CURRENT MISSION

To lose ourselves in the world

ABOUT ME

We are a couple of Australians (Rose 23 & Mat 31) who jacked in our jobs to discover a little about the world. We have been travelling since May 2009 and are both still blown away each and every day by the people we meet and the things we see.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We are surfers at the moment but can't wait to host people upon our return home.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Throughout our lives there have been people blowing in and out of our house, just needing a place to stay, for short and long periods of time. Having a home away from home, a place as a base or for respite is a beautiful gift to offer a wondering traveller.

We are now off to do some wondering of our own...

Interests

Rose
Music would have to be the life blood and universal language but books take the very close second place and matched with a good cup of coffee or tea is absolute bliss.

Mat
Sport...any sport, any team, any time!

• animals
• cats
• birds
• books
• coffee
• traveling
• magic
• music
• sports
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Books; I love stories of any kind...any genre told well

Movies / shows; Into the wild, Flight of the Concords, Crash,

Music; Death Cab for Cutie, The Do, Conor Oberst, Bright Eyes, Counting Crows, Beck, Eddie Vedder, Ozomatli, Emilie Simone, Iron & Wine, The Dears, Sparkadia, St Helens, Cat Power, Sai, Ladyhawke, Patrick Watson, She & Him, Laura Marling, Phoenix, the Gossip, My Morning Jacket, The Sundays, Joan as police woman, Moloko, The Walkmen, The Whitest boy alive, LIttle Birdy, Stars, Mazzy Star, Alice Russell, The Streets, Roisin Murphy, Santagold, Michael Franti, Hard-Fi, Sarah Blasko, Neil Young, Drive By Truckers, Emiliana Torrini, Feist, Jurassic 5, the Kinks, Lou Reed, The Mountain Goats, Jen Cloher & the Endless Sea, Paul Kelly, Nick Cave, Lucinda Williams, Goldfrapp, Fiona Apple, Elliott Smith, Howling Bells, Antony and the Johnsons, Band of Horses, Belleruche, Ben Folds, Cinematic Orchestra, Gerling, Wilco, 1200 techniques.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We both recently had the opportunity to sleep on the Great Wall of China.

We both spent 2 weeks volunteering at an animal refuge in Bolivia and it was truly brilliant, working with some beautiful monkeys, big cats, birds and even a bear. Absolutely magic time of 12hr days, bites and scratching and amazing interactions with some truly fascinating personalities

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Luxembourg, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

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