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Overview

  • 9 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Hindi
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Occupational Therapist/Mental Health Worker
  • Arts degree, Masters of Occupational Therapy Practice
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Taking a couple of months to decompress and have some adventures

ABOUT ME

I'm from Australia but have been living in the UK for the last two years working in mental health rehabilitation. I'm taking some time out to decide where I'd like to live and have some fun and learning along the way.

PHILOSOPHY

To be as open as possible, have a sense of perspective and to give as much as i can to the people around me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to be a grateful, appreciative and lighthearted guest and hopefully a warm and welcoming guest when i have a permanent home again.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My family have hosted lots of surfers and i've surfed several excellent European couches.

Interests

Reading, cycling, dancing, travelling, exploring, stitching, meditating, gardening and eating the results.

  • dancing
  • yoga
  • pilates
  • gardening
  • reading
  • traveling
  • cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

I have fairly eclectic taste but some stand outs for me at the moment:
Arthur Russell, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, Django Reinhardt, Elizabeth Cotten, Fiona Apple, Leonard Cohen, The magnetic Fields, Scout Niblett, Sleater Kinney and always Tom Waits.

Carsen McCullers, Kurt Vonnegut, Virginia Woolf, Haruki Murakami.

The Third Man, Weekend, 8 1/2, Frost/Nixon, Mullholland Drive

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

University exchange in Delhi, danced in the commonwealth games closing ceremony, WWOOFed in Japan

Teach, Learn, Share

Dancing, yoga, meditation, embroidery and pilates

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking and conversation

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Spain, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, India, United Kingdom

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