CURRENT MISSION

2014 is my year of "getting amongst it" and having a go at some awesome new things!

ABOUT ME

Hey I'm J! I play drums and guitar, love flying and sailing and having a beer, seeing the sites, watching a band at the pub, meeting great people from all walks of life and having a good time of it! Oh and offering up a couch with an amazing view of Sydney Harbour!

I've done a fair bit of the world compared to most; Contikis, G adventures, trekking (Everest Base Camp) and some stuff with work and on my own.

PHILOSOPHY

Good things come to those who get off their butts and go out and earn it.

Travel Karma exists!!

and give everything a go.. get out of your comfort zone, you'd be surprised how big your comfort zone can get!! Don't die wondering.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

This site gives me the opportunity to give a little back to us travelling folk, whether it is your first trip away or your 50th, the kindness of strangers has played a big part in all of my adventures in one way or another. As a host, I can continue to meet you amazing worldly people and show you my amazing city in my little piece of oz as other people have done for me in their home towns over the past 10 years :) So get amongst it.. There is plenty to see out there! if you'd like to know more just ask.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Ahh.. my couch experiences.. well:

some were planned, some were not,
some I slept, some I did not,
some I was cold, and some I was hot
some were a floor, and one was a cot (it was random)
some had a roof, and some had the stars,
one was a pool floaty, and a few have been bars,
to me a couch is somewhere comfy you fall,
after a big day of seeing the sites of it all.

Interests

Music, drums, teaching myself acoustic.. Flying, sailing, sports (rugby league, football, cricket... curling.. just about anything competitive..lol, pretty sure I even watched the lawn bowls world cup once because I couldn't find the remote)

• dogs
• concerts
• dancing
• beer
• coffee
• clubbing
• pub crawls
• flying
• traveling
• billiards
• music
• guitar
• drums
• camping
• mountaineering
• sailing
• sports
• cricket
• rock climbing
• soccer
• rugby
• world cup

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Everest Base Camp Trek - Nepal
Floated in the Dead Sea and admired Masada - Israel
Hosted by a millionaire, Cosmo day/night club Vegas - USA
Saw King Tut, Valley of the Kings, Egypt
Stayed at Edinburgh Castle - Scotland
Saw Big Ben (the Bell) - England
Drank some clear liquid in Prague - Czech Republic
Met a Galway Girl Dancing to Galway Girl - Ireland
Ice climbing/Alpine mountaineering - Switzerland,
Mad Dog River boarding and bulk bungies - New Zealand
Flown through the Grand Canyon in a helo - USA
Dived the Great Barrier Reef - Australia
ANZAC Day guard-Mt Scopus British War Cemetery - Israel
Swam in Voss Glacial lake - Norway
Saw a Grizzly Bear and drank maple whiskey - Canada
St. Patrick's Day NYC - USA
Got messy in a Ruin Pub in Budapest - Hungary
Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park - USA
Did Rome in a day - Italy
walked the hallowed turf of Anfield - England
Changing of the guard inside the gates at the palace, London England
Had "An Ice Cold in Alex" Alexandria - Egypt
Did the world's worst pub crawl in Waikiki - USA
Rode a 4 man Bobsliegh - Norway
Carlsburg Brewery Tour - Denmark
Brandenburg gates and Xmas markets - Berlin, Germany
Was bored shitless at the Vatican - Vatican City
Mozart Concert at the Royal Palace in Vienna - Austria
Kutna Hora Bone Church - Czech Republic
Floor seats at Jay Leno (massive chin) - USA
The killing fields, and ate a spider - Cambodia
Long Tan Memorial - Vietnam
Saw one nightclub in the whole of Stockholm - Sweden
Drank a shot with a cobra in it - Vietnam
Drank Kava with the locals - Dravuni Is.- Fiji
hitched hiked to distant bars...and back - Numea
Had a beer at the Cavern Club, Liverpool - England
There are many...many more.. should be enough for a topic over a beer though? :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmm. first thing that came to mind was how to poach an egg in the microwave. (great cheap meal for lunch at work or on the move) on toast.
Put a splash of water in a coffee cup, crack the egg in the cup, cover with a Tupperware lid or another cup,
put in your microwave for around 40 seconds.. start checking at 35 secs.. don't let it explode, if its big fluffy and white, its ready. Drain the cup of water, and pour your egg onto your toast. Once you know your microwave it is quick and easy!! Enjoy.

I'll update with other random stuff as I think of it!