CURRENT MISSION

To get a haircut and get a real job.

ABOUT ME

i've been back in Brisbane now for about 3 years after a 2 year working holiday in the UK and Ireland.
i live in a quintessential sharehouse in a uni suburb, with 5 others, and i work to live, not live to work. travel is the only thing that blows my skirt up, nothing beats the excitement of an unknown town or country.

PHILOSOPHY

i lived as a nomad for 2 and a half years to see the way people across the world live their lives, and what is important to people.
i've been back in my hometown for a while now. you can take the girl out of travelling, but you can't take the travelling out of the girl.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

umm, by telling everyone i know about this website, and the great personal experiences it has given me. i think word of mouth is important. i wrote an article for an employer's newsletter about how this website benefits live-in carers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

my first host, daniel_p took me on a ride on his motorbike around london at night... we passed the royal albert hall, hyde park and harrod's, which was all lit up like a christmas tree, beautiful!
colleen in marrakech took me hiking with her english students in the hills around tahannoute, it was a really unique experience.
amelia in shanghai soothed me with mexican food and 24-hr massage parlours.
esther led me into trendy pizza places in reykjavik.

Interests

love reading, animals, movies, food, outdoorsy stuff, science, nature, learning about other cultures, travelling, reading the weather report, pub quizzes.

• animals
• dogs
• dining
• mexican food
• pub crawls
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• opera
• hiking
• swimming
• languages
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

'diverse'. you're welcome to read on if you're interested-
foreign and arthouse movies, classic literature, the occasional trashy romance, science books.
some favourite movies: the piano, apocalypse now, donnie darko, labyrinth, the mission, amelie, my secret place (an obscure japanese movie no-one has ever heard of), secretary, whalerider, quemada!
some favourite books: pride and prejudice, the seven daughters of eve, a short history of nearly everything, open veins of latin america, harry potter (yes, i am ashamed), the life of pi.
music: 90s alternative (smashing pumpkins, garbage), electro (the knife, mgmt), folk (joanna newsom, xavier rudd), industrial (prodigy, nin), film scores (michael nyman, ennio morricone, yann tiersen), jeff, antony & the johnsons, portishead, the faint, MM, moby, this list could go on forever.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-flew over 'mt doom' and visited hobbiton in NZ
-had a whale shark swim under the ferry while travelling to Koh Phi Phi, Thailand.
-swam with seals in Qld.
-measured a laying loggerhead turtle, and watched turtle eggs hatch in Qld.
-saw a geyser explode in Iceland.
-saw Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) while at the Eiffel Tower (stop judging me).
-climbed Dune 45 at sunrise in the Namib Desert.
-been sung to by a VietNamese opera singer on a train.
-watched funeral pyres burn on the Ganges in India.
crap, that's way more than one thing.

Teach, Learn, Share

i used to work for the behaviour modification department of the RSPCA in australia, so i can give you some dog training tips... what else... i have a gift for editing, if you need any uni assignments or anything looked over.
i love learning the basics of other languages, and getting recommendations and hearing stories from well-travelled people.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Botswana, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Romania, Rwanda, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom

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