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Overview

  • 61 references 56 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 72, Male
  • Member since 2004
  • A retired teacher.
  • Bachelor of Education
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION
Creating a sustainable lifestyle using permaculture, recycling and solar energy.

ABOUT ME
Please note: It is no longer Pam Cowan but John Cowan. I will try to change it on the profile when I can.
Having traveled quite widely my horizons now are a little narrower focusing, like Candide, on my garden and matters closer to home. I cycle regularly both here and overseas and try to swim two or three times a week. I volunteer with Special Olympics and our local bush fire Brigade, organise concerts, love reading and lively discussions. I have just - Christmas 2018 - become single again for the first time in 39 years.

PHILOSOPHY
A stranger is a friend I haven't met yet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We love hosting people and sharing our little piece of paradise with them. Please contact us if you are willing to stay for two nights. We want to get to know you and one night is just not enough for us.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We have made many friends around the world and take opportunities to visit when able to. It's the best way to travel and learn about the culture, politics and environment.

Interests

Travel, hiking, cycling, reading, swimming, theatre, films, music, cooking, gardening, watching the sun set, teaching children, learning, learning and learning.

  • culture
  • environment
  • dining
  • cooking
  • organic food
  • gardening
  • politics
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • canoeing
  • swimming
  • law

Music, Movies, and Books

I love any music that is played with passion and brings people closer together whether it be classical, folk, rock, blues, jazz and to the small extent I can I like to participate.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to mention but I guess cycling in France and Slovenia, visiting Churchill and the polar bears, canoeing for two weeks in the Canadian wilderness and watching the sun rise from Poon Hill in Nepal.

What I Can Share with Hosts

As well as sharing our Australian culture, sharing our amazing garden, natural environment, organic food, music and much more.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, England, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Singapore, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada

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