CURRENT MISSION

Climb rocks, catch lizards, cook soufflé

ABOUT ME

Just chillin' and working at the moment, spending all my spare time exploring the National Parks around Sydney, going to the gym (just started, don't have any muscles yet :P), riding my bike and learning French.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't ask 'why?', ask 'why not?'.

A wise master once said, "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." So don't be afraid of doing something new, yo.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can't host at the moment, but I can:
a) Show you around the National Parks of Sydney and find you some Australian native wildlife
b) Practice English with you (especially if you're Japanese or French, as I have a bit of each language)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with a lovely girl in Sapporo (Japan) for a few days - she cooked me fantastic dinners and told me what I should check out around the city while she was at work for the day.

I've stayed with 5 WWOOF (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) hosts for about 10 days each in various places around Hokkaido (northern-most island of Japan).

Interests

I love bush-walking, rock-climbing, exploring and looking for wildlife (studied biology and environmental science at uni, go figure).

I also enjoy playing guitar and am getting better at ukulele, mandolin and piano.

Finally, I like to practice languages/learn new languages (Japanese and French at the moment).

• wildlife
• birds
• insects
• reptiles
• amphibians
• cooking
• walking
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• rock climbing
• track and field
• bowling
• biology
• languages
• science
• hitchhiking
• wwoof
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Howl's Moving Castle, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Into the Wild, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amélie, Garden State, Wes Anderson Films.

Music: Alt-J, Black Keys, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Kasabian, Last Dinosaurs, Ok Go, Arctic Monkeys, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Griswolds, Jungle Giants, The Kinks, The Kooks, The Morning Benders, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Strokes, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend and Tame Impala.

Books: Game of Thrones series, anything written by Terry Pratchett, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Jurassic Park/The Lost World/Michael Crichton books in general, Ice Station and other Matthew Reilly books, Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit, Harry Potter series and Japanese Fairy Tales.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most alive I have ever felt was when I went hitch-hiking around Queensland with my French friend Jonathan. We were in Bowling Green Bay National park and followed a track to 'Alligator Falls.' When we got there, we just started climbing up these super giant, super steep rocks - Jonathan climbed straight up next to the waterfall and I climbed up on the side rocks. I climbed like a mad thing for about 20 minutes before I finally turned around and was blown away by how ridiculously high up I was and felt a sudden rush of panic when I realised I had to climb back down again. As I climbed down, adrenaline coursed through my veins and every slight slip put my heart right into my mouth (and, quite honestly, if I had fallen, I definitely would have died). BUT, I made it back down and felt like a damn superhero.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm great at finding and catching wildlife (e.g.: frogs, lizards, birds minus the catching) and I love teaching people about the natural world (insects, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, plants, fungi, you name it and I'm interested in it).

I can teach some Japanese (I'm at a low-intermediate level) and some guitar/ukulele.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Ghana, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ghana, Japan