CURRENT MISSION

To have new stories to tell my friends...I think I have just about bored them all to death with the stuff I did 10 years ago...time to update my experiences and create some new memories!

ABOUT ME

After 10 solid years of hard work and uni study....I deserved a break.
I had no commitments to keep me in the UK and a few events reminded me that life is too short to continually trudge along in the rat race. SOOOO I packed up my backpack, left my job and took 'a year off'.

My year on a working holiday visa in Australia became 8 months of PURE holiday and fun seeing all but Western Australia. The remaining months I worked for an energy company in Sydney. I TOTALLY fell in love with this incredible city because it has everything I need.

Great people
Beaches
Mountains
Fun activities EVERY DAY
Wonderful weather
and most importantly....my best friends.

I can't host at the moment but I try to stay involved with CS events. x

PHILOSOPHY

Make everything I touch better than when I found it. (Except chocolate cake... That doesn't stand a chance!!)
If you always do what you always did....you'll always get what you always got.
Plan to take chance opportunities... Keep the door to possibilities open.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Already I have arranged events, attended more, spent time getting to know every area of Australia through the eyes of my host, I have shared my knowledge and learned from others! What better way to enjoy your travels than to be able to instantly avoid the tourist traps that a 'normal' backpacker would be subjected to! I'm not a freeloader and I don't appreciate freeloaders, I don't see Couchsurfing as free accommodation...it's about sharing experiences and making new friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have a look at my references to see see where I have been. I have CS surfed all over Singapore and Australia. And now I am returning the favour and offering my couch when I can. (Especially to those who have hosted me in the past)
I must get 20 requests a day and I try to reply to everyone but sometimes I miss people out. Especially if I am working away. SORRRRRRRY!!!

Interests

EVERYTHING...especially things I have never done before! So try me!

• culture
• backpacking
• business
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I like nearly all kinds of music. If I can relax, sing or dance to it...then all the better!
I am always at the cinema and again, will watch anything. I have only ever walked out of the cinema once (random hearts with harrison ford - zzzzz)
I manage to read a book a week. Right now I'm reading about Elon Musks incredible story of a single man challenging the norms in space travel, cars and energy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was guided to the edge of the Grand canyon with my eyes closed...and then after a suspensful few minutes, I was told I could open them...it was the most incredible sight I had seen. I don't often cry about anything, but I was awe struck and burst into tears!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I've been a project manager, strategic and business consultant and now Associate Director of digital technologies. I've had a varied past in my career but the theme has always been the same. I like to be involved in new ideas at the beginning. Where I get to improve something from broken to fixed. Small to large. Old to New. I can make sense out of chaos.

My friends bring me all their problems because I can always help them think of practical solutions to everything.

I want to use CS to learn about your culture, and find those little places that only the locals know about. I want to make connections. Build relationships and just enjoy this precious life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tunisia, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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