CURRENT MISSION

Discover new career paths/ volunteer while travelling/ see as many countries as years lived/ do more art/ learn guitar and foreign tongues/ question my motives and strive to be more altruistic than I am selfish.

ABOUT ME

Born and bred in Australia, but as with many of us here, I love to travel whenever possible. I have moved to Europe/UK for a few years to make good use of my EU passport and persue some challenges I long to sink my teeth into. I don't want to rave on about myself too much as that can be saved till an ice-breaking drink and chat with my fellow couch-surfers. I'll just mention that I am open-minded and easy-going and can do the dishes pretty well too. :)

PHILOSOPHY

First up, the obvious: Treat others as you'd have them treat you. Don't judge a book by it's cover. No regrets. Say sorry when need be, it's easy. Be open-minded, "Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?" M.C. Escher.
"Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet." Gerar Toye.
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
Mahatma Gandhi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Travelling and surfing in East/South Africa to spread the love and cut down the cultural boundaries, stereotypes and biases. After that I'll be back in Oz with a space somewhere on the east coast (Sydney or Melbourne) to return the favour!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been surfing & hanging out with couch surfers, and all of it has been mighty grand. :)

Interests

Travelling (d'uh), film, music, the arts in general, sustainable living, the environment- nature rocks!, playing indoor football, animals- all creatures great and small, music festivals, foosball, boogeying to beats, bushwalking, camping, cycling, mountain goating, volunteer projects, dark chocolate, chatting, cooking + good food and good booze, talking till ridiculous o' clock with mates in the backyard.

• animals
• arts
• books
• music festivals
• festivals
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• camping
• surfing
• soccer
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies- The Thin Red Line, Taxi Driver, Pan's Labyrinth, Shutter Island, Eternal Sunshine..., Touching the Void, Spirited Away, Into The Wild, Donnie Darko, Dead Man, The Science of Sleep, Children of Men, Zoolander.
Music- radio in Sydney = FBi and JJJ, something from most genres, but some faves are Radiohead, Nick Drake, Arcade Fire, Jeff Buckley, NIN, The Pixies, The Prodigy, Jimi Hendrix, Dirty Three, Sigur Ros, Nirvana, The Herd, The Strokes, Iron & Wine, The Panics, Mogwai, Johnny Cash, Broken Social Scene, The Cure, Groove Armada, Pearl Jam, PJ Harvey, Gemma Hayes, Fiona Apple, early Smashing Pumpkins and Outkast, AC/DC, Death Cab... etc etc.
Books- Brave New World, Dispatches, The Things They Carried, The Alchemist, 1984

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Packing up everything and driving across Australia with the family to move from Perth to Sydney when I was 8. It took over a week, there was so much empty space, it seemed to go on forever.

Teach, Learn, Share

Bicarbonate of Soda, Ginger, Manuka Honey, Balsamic Vinegar, Garlic and Dark Chocolate have never let me down... though not together, this isn't a recipe!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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