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Overview

  • 20 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Actor and theatre maker, Festivals venue manager, Early c...
  • Bachelor Performing Arts/Music, Cert III in Early Childho...
  • From Cockatoo, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be always open to the world. To seek happiness and beauty in all its forms. Always to find balance. To explore, to live, to have fun, to laugh, to meet new people, to connect, to adventure - always to adventure, to see and experience new things, to be challenged, to eat incredible food. To love.

ABOUT ME

I am currently finishing my Europe trip I started in 2010. I had to come home suddenly so now, 6 years later, I am finally back to finish what I started before I move to the UK to live and work for while.

I love life and feeling all the wonderful complexities of being human. I love creativity and truthfulness and deep connections. I love food and chocolate and diving into cold water on a hot day and dancing until I'm sweaty and sharing the beauty of life. I love absorbing beauty in all its forms, looking out a window, running my hand through the grass, staring at the clouds, breathing in the stars, floating in the sea, looking in people´s eyes, creating and soaking up laughter.

I value positivity, truthfulness, openness, kindness, generosity, energy for life, passion, storytelling and love. I am (without trying to be) passionate, affectionate, silly, sensitive, deep thinker, vague, forgetful, actively busy and a child at heart.

I am an actor and theatre maker and the way that I hope to give back to the world and offer something greater than myself is through storytelling - telling other peoples stories, stories that need to be told, stories that remind us we are human, stories that lift the human spirit, that make us feel, that teach us something, that make us laugh, that makes us cry. The way I paid the bills before I came travelling was through working with children (which I love) and working front of house in festivals (which I also love). My dream is to support myself as an actor, director and theatre maker.

PHILOSOPHY

To love. Always choose love.

Vulnerability is one's greatest strength.

Positivity feeds positivity - always feed the white wolf.

Work hard play hard.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch surfed through Europe in 2010 and had the most wonderful experience. I think is it an incredible way to meet new people, share cultures, stories, food, and to see a city from the point of view of a local is something truly special. I also look forward to hosting couch surfers when I have my own place.

Interests

Theatre and creativity, connecting with people, laughing, making others laugh, creating new memories, the human condition, beauty in all it's forms, music, singing, dancing, watching great films, yoga, swimming, snokelling, diving, anything to do with the sea and the outdoors, the environment, hiking, adventurous sports, adventure in general, travel, love.

  • singing
  • acting
  • beauty
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • environment
  • dining
  • chocolate
  • yoga
  • running
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • sports
  • swimming
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Monty Python and The Holy Grail, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Amelie, Inside Out, Her, Inglorious Bastards; American Beauty; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; The Blues Brothers, Bridget Jones' Diary;

T.V series: Six Feet Under, Sherlock Holmes, Dexter, Black Books; Spaced; Extras, Downton Abbey, Flight of the Concords, The Simpsons, Black Adder, Offspring, Rake, Sea Change

Books: The Alchemist, The God of Small Things, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter; Pride and Prejudice; Bridjet Jones' Diary; Cloudstreet; Animal Farm; The Princess Bride

Music: Indie rock, Folk, soul, funk, world music : Mumford and Sons; Matt Corby, Hozier, The Black Keys, Asgeir, Alice Russel, The Jungle Giants, Kim Churchill, Florence and The Machine; Lior; The Beatles, Ela Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Tracy Chapman, The Bamboos, Bon Iver, City and Colour, The Cat Empire, Daft Punk, Dustin Tebbutt, Eva Cassidy, Edward Sharpe, Milky Chance

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked to the top of Sripada (Adam's Peak) and it's 5000 steps in Sri Lanka at 2:30 in the morning to watch the sun rise over the mountains.

Teach, Learn, Share

That's what Couch Surfing is all about. I will share what I know and what I have and gratefully take in what is offered to me. We never stop learning.

What I Can Share with Hosts

English, cooking, yoga, stories, singing, fun...anything I know!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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