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Interests

• writing
• photography
• music festivals
• festivals
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• wine
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• camping
• teaching
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: O' Brother Where Art Thou, American Beauty, The Royal Tenenbaums (LOVE Wes Anderson), The Squid and the Whale, Somersault, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,Secretary, Stranger than Fiction (Maggie Gyllenhaal is a favourite actor of mine, along with Jason Schwartzman) Dogtown and Z-Boys, Into the Wild, Chocolat, City of God, Amorres Perros, Amelie.

BOOKS: Anything by Paul Auster, Helen Garner and Robert Drewe. The Road, Cloudstreet, Breath, The Reader, The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, Born to Run, The Slap, Beatrice and Virgil.

MUSIC: Cold War Kids, Belle and Sebastian, Grizzly Bear, The National, Glen Hansard, Elliot Smith, Fiona Apple, Stevie Nicks, Local Natives, The Knife, M. Ward, The Jezabels, Eddie Vedder, Tegan and Sara, She and Him, Sigur Ros, Modest Mouse, Coconut Records.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm a member of a non-profit organisation called Harvest Cambodia (harvestcambodia.com). Harvest takes Australian doctors, nurses and teachers to Siem Reap to work in a local village educating Khmer medics and teachers who can't afford a university education. I love Siem Reap - the beautiful people who I work with there have committed themselves to giving Khmer children a brighter future.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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