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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Civil Engineer
  • Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  • From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To Live Large

ABOUT ME

Traveling represents some of the best, most interesting and life changing experiences.

I'm friendly and easy going person, I get a lot out of meeting new people. Always keen for a beer or two

In my professional life I like working with people to solve problems.

Oh, I also enjoy cooking for people in social settings. Especially at the end of the week

PHILOSOPHY

Reach for the stars and hope for the moon

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm looking to use Couchsurfing to meet new people from across the globe.

Have just visited the UK for a wedding and France on route to Road trip
Down the west coast of the U.S.A

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Limited, but open to couch surfing, my experiences so far have been that's it's a grate way to meet people in foreign places

Interests

BBQ,s Beers, Bikes, and Records

Snowboarding, Hiking, Outdoors, Traveling, Cooking, Big Cities, History, Science.

I also love music festivals, hopefully one day I can take a Couchsufer to my favorite festival in Australia - the Meredith Music Festival (Look it up!!!)

  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • cooking
  • beer
  • bbq
  • partying
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • snowboarding
  • history
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently Reading Raymond Chandler. A Short History of Nearly Everything is one of my favourite books.

Music just to list a few. Daft Punk, The Beastie Boys, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Wooden Shjips, Dinosaur JR, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Thee Oh Sees, Talking Heads, The Cure, Clutch, The Black Angels, Beck, LCD Sound system, Miles Davis, the list goes on

Movies. Lets worry about this another time

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekking on the Franz Josef Glacier in New-Zealand
Diving of Koh Phi Phi
Snowboarding in Japan - So much awesome powder!!!

Have had some amazing moments meeting good friends abroad and attending some really great parties.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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