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Overview

  • 7 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Swedish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Student
  • Computer Science and Multimedia degree at Swinburne Unive...
  • From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

See as much of the world as I can before I get tied down to a job! And meet lots of awesome people in the process

ABOUT ME

I am a computer science student from Australia who has just been on exchange to Sweden for 6 months, and is now taking the opportunity to see as much of Europe as I can. I am a kind, friendly, accommodating and sarcastic guy who enjoys meeting new friends and seeing new things. I am tidy and easy to get along with.

PHILOSOPHY

Never turn down an opportunity, because you never know where it might lead you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I didn't know the CouchSurfing program existed until I got to Europe at the start of 2012, so I'm definitely still new at this! When I get back to Melbourne and settled down, I'm very eager to open my doors to surfers from all over the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed:
April 2012:
Copenhagen, Ashlee Read.
September 2012:
Munich, Ernst.
October 2012:
Valencia, Graham Lame.
Madrid, Susana Garcia.
Oslo, Imrul Hasan.
Bergen, Anette Sivertstøl.
Stockholm, Therese Andersson.
November 2012:
Dublin, Susana Garcia.

Hosted:
None yet, but I'm planning to start hosting when I get back to Melbourne in November!

Interests

Travelling, partying, drinking, video games, reading, chatting.

  • culture
  • partying
  • drinking
  • video games
  • reading
  • traveling
  • computer science
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Transformers, Lord of the Rings, Pulp Fiction, Snatch, and lots lots more.
Music: Punk, rock, metal, pop... anything that takes my fancy at the time.
Books: Fantasy, mostly. Currently reading Game of Thrones, but I've previously loved The Dark Tower (Stephen King), The Axis Trilogy (Sara Douglass), and The Elenium (David Eddings).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first day in Hong Kong - it was my first time in such a radically different culture and city, and it just blew me away.

Seeing the Great Wall of China and marvelling at how people back then could build such amazing structures.

Seeing the Cathedral on Spilled Blood in St Petersburg. It's truly just the most beautiful building I've ever seen.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Sweden

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