CURRENT MISSION

Travelwise NZ this year

ABOUT ME

I'm just this guy, y'know.

I grew up in the fair capital of Australia and then left and spent 5 years working in Sweden and the US. I've been back for a year.

PHILOSOPHY

A hot heart and a cool mind.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Ach, I've stayed with friends all over the world and enjoyed it. A month spent in LA on floors and couches was just grand, pity the screenplay never happened.

Interests

Bikes, computers, soccer, politics, basketball.

• politics
• basketball
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Bladerunner, The Life of Brian, Naked.

Music: The Handsome Family, The Jayhawks and other alt country. LemonJelly.ky, The Magnetic Fields, Andrew Bird, The Smiths, The Cure and other British music. MBV and other shoegazers. Jazz 101 stuff (i.e. Miles, Coltrane etc). Jam bands 101. Classical 101, i.e. Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Mozart.

books: Remains of the Day, The Buddha of Suburbia, Irvine Welsh, Julian Barnes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

2 mates and me picked up a $US500 car and drove clear across the US of A. Nothing like the open road and a bit of time. Freedom, freedom!

Teach, Learn, Share

All sorts. People who like to chat a bit and have something to say (oh that was blandly generic).

Countries I’ve Visited

India

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Sweden, United States