CURRENT MISSION

Happiness and inspiration. And laughs.

ABOUT ME

Hi my name is Clare and I live in Perth, Western Australia. in the past harshly dubbed 'dullsville' but some pretty awesome cultural things have been happening here over the last few years. A lot more to do and a lot more little bars and boutique places popping up (the hipster craze kicked off here as well!). I currently work as an educator for the gov in the drug & alcohol field, not preaching to abstain but to stay safe. I enjoy it. I have now explored much of South America, North America, London and South East Asia. I dabbled in a bit of couch surfing on my last big trip (5 years ago) and had such a great experience meeting people and getting to know places from the local point. I found it offered so much more than following where to go from a generic travel book. I have just booked flights to the states next year for a friends wedding in San fran and am hoping to CS dabble a little bit more!

PHILOSOPHY

'The world is a book. And those who do not travel read only a page' - St Augustine

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have CS several times before in Chicago, HCMC and Hanoi Vietnam. All experiences have been very extremely positive ones and I am excited for future surfing and offering my own couch to fellow surfers once I return home and get a place of my own once again

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

as above

Interests

Meeting people, live music, going to shows/plays, movies (no rom coms!), doccos, restaurants, real chats, beer/wine in a funky little establishment, cooking, flipping through homeware magazines, my hot water bottle in winter.... I'm sure there is more....

• books
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• boating
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• live music
• surfing
• skydiving
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, 2.37 (Australian film), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Little Miss Sunshine, Life is Beautiful, Noodle, Schindler's list, American Beauty, Fight Club, Revolutionary Road, and many more

Music – A little eclectic actually . . Goyte (I think he is great!), Presets, Calvis Harris,Powder Finger, Silver Chair, Sia, Royksopp, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Prodigy, Pnau, Plump DJ’s, Missy Higgins, Michael Jackson (common!!), MGMT, Paul Simon, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Rapture, Rage Agaisnt the Machines, Jamiroquai (have a photo of with in Monaco!), Eskimo Joe, Dire Straits, Daft Punk, Cut Copy, Cold Play, Cat Stevens, Bernard Fanning, Basement Jaxx, anything Jazzy and many more

I know this much is true – Wally Lamb
A brief history of nearly everything – Bill Bryson
A million little pieces – James Frey (he may have lied but he did a dam good job at it!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving, wrote a message to my friends on the top of the Elfie tower, Vatican City (beautiful!), gondola ride, dancing all night on a boat ride from Italy to Corfu, experiencing the amazing food in Japan, Greek Salads in Greece, Snails in France, Andies, Fireworks in Argentina, Inca trail (amazing!!),

Countries I’ve Visited

American Samoa, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia