CURRENT MISSION

To play music, seek different perspectives on life and help empower people to change the world!

ABOUT ME

For those of you who don't like to read, this short music video ought to give you an idea of the kind of person I am: http://youtu.be/tSTFfKHJg4Y

I play ukulele, make electroswing beats and rhymes about ecological principles, permaculture, fermented cabbage and other things (which probably seems kinda nerdy... and it is... but it's really not as bad as it sounds!)

I grew up in a tin shed among the trees outside Pemberton (tiny country town in southwest Western Australia). I then migrated to Fremantle, where I always seem to put my feet up at the end of a journey, no matter how far I stray.

I spend a lot of time on the road playing music. I am a drummer of kit and strummer of ukulele and am always up for musical adventures among other things!

I've spent the last 8 years or so going wherever the music takes me, touring with various gypsy bands, living in old buses & veggie-oil-powered trucks, hitchhiking around various parts of the world with pirates, fairies and ragamuffins and generally having a good time.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I helped out a bit in the early days with CS development stuff and used to be an ambassador (don't think I am officially anymore) but I've since been whisked off on other journeys. Still do what I can to be involved and can't wait to have a good place to host one day when I live somewhere larger than an oversized cardboard box!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In my time as a globetrotting gypsy, I have couch surfed in about 14 countries on 5 continents! Everyone has been more warm, open and purely awesome than I could have ever hoped.

Interests

Change, permaculture, sustainable living, drumming, Music, Musicians, Musicology, Musicosophy, Musicophilia, spirituality, vipassana, meditation, compost, earthbag building, indigenous cultures, rainforests, waterfalls, beaches, weird paranormal stuff, impulsive behaviour, gooood beer, crocheting, surfing (anyone up for teaching me?), ukulele, new places, new people, ug boots, hugs & cuddles, philosophy, freeganism, dumpster-diving, a warm bed on a cold night, a cool bed on a hot night, quantum physics, crop circles, making bad puns, telling dad-jokes & acting like a great wally.

• meditation
• crochet
• music
• drums
• hitchhiking
• beaches
• ukulele
• permaculture
• vegetables
• compost
• electroswing
• kimchi
• poo

Music, Movies, and Books

In no particular order: Tom Robbins (Jitterbug Perfume & Even Cowgirls Get The Blues), Eckhart Tolle, The Big Lebowski, O' Brother Where Art Thou (anything by the Cohen Bros actually) Fat Freddys Drop bro! The Cat Empire, Jackson Jackson, Waking Life, Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Azo Bell, Jake Shimabukuro & any other ukulele gods out there, Monty Python, Black Books, The Motorcycle Diaries, Bobby McFerrin, Bob Brozman, Bob Dylan, Bob Brown...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Had a jam with Victor Wooten. Actually!!
What a dude!
Check it out: http://youtu.be/JPcRljzClic

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to make Kimchi! mmmm... funky cabbage!

Ukulele lessons: I can teach you how to play the Beatles or Django on a ukulele!

Crocheting: If your left-handed, I can show you how to make bizarre and interesting hats/scarves/bags/yarmulkes/whatever! :) I also knit... it's awesome.

Unicycle riding: Got a unicycle?

Drumming: Djembes to Drumkits! Or pots and pans...

I can also teach you to clap the theme to Mario Bros with your mouth, or whistle Flight of the Bumblebee!

If you're a meditator, I'm always up for a sit as well.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Laos, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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