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Overview

  • 15 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Spanish
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Multimedia Designer - Fledgling illustrator
  • Visual Arts and then Multimedia
  • From Wellington, New Zealand - Melbourne, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Slowly saying goodbye to Berlin, and getting ready for my next surf adventure to Morocco!

ABOUT ME

Plays well with others.
Needs to draw sometimes to make sense of it all.
Thinks surfing is the greatest thing to do on earth.
Doesn't eat meat, but occasionally buys leather shoes (sorry cows!).
Gives money to charity.
Has a sweet tooth.
Likes to talk about BIG ideas.
Sometimes finds it hard to be serious all the time.

PHILOSOPHY

You all keep tilling your gardens, coz that all you gots to do - Blu Rum 13 (One Self)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have spent some time cruising around in Sweden, Belgium and Berlin on peoples couches and making friends. Living in Berlin now, and have had a few people come and stay with me, and my couch is available right now!

Interests

Surfing, snowboarding, Art, design, travel, photography, multimedia, dancing, drawing/illustration, movies, books, diving, sharing ideas with people, being stupid and laughing, meditation, learning new languages, watching live music, exploring, spiritual and emotional growth, indoor rock climbing, table tennis, playing pool, cooking for people and drinking beer (I am Australian after all)

  • arts
  • books
  • design
  • photography
  • illustrations
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • beer
  • meditation
  • drinking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • billiards
  • drawing
  • music
  • live music
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • snowboarding
  • rock climbing
  • tennis
  • table tennis
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies-
Pan's Labyrinth, Donnie Darko, American Beauty, Memento, I heart Huckabees, Amelie, Fight Club, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, ...

Music-
Magic Numbers, Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest, Feist, The Pixies, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Talking Heads, Dilated Peoples, Jean Grae, Phoenix, TTC, Cat Power, Mazzy Star, One Self ...

Books - (To be honest I am reading German kids books at the moment to try and improve my language skills)
But I like authors like Kandera and Murakami.
*Update - actually reading German novels now, but still have to be selective to see if I have the skills to understand them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, New Zealand

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