CURRENT MISSION

Visiting the UK

Living the Dream, as an underwater photographer on the great barrier reef

ABOUT ME

I'm in/around Airlie Beach, (Cannonvale)
I work hard making Scuba photos and taking and ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

I'm chilled and not like making to many plans, just like going with the Fro'

After working for PGL an outdoor activity holiday camp for kids for 4 months I am described as "Wacky appearance..Quirky Personality..Laid back attitude"

I'm told i look like Sideshow Bob, (big feet i think)
I try not to take anything too seriously (apart from having a good time)

I'm great with Kids and Animals,

I love to travel and meet all the wacky and weird people who love life.

Cooking isn't my strong point so always keen for lessons

PHILOSOPHY

I cant put my finger on my personal philosophies but basically they lie among these quotes I've stolen.---
(in no particular order)

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself,
It's later than you think

Hello, I'm Gary,
And I'm going to enjoy myself first

It's good to be wise when you're young
'Cos you can only be young but the once
Enjoy yourself and have lots of fun
So glad and live life longer than you've ever done

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself,
It's later than you think

Never right, yes I know
Get wisdom, knowledge and understanding
These three, were given free by the maker
Go to school, learn the rules, don't be no faker
It's not wise for you to be a foot stool

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself,
It's later than you think

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself,
It's later than you think

(The Specials)

He who has a mouth makes mistakes

"Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

- President Calvin Coolidge

"In life some people were given 6 crayons some people were given 10 crayons but its what you do with them that counts... ... i ate mine.. the red one is still stuck up my nose"
Gary Farr
(as far as i know i made this up)

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”
Jack Kerouac

There is no such thing as a stupid question as they are the easiest to answer

Whatever makes you happy
(as long as your not hurting anyone)

Its Nice to be Nice!

Live the dream, Be who you want to be

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. - Dorothy Parker
Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
- James Allen

Success is a matter of a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. Failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
- Jim Rohn

A boat is safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats were built for.

True happiness can often look dull compared to the overcompensation of misery.

A Peacock that sits on its feathers is just another Turkey.

"If you can or believe you can, Do it now
For boldness has power, genius and magic in it
Do it Now!"

Goethe

Until one is committed there is hesitancy. The chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative and creation there is always one elementary truth, the ignorance which kills countless
ideas and splendid plans that the moment one commits oneself,
then Providence moves too. all sorts of things occur to help that would never of other wise occurred.
A whole stream of events issue from the decision , raising in one's favor all manor of unforeseen incidents
and meetings and material assistance, which no man could of dreamed would come his way

W.H Murray

every snowflake in the avalanche pleaded 'not guilty'

He who never made a mistake never made a discovery either

A weekend wasted is not a wasted weekend

Do not travel to escape life, but travel so that life does not escape you

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks

If you don't care where you are, then it's impossible to be lost.

" ..... The person that
loses their conscience
has nothing left worth
keeping ....."

Izaak Walton
(1593-1683)

Fear is temporary, regret is permanent

The world is a book, and those who do not travel only read one page

If you want what you've never had, you've got to do what you've never done

"Home is not where you live but where they understand you" - Christian Morgenstern

"Not all who wander are lost" - JRR Tolkien

"No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Friedrich Nietzsche

"Tourists don't know where they have been. Travelers don't know where they are going" Paul Theroux

Its the ones that are cracked that the light shines though - my friend Ouibee

...Love is nothing without intimacy, and intimacy is nothing without sharing, and sharing is nothing without honesty, you must inevitably spill the beans, every last bean, because dishonesty in intimacy is unworkable and will slowly poison your precious love.

Steve Toltz - a fraction of the whole

"I don't mind homophobic people... as long as they do it amongst themselves, behind closed doors and don't come anywhere near my kids"
the unrepeatable Eddie Izzard

"I don't care who you are here's (chears) to your dream"
the old guy with a beard from the old Guinness Adverts..( i love Guinness adverts.. and Guinness)

"life is too important to be taken seriously"
Oscar Wilde

Only the ones without fantasy escape into reality....kill your ideals!

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude".
- Thomas Jefferson

I like snatching kisses .. and vice versa.., ;p

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I tell many travelers i meet in my boat about CS, they all seam very excited at the prospect,
I host whenever i can but ive been traveling a lot recently

Create your own visitor map!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been couch-surfing though the UK for a few years but never knew this site existed.
I love it and wouldn't have it any other way, Ive only had great experiences couch-surfing, I've couch-surfed all around New Zealand, Hong Kong, hosted some in Thaiand and will be a CSer forever no doubt

Interests

Scuba diving and all things related, Traveling for cheap, Juggling, flairing (basically clowning around) Nature walks, natural history, surfing the web, Diving, chatting random shit to strangers, trying to make the world a better place, just having a laugh,
doing anything to avoid watching TV (exceptions Films, QI, documentaries and 'have i got news for you' )
Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Ross Nobel, Peter Kay, Monty Python, Spike milligan,
Ricky Gervais, Who's line is it anyway,

and in Australia

Good news week, and Talking about your generation.

Many Standups who ive forgotton the name of

chilling on the beach, cafe' or bars

people watching, reading, scuba,
Sundaysession on the beach with the fire twirlers types

• photography
• nature
• massage
• video
• scuba

Music, Movies, and Books

Best Films - Waking Life, Memento, Big Lewbowski,
usual suspects, oh and I've always got time for 'Blues Brothers'
Best Music - anything I've not heard to many times before, Cat Empire, Xavier Rudd, Groove Armada, trip hop, J5 , reggae, kiwi music , the list goes on
just about anything John Peel would of played
(incidentally, by the way im not name dropping but...
I met him :D )

Best books - Captin Corellis Mandolin
Dont tell mum i work on the rigs (she thinks im a piano player in a brothel) - Paul Carter <- one of the funniest books ive ever read.

A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz

Also Bill Bryson books, especially 'short history of nearly everything' i just cant get enough of that book.

Douglas Adams

100 years of solitude.

extremely loud and very close

and of course

Triple J

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed a mountain, went to the Sea then went to work, all in 1 day.

scuba diving with Whale sharks, Turtles and Bryder whales are pretty special

I saw and filmed Migaloo the worlds only White Humpback Whale and sent my footage in and saw my footage on the news.. (at least 2 others did the same and all 3 of us are claiming it was OUR footage... but still)
www.migaloowhale.org
ww.migaloo.com.au
found 13 four leaf clovers ( 2 in one day in different fields) , + 2 five leaf and 1 six leaf! (there are photos somewhere)

I was looking for them when litterpicking at festivals,

Swam with a green turtle, and whale sharks,
Skydiving in Wanaka, New Zealand.

Similans live-aboard was pretty special too

after a flood in NSW i made a hot mud fire bath and had a naked mud bath with 3 hot chicks :D
one of the 100 things to do before you die checked off!

Teach, Learn, Share

Im a pro cocktail flairer (way way better than Tom Cruise) i can teach you this, and juggling and firebreathing and general clowning around. scuba diving
natural history

bad jokes,
Silly games
I'd really love to learn Glass Blowing, Japanese. cooking and better massage

and of course lovely geeky skills like Photoshop and photography

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, United Kingdom

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