Hey! My name is Sarah and my boyfriend is Rhidian.(https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/rhidianredston)
We are massive fans of couch surfing as both surfers, and hosts. I was a geologist a few years ago working in the mining industry in Western Australia, where Rhidian and I met. Then we saved up all our money and quit our jobs and bought a one way ticket to go travelling in 2013. Since then, we cant stop, and this year we're super excited to be visiting Japan! I moved back to Melbourne at the start of 2014 and decided I wanted to go back and study fine art - painting. I have finished 2 years of studying art and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to have my own studio space at Uni where I get to go everyday and just make art and be creative.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We have been lucky enough to be hosted by so many kind hearted people all over the world. We have had some amazing experiences and become close friends with many of our fellow couchsurfers. In Melbourne we have also hosted some magnificent human beings too! All thanks to couch surfing!

I really love the sincerity that couch surfing brings to travelling, getting the opportunity to be graciously invited into people's homes and sharing their every day lives is a beautiful thing that you can't get from staying in hotels or hostels.
I have also found hosting people to be a very fulfilling experience too. Being able to offer a comfortable bed in our home, some delicious home cooked food and helping fellow travellers is a pleasure. To be able to share things with other travellers about my home town and country makes me see Melbourne with different eyes and realise what a wonderful city it is.

Interests

art
photography
cooking
eating
music
dancing
going new places
being healthy
going to the beach
walking around beautiful streets
trekking through beautiful scenery
picnics in parks
meeting new people
playing full power uno or any other fast paced card games
playing backgammon (very poorly, but its still fun)
david attenborough documentaries
music festivals
mortal kombat on PS3
polaroid cameras
lomography
reading good books
listening to peoples stories
science
people
animals - dogs or anything you can interact with
cultures
philosophy
zeitgeist
trippy stuff
chilled stuff
intense stuff

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - Shantaram, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, 1984, Animal Farm, Jasper Jones, Go the Fuck to Sleep, The Museum of Innocence, The Time Travellers Wife,

Music - Phoenix, The Strokes, Black Keys, Goyte, Daft Punk, any type of live music, live Jazz

Movies: Laputa, Ponyo, The Secret Life of Arriety, Pom Poko, anything made by studio Ghibli, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bills, anything directed by Quintein Tarrantino, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, anything directed by Wes Anderson, Step Brothers, The Shawshank Redeption, Game of Thrones, Shameless (the US version)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

trekking 7km into one of the biggest caves in Phong Nha national Park Vietnam. Was like being on another planet. and just the general experience of quitting my job to travel, definitely the most amazing thing I've done to date.

Also...

seeing a snake charmer and having a cobra draped over me

Taking an awsome trip - in Tosh with a bunch of great guys we met on a bus in India

Washing an elephant in Hampi

playing Holi in Varanasi

Riding a Bamboo train in Cambodia

Meeting funny people when you're travelling that you feel like you could have known for years and making those kind of connections....
thats the amazing stuff and thats what Couch Surfing has brought me

Teach, Learn, Share

English/Aussie Slang, Geology, Photography, Cooking, Eating

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lots of laugher

It would be a pleasure to cook food for you

play card games (fast paced Uno)

A place to stay at our home in Melbourne fi you ever decide to visit

I will try my best to speak Japanese with you, I studied Japanese in high school and loved it so will be trying to learn and speak Japanese as much as possible while in Japan

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, England, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Nepal