ABOUT ME

I love travelling the world. And the thing I love most about travelling is meeting people. A number of times I have travelled to places overseas and seen absolutely no tourist attractions, but simply enjoyed meeting locals and fellow travellers.

I love meeting interesting people and discussing their philosophy on life. Some of the amazing people I've had the privilege of meeting include:

people in two Kanak tribes I stayed in in New Caledonia, learning about their integration of traditional and modern life;

farmers in Myanmar who I met while riding my bike round town, who had little English, and I only a little Burmese, but who gave me water and bade me sit down and showed me their pictures of Aun San Suu Kyi;

French Southerners who partied away the summer with me and brought me out of my shell;

Gilbert, a coconut vendor in Noumea who seemed to know everyone in town because he was so friendly and happily invited me into his home to stay;

Celine, my long time friend who I met in Australia and recently visited again in Belgium, where we spent many hours playing with her beautiful daughter Eleonore;

many fantastic fellow travellers in the youth hostels of Malaysia and New Caledonia;

beautiful children in the orphanages and villages of Cambodia who played and read with us and made us feel very welcome;

some wonderful, helpful people in Japan, especially one very helpful gentleman I recall who abandoned his plans for the day to make sure we got to where we wanted to go and then showed us a number of interesting places and things to try.

I believe it's always important to try and learn at least a little of the language when you travel somewhere, and have always found people are much more open to you when you make this effort. I cannot remember any of my Burmese or Vietnamese or Cambodian now, but I was proud of my efforts and it opened doors for me that I was joyous to walk through.

I miss my home town of Canberra, but these days love my new home of Brisbane. Maybe one day I will get to live some time in France or New Caledonia.

I love French culture and am currently missing it like crazy. I would love to meet some French people and have some French conversation.

J'adore voyager le monde. La chose que j'aime le plus c'est rencontrer des autres. Souvent quand je voyage, j'y vois rien de touristique, comme je passes tout mon temps a bavarder avec des locals et des autres voyageurs.

J'adore la France et sa culture et ca me manques beaucoup. Si vous etes a Brisbane et aimeriez partager un moment avec quelqu'un qui parles Francais, envoyez moi un message.

PHILOSOPHY

We're here only a short, limited time, make the most of every moment.

On n'est pas la pour longtemps, alors profitez de chaque moment.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have always loved meeting new people in foreign countries. Thought this would be a good place to meet more random people and exchange culture. I guess I have couchsurfed many times without the use of this website - meeting randoms and ending up on their couches, but have only gone through the website once, and had a great time with a Parisian called Nabih. I have been to a few really fun couchsurfing events too in France and Malaysia.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

New

Interests

Comedy, music, art, sport, culture, philosophy, politics, writing, la vie.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Wide variety of everything. I love singing, used to sing jazz in a restaurant and various other genres elsewhere. I love reading and writing. I am currently trying to write some children's books, going through many drafts. The best books I've read recently were Allan Cumming's memoir Not My Father's Son and The House of Silk - a Sherlock Holmes novel. Also absolutely in love with Kate Grenville's books esp the Lieutenant and Secret River.

Beaucoup. J'adore chanter, j'etais chanteur de jazz dans un resto avant. J'adore lire et ecrire. J'essaies d'ecrire plusieurs livres pour enfants. Les meilleurs livres que j'ai lu recemment sont la memoire d'Allan Cumming - Not My Father's Son et The House of Silk. J'adore aussi Kate Grenville, une auteure Australienne qui ecrit la fiction historique.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spending time in a Kanak tribe in New Caledonia. J'ai reste dans un tribu Kanak en Nouvelle Caledonie.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, England, France, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia