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Overview

  • 15 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Physiotherapist
  • University of Queensland
  • From Warwick, Queensland, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

An adventure through Russia before heading home!

ABOUT ME

I grew up in small town Warwick, moved on to Brisbane to do my Uni degree in Physiotherapy, moved down to Melbourne for fun times and work before leaving Australia for a super long working holiday. Had the adventure of dreams travelling around the USA and Canada living out of a car before working in the UK for two years. Took the long road home to Aus through Russia and India and have now just moved to Hobart to keep on keeping on!

PHILOSOPHY

Try to forget more stuff.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started couchsurfing on a road trip through Canada and the US and had the most amazing experiences- the absolute best part of the trip was meeting peeps through couchsurfing which was such an unexpected delight because I had never even heard of it before!

Interests

Road tripping, ALL of the food, reading, listening to podcasts, yoga, music and making playlists, occasional bursts of running, hiking, binging on tv series, LOTS of movies, trying to relearn the piano and most recently- knitting!

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Princess Bride, Elysium, Love Actually, Mary and Max, Lost in Translation, Kill Bill, The Life Aquatic, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Amour, Monsieur Lazhar, Pans Labyrinth, Milo and Otis, Step Up, Edward Scissorhands, What's eating Gilbert Grape.
TV Series: Parks and Recreation, Six Feet Under, Boston Legal, How I met your mother, Arrested Development, The Secret Life of Us, Veronica Mars.
Music: The National, Glen Hansard, Yes Ma'am, Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor, Ben Folds, Ben Kweller, Frightened Rabbit, Miike Snow, Beirut, The Toot Toot Toots, Fitz and the Tantrums
Books: Into the Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things, Ready Player One, Game of Thrones, The Lost Continent, The History of Love, Lord of the Rings, anything by Roald Dahl, Tomorrow When the War Began, Harry Potter, Zigzag Street, Red Rising, In Cold Blood, 44 Scotland Street, Into Thin Air, Slaughterhouse 5, Rivers of London Series

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept in a Walmart carpark.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can teach you how to play the bagpipes if you have any! I am also really keen to get out and explore Tassie while i'm here so I can show peeps some interesting stuff.
Learn: I'd love to learn some 80s dance moves, card games and I'm always keen to learn a new dish
Share: food!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach the highland fling and obviously am always stocked with vegemite if you want to try.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, England, Isle of Man, Scotland

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