CURRENT MISSION

to keep moving until something tells me to settle down

ABOUT ME

CUrrently living in Townsville, QLD. I grew up in Adelaide, Australia. I love it here. If it snowed here it'd be the perfect place!I study journalism at the University of South Australia.I'm easygoing, but everyone says that so that's nothing new! I'm always trying to find something new to do. I enjoy the odd booze night and drives through the Adelaide Hills and around Yorke and the Fleurieu Peninsula (if you're in Adelaide contact me and I'll see if i can take you there!).What else?...i love the cold...and small towns...and mountains (don't even get me started on Norway or Canada!). And my mates always give me shit for this, but if i see a puppy chances are i'm gonna spend the rest of the day talking about it.I hate planning too far ahead when travelling. Just wing it and make as many mistakes as you can along the way! works for me anyway.I get bored easy, hence all the travel. My favourite trip in Australia was when myself and a few mates hired a van in Darwin and drove it down to Adelaide (a 3500km drive!). Outside of Australia i don't know. I used to be able to list my top 3 favourite countries, but i don't have favourites anymore. It's too hard. There are so many wonderful things about every country i have been to. GO TO IRELAND, BOSNIA, NORWAY, ESTONIA, INDIA, LAOS, CANADA, ARGENTINA, IRAN, KOSOVO! They are great places.

PHILOSOPHY

making mistakes is the best way to travel. Better stories. more fun.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm on the road a lot for work, but keen to meet people who are int Townsville!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couch surfed in Iran, Canada, Ireland, the UK, US, Norway, Finland and Austria. With more to come! Awesome AWESOME experiences.

i've stayed with families in Mumbai, NY and Tanzania who i met while travelling (i.e. not through Couch Surfing), and loved the experience (especially Mumbai).

I have also made many friends who are part of the CS network while travelling.

Interests

Reading. the beach. the road less travelled. long bus rides...or flights...or train rides. Bars/ clubs (preferably bars). cycling. driving through the Adelaide Hills. Any international sporting event. Politics (mainly world politics these days!). snow. mountains! human rights and justice.

• human rights
• clubbing
• politics
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• surfing
• journalism
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Shadow of the wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafrom
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz
Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
McCarthy's Bar - Pete McCarthy (best travel author ever!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling India. Spent a night in a rock shelter in the Indian Himalayas, although never having trekked before and without proper gear. Then a week later was in Mumbai for the Nov 2008 terrorist attacks. You never know what to expect in India.

And travelling Iran for the same reason!

Teach, Learn, Share

Don't be worried about things going wrong (i.e. getting on the bus to the wrong city because you misread the TV). They might piss you off at the time, but they are the stories that you remember and that people back home enjoy hearing about.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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