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Overview

  • 39 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German
  • 62, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • High school teacher
  • University, working in HighSchools with teenagers
  • From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Meet travellers to exchange great stories.

ABOUT ME

Love art , music (especially alternative/indy), sport- I teach PE and Health.
I am fairly creative- have fun making music on garageband, painting when I can,
amateur photographer, enjoy vintage industrial design, appreciate modern design but not the price tags.
Like cafes/ restaurants especially around the inner west of Sydney and Melbourne.
Post photos on my travel blog and arty stuff on instagram, pinterest and Facebook.
Like juggling, acrobatics and circus stuff.
PHILOSOPHY
Open-minded, hate cliches, be creative, be nice to other people, karma

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I love meeting travellers and sharing stories/experiences etc.
I feel naturally inclined to help people and have a pretty good knowledge of Sydney and the Blue Mountains here in Australia.
I have also travelled to Europe as regularly as I can. It's a long way from Australia.
I have enjoyed my CS experiences staying in Bruges- Belgium, and in southern France.

Interests

see above

Music, Movies, and Books

Too much- Current bands- Ball Park Music (Brisbane), Alt J, Muse, Miike Snow, Kasabian, Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire,
Also Dandy Warhols, Pixies, The Cure
The Smiths, Morrissey, Stone Roses, the Wonderstuff, Echo and the Bunnymen
Ramones, Blondie... and many Australlian bands past and present.

Books- Catch 22, Gorky Park, A Prayer For Owen Meaney (all John Irvings), Tim Winton, Robert Drewe,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Survived overnight camps leading groups of high school students in Australian bushland.
Motor scootered around Crete.
Drove a left-hand drive Kombi around England, Scotland and Ireland.
Taught Greek children how to throw a frisbee.

Teach, Learn, Share

Photography, painting, juggling, football (soccer), gymnastics, 4 chord guitar, garage band, iMovie editing, coffee and beer snobbery,

What I Can Share with Hosts

Easy going, can cook, clean/neat, respectful of all cultures, interested in people and their stories, sense of humour, photography (my blog- https://pdjpix.wordpress.com)

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