CURRENT MISSION

To transect the Australian continent from East to West by car

ABOUT ME

The transport/accommodation
Orlando is one of the legendary indestructible Series Landrovers. Named after 2 books, Virginia Wolf's Orlando, and Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, Orlando is a heavily modified 2 tonne 4WD. S/he has travelled over 1 million kilometres in 40 years of service, has a range=1600km, max speed=100km/h, water tanks=25 days, food=3 months, bandwidth =40kb/s, colour=terracotta, character=willful and sometimes cantankerous, outlook= sanguine, stoic and philosophical

The driver/cook/engineer/navigator
Larry Croft is named after the author of Tristram Shandy. He has few modifications (some titanium parts), and comes mostly as stock. He has travelled extensively throughout the world, especially Europe and Australia. He can walk up to 80km in a day, but usually walks at 5km/h and has walked through many amazing places such as vast forests on the east coast of Australia, across the Julian alps in Europe, throughout the swiss alps and many other places. Colour=light pink, character=gregarious, patient and eccentric, outlook=magical ,philosophy=taoist, Statistics=bayesian, economics=austrian, politics=anarchic, religion=syncretic

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've done much couchsurfing and I would love to amaze fellow couchsurfers by taking them to places hardly anyone ever visits, even in their zaniest dreams

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The longest couch surfing trip I have done was 9 months, where I visited friends all over the world. Amazing to be close to and spend time with so many people, in such different places and cultures. Wonderful! But I was glad to find a room of my own at the end.

Interests

Just about anything I find fascinating: The natural world, rocks and strata, tectonic history, plants, animals, how things work, car mechanics, people's life philosophies, the arts, cooking.

• animals
• arts
• writing
• books
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• politics
• surfing
• cartography
• economics
• engineering
• history
• religion
• statistics

Music, Movies, and Books

Fav movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Books: I don't get much time to read them these days. Harry Potter 7 was the last one.

Music: Eclectic. My friends of course: www.jackiemarshall.com, www.myspace.com/vesnazornik, jazz, baroque, classical, country AND western, trance, hardcore, metal waddeva.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Driving where there are no roads at all, in a totally empty land, in a car I rebuilt myself. Walking in so many varied, beautiful landscapes I can't list them all.

Teach, Learn, Share

Will teach:
Avoiding snakes, crocodiles and nasty biteys
Gastronomic cooking over an open fire
Navigating by topo maps, google earth, compasses, GPS, sextant and da feeling in your belly.
An appreciation for the Australian landmass, its cultures, rocks, plants and critters
You will probably learn car mechanics couch surfing with Orlando. Expect to get greasy. If you don't like grease this experience is not for you!

Love to learn more german, french or italian.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Samoa, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Mauritius, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

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