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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Lots of live music, Time outdoors, Reading, Listening to ...
  • School of life experience! prior to that Higher School Ce...
  • From I grew up in lovely lush sub tropical Northern New South Wales
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To live life, experience cultures, make lifelong friends that are honest and humble and have a dream to live on this planet as one community.

ABOUT ME

I have a passion for being amongst nature and the outdoors. Beautiful landscapes fascinate me and I really feel connected to mother earth especially when spending time in the environment alone. Music is the soundtrack to my life and although I currently do not play any instruments well I go out and see many live gigs almost weekly, and immerse myself in many diverse music festivals each year. Although I currently live and work in the city of Brisbane I have a large forested property down in NNSW which a friend and I are setting up as a self sustainable escape for ourselves and our closest friends.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to live a life of experience, to try most things at least once and to learn from through those around me. I try to be open, honest and very generous and therefore I hope to attract similar minded people into my life. I am not driven to earn a lot a money, just enough to be free and happy and allow me to travel and spend our given time with others.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently I have only 4 weeks left on the current lease of my house as I will be backpacking/couchsurfing for 2 months through Northern India and Nepal. I will be welcoming couchsurfers into my sharehouse upon my return to Australia. Whilst in Europe I couchsurfed via another similar website but I think I now prefer this site. My current housemate has had couchsurfers stay with us and kinda has converted me to this site.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have used a similar site and couchsurfed in some countries whilst on my 10 month adventure through Europe. I have stayed with hosts in Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic and Italy.
Recently we have had a a guy from France stay with us and also a Canadian girl. It was great to be able to show them both the sights of Brisbane and how Australians spend their leisure time. I was able to take the French guy on a 5 day tour in my van through some of my favourite places in NNSW which only locals know about.

Interests

Everything fascinates me in many ways, some greater than others.

  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • environment
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • backpacking

Music, Movies, and Books

World music, Blues & Roots, Reggae, Dub, Acoustic Instruments, Independent Australian Bands, Live Electronica especially Psy Trance, Progressive Trance, Minimal and Ambient. My musical taste is extremely eclectic. I have volunteered for a community radio station before doing a show once a week with close friends of mine.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wake each morning to a brand new day.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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