CURRENT MISSION

I CANNOT HOST ANYMORE PEOPLE DURING ARS ELECTRONICA. PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST.

ABOUT ME

In 2008 I officially lived in Adelaide, Australia; Helsinki, Finland and Sheffield, UK. As of November, 2008 Iâ

PHILOSOPHY

put seeds in ground. add water and sun. wait.
always trust in the kindness of strangers

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosted and visited. Currently able to host guests, offer a meal and meet for a drink in Linz, Austria. Please contact me at least 14 days before your intended arrival date. I often travel for work and may not be in town to meet you.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Primarily been a guest in Russia, the UK and Finland. However I've hosted a number of people back in my hometown of Adelaide and introduced a lot of my friends to CouchSurfing too!

Interests

cooking
gardening
eating
singing
reading
travelling

• singing
• cooking
• drinking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• knitting

Music, Movies, and Books

the van pelt, the lapse, of montreal, spoon, jens lekman, cat power, clue to kalo, leigh stardust, bad girls of the bible, the mountain goats, the decemberists, the doves, inxs, peter bjorn and john, arctic monkeys, fiona apple, the pipettes, tv on the radio, nina nastasia, coco rosie, buck 65, minus story, jens lekman, joanna newsom, shivaree, bad girls of the bible, caribou / manitoba, the guild league, new , buffalo, the paradise motel, wilco, the lucksmiths, regina spektor, paul kelly, minus story, against me!, caribou, manitoba, whiskeytown, clue to kalo, leighstardust, sufjan stevens, blonde redhead, the blow, the nation blue, echo is your love, magenta skycode, hem, the be good tanyas, amelie, grace of my heart, the sound of music, delicatessan, the city of lost children, spirited away, pan's labyrinth, princess menokone, in the mood for love, withnail and i, walk the line, little miss sunshine, the wire, spooks, lost, this life, doctor who, secret valley, lost cities of gold, scrubs, weedz, the mighty boosh, nathan barley, his dark materials (series) by philip pullman, a suitable boy by vikram seth, shantaram by gregory david roberts, anna karenina by leo tolstoy, the wolves of willoughby chase (series) by joan aiken, the dark is rising (series) by susan cooper, the artist's way, the history of love by nicole krauss, ghostwritten and cloud atlas by david mitchell, extremely loud and incredibly close by jonathon safran foer, we need to talk about kevin, the national

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Mongolia. I totally want to go back.
Soup dumplings in Shanghai.
Having amazing friends all around the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

How to create your own "masters" degree.
Friendship theory
Open Educational Theory
Knitting
Lamington Making

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Austria, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom

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