Travelling solo in Europe for the first time and giving couchsurfing a go for the first time too after much encouragement from my friends down under! I live in Queensland, the "Sunshine State" of the sunniest country in the world, though despite my photo, I prefer cool and cloudy weather ⛅

I love exploring cities by foot and without much of a plan - the most interesting things are down alleys and streets you would never have found if you looked for them. I enjoy nice wine, bad beer, and vegan food (but I have too big a weakness for cheese to go all the way). I love many kinds of music - from Spanish guitar to hip-hop, jazz to psychedelic rock, & classical to psytrance.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I don't want to just be a tourist - if I'm travelling properly, I want to experience what it is like living in the place, and meeting amazing people from it. My Australian friends have told me amazing stories of wonderful people and friends they've met couchsurfing, and the experiences they never would have had otherwise.

Interests

• arts
• dancing
• environment
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• politics
• reading
• music
• hiking
• philosophy
• psychology
• food
• sustainability
• bars
• social justice
• activism
• climate change
• environmentalism
• nature conservation

Music, Movies, and Books

FILMS
the Royal Tenenbaums, the Life Aquatic, other Wes Anderson masterpieces; most things by Hayao Miyazaki (princess mononoke, spirited away, nausicaa, Howl's moving castle); sci fi & AI (Her, Ex Machina, Alien, the Matrix); psychological thriller (Shutter Island, the Prestige, the Machinist, Memento, Black Swan)

BOOKS
Foundation, Dune, American Gods, Earthsea, Sapiens, Thinking Fast and Slow, The Name of the Wind

MUSIC
Tame Impala, Smashing Pumpkins, Beach Fossils, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Tool, Django Reinhardt, Miles Davis, Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack, Lana Del Ray, Placebo, the Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, City Calm Down, the War on Drugs

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lively conversation, travel tips for tropical Queensland & other Australian hotspots, flavourful cooking skills, an appreciation of cheap wine and instant coffee, many reflections on politics, philosophy and environmental activism

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia