Like most New Zealanders my age I travelled extensively in my 20’s and then settled back in NZ to work and raise a family.
We live in the idyllic Waitaki valley farming and growing our own food. (Inland from Oamaru approx 40km)
Our 3 adult daughters have now left home to attend university and start their careers. We have space to host for parts of the year when we are not so busy on the farm and the girls aren’t all at home.
We hosted with CS in about 2011 when the girls were very young to meet people. Then life got busy with family work and community roles.
In March 2024 I am finally getting to travel again and visit our eldest in Canada and spend time visiting old friends in the US.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My love for meeting people, learning about different cultures, and meeting locals.

Interests

Growing and cooking our own food, I have a large vegetable garden and manage our village’s community vegetable garden and the local school’s vegetable garden. I volunteer in many roles and love to learn how others give back to community.
Education and parenting.
Reading and listening to podcasts

• animals
• education
• gardening
• reading
• homesteading
• podcasts
• farming
• family
• parenting
• community
• blacksmithing
• growing food
• whole foods

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- whatever my family are playing to me on their playlists.
Podcasts- all sorts, mainly lots of food/nutrition/healthy living type stuff.
Books- having recently got glasses, my love for reading and learning has been rekindled. I’ve been known to read the odd Lee Child.
Movies- any good action movie

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Helped restore an historic blacksmith shop in our local village and I now forge on the weekends as a volunteer creating things to be sold to raise money to keep the blacksmith running.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to chat to get to know people and seek out interests in common. I’m very curious which drives my husband crazy… always stopping to chat to people to find out their story.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to chat and get to know people. If the opportunity arises I can share the cooking and definitely the cleanup after a meal.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, England, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Scotland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, New Zealand, United States