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Overview

  • 40 references 29 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 69, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Denis is an early retiree and Heather recently retired.
  • Both with degrees. Denis land management, Heather - Human...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To enjoy discussing travel experiences with likeminded people, either at home or overseas.

ABOUT ME

Hi, we have recently moved to Orange NSW to be closer to grandkids. Denis has travelled throughout Australia over the years and has a love of the Australian bush. He enjoys motorcycles, birds and the Australian back country. Heather travelled many years ago in Europe, Russia and North Africa for Contiki tours. Heather previously worked for Charles Sturt University as a Campus Manager in Dubbo NSW and Burlington Ontario Canada. We both love meeting interesting people.

PHILOSOPHY

To enjoy our own form of art, to enjoy and appreciate the beautiful countryside around us and to share our lifestyle with an ale or a wine with likeminded travellers in our home.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We have now Couch Surfed in Canada, the U.S. and the UK and have had the greatest time!!. Our experiences by both hosting and surfing have been unforgetable. We have made so many friends with the same values as us. In the future, hopefully, we will attract young and older travelers over the blue mountains and away from the Australian coast to visit a country destination.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We are now experienced Couch Surfers, by hosting and surfing (we hope we are anyway!. In all of our experiences we have been fortunate enough to meet some amazing people and also have seen some beautiful country that our hosts have recommended for us to visit. One thing we have found is trying not to stay with a host for just one day if possible, we found that you miss so much. From now on we will work our travels around (at least)two day visits. Saying this, it is time constraints that sometimes dictate your travel itinerary.

Interests

Denis likes to draw interesting bush subjects and Heather dabbles in creating stained glass projects. Both enjoy photography.

  • birds
  • arts
  • environment
  • wine
  • motorcycles
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • surfing
  • soccer
  • tennis
  • world cup
  • tours
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Nothing in particular - just a wide variety

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to say one. In Rome for 2006 Italian winners return from Soccer World Cup finals, awesome.
Both the natural and human built environments like
Niagara Falls, London Eye, Roman Baths, Stonehenge, Brooklyn Bridge, the Bighorn Mountains, CN tower Toronto, the beautiful prairies, train across Canada etc, etc, etc.
Moscow in 1978, Fez (Morocco), International guest with a free trip to Japan first class!!! thanks for being long term host parents for Japanese youth exchange.

Teach, Learn, Share

We have been around for awhile so we guess we have a wide range of learning to share. We are always in learn mode

What I Can Share with Hosts

Friendship and interesting conversations about travel and the environment.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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