Hello Everyone!
I'm Kate, I grew up in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, in Australia. Travelling has always been high on my priority list and seeing the world is one the the things that makes me happiest.
I'm a friendly, smiley person who likes to explore by day and sit down with yummy food, wine and nice people at night.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

After working for several years I managed to pull myself away to go travelling for a year. I started in South America and made my way through North America to Europe.

I love meeting people, trading stories, and learning first-hand about where you live.
The couch surfing community is full of interesting, awesome people, and I feel really lucky to be a part of it.

I have couch surfed before with my friend, if you want to check out some references, please see his profile:
https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/lochlainn-ryan

Interests

• environment
• cooking
• wine
• walking
• technology
• reading
• hiking
• camping
• geography
• history
• psychology
• science
• mountains
• travel
• food
• football
• tea
• sustainability
• national parks
• outdoors
• tiny houses
• cider
• craft
• sleeping in

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Jezabels, Lorde, Boy and Bear.

Movies and TV: Goodbye Lenin, Black Adder, Black Books, Buffy.

Books: slightly trashy historical novels and The Great Gatsby, A Portrait in Sepia, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saving myself from a malfunctioning zip line in Bolivia.
Snorkelled with sharks in the Galapagos.
Travelled around the world for 1.5 years.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: How to make the perfect poached egg.

Learn: about what my hosts can tell me about their world

Share: Home cooked food, wine, e-books, travel tips.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Wine, delicious home cooking and a super sunshine-y smile.

Also, I'm reaallly good at sewing on buttons :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Laos, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom