CURRENT MISSION

"On ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."

Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint Exupery

PHILOSOPHY

Be generous with your time, with your life, with your soul

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Please read my short profile and references first before sending your request.

*PLEASE NOTE ONLY 1 PERSON AT A TIME and 3 days min/max stay at first... :) *

I am sorry to mention this, due to past experiences I do prefer couchsurfers with good english (no need to be perfect) or german language skills and age between 25-45 as I am not a babysitter nor can you expect too much party here...I am sorry to mention this due to my experience unfortunately...

I am from Germany and lived in Australia for over 8 years now, we have a room available in our share house, its simple and nothing fancy, but my landlord lives upstairs and he charges $25 a night for one person or $180 per week. We are located about 20 min walk to the lagoon or 10 min to the shopping center, so thats pretty handy. We might have a spare bike as well, my way of transport and to explore Cairns, the botanical gardens, dog park, .. yepp we got a mature dog who is sweet, .. so if ur keen to come and stay ur welcome.. just let me know the dates upfront/ last minute okay sometimes (min/max 3-4 days), so we can communicate with my landlord.. he is cool but yeah his house, his rules.

Trust in the world and the world will trust in you! I enjoy the company of like minded people and appreciate hospitality by showing a newbie around, enjoy dinners together, go diving, beach clean ups, gardening, play backgammon, relax, have a glass of wine and great conversations (no politics please)! I am a smoker.... be kind, be nice and smile more! Bring it on... red wine welcome, merlot please :)

Vienna: 2008 (Guest)
Jakarta: 2010 (Host)
Melbourne: 2011 (Guest)
Sydney: 2012 (Host)
Bali: 2014 (Host)
Germany: 2015 (Guest and Host)
Germany : 2017 (Guest)
Townsville: 2017 (Guest)
Cairns: 2017/2018 (Host)
Sweden: 2018 (Guest)

Interests

sports (squash, BB), diving, learning, cooking, dreaming, traveling, reading...nature and having a good time!

• books
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• scuba diving
• sports
• squash
• dog training
• wine and cheese
• dancing tango
• dancing salsa
• dogsitting

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: In the time of Madness, die Blechtrommel

Authors: Ken Follet, Garcia Marquez, Isabelle Allende, Günter Grass, ... many more lets talk about it :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

enjoying myself as much as I can, isn't that an amazing thing.. cheers to that!!

Teach, Learn, Share

everybody welcome...

What I Can Share with Hosts

travel experience, sports like squash, tennis or diving, local recommendations, great food, good wines, a good laugh and bubbles ... :) :) I like backgammon and red wine do you?

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Indonesia, Thailand