Hi, I’m Minseong from South Korea, You can call me Min. I enjoy meeting new people, hanging out, and traveling. I used to work as an electrician in Korea, and now I’m living in Australia. I’ve only been here for couple months, so I don’t have many friends yet. I’m hoping to meet good people and explore new places. I’m interested in photography, guitar, running, and surfing.

CURRENT MISSION Live my life to the fullest ! ABOUT ME Happy, Curious, Adventures, Practical, Caring, Passionate PHILOSOPHY Life is but a span.

Hello all, I am in Brisbane until October 2027 but can only host singles. I am not set up physically in the flat or psychologically to manage more than one person at a time - my apologies. Me: I have had a fairly good life to date. I spent 6 years in the Navy from the age of 15 then another three years as a merchant seaman interrupted by a one year stint as a student finishing my high school education at the age of 23 (an adult class). I actually gave up going to sea because I had such a great time ashore studying. Not that I then continued studying. Instead I went farming growing small crops (vegetables) for almost three years. That was as isolating as being at sea. Still, no regrets! After working crazily in the blazing Australian sun, I decided I had better think about using my head instead of my hands. Being terribly/completely incompetent with machinery really helped with this decision. I seemingly have become more so as time has moved on. So, I went to university and studied Chinese and Economics. This was interrupted (nothing like the odd interruption) by a wonderful year in Taiwan studying Chinese at Shi Da in Taibei. From there, it was back to university to complete the BA and off to Beijing First Foreign Languages Institute for another year of Chinese study on a university language scholarship. I fell into a job representing Australian companies in the agricultural sector (after a year working for IBM) and stayed 8 plus years until 1991. This included 3 years in Hong Kong and working back into China. I was also working into Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Korea, and India during this period. After returning to Australia in 1991 and then representing a small horticultural equipment manufacturer, I worked into Europe, Japan and the US until 1998. Then it was back to Uni whilst being the local Convenor of the Australian Conservation Foundation to do a M. in Environmental Management (Hons). Since 2001, I have been a public servant, an electorate officer (working in a politician's office for 4 plus years), post graduate student again, a research assistant at Griffith Uni, Permaculture farm administrator, environmental coordinator, manager and educator at an urban farm, a carpenter's labourer, school cleaner and then a P/T casual hospital orderly - a meaningful, but relatively stress free, job helping people while making a modest living and getting plenty of exercise. I have now given work away and spending my time travelling, reading and studying and begin new phase with a MPhil in October 2026. I abhor all forms of discrimination, intensely dislike neo-liberal capitalism but love the diversity one finds in the human race, be it ethnic or gender related or whatever. People in general are wonderful though I think we could all do a lot better - too much hate, destruction and focus on "me" (it's called Main Character Syndrome - yes it is a thing and somewhat insidious in today's society it seems: See https://aeon.co/essays/why-main-character-syndrome-is-philosophically-dangerous) and what "I" can get out of others in this world. I have been fortunate to be provided with a service dog - Leila. In order to preclude people asking, having a service dog relates to my stint in the military many moons ago. I mean, would you ask someone as to why they have a wheelchair? Leila can be found at @leilathespringerspaniel and a blog at charlesandleila.wordpress.com She gets on with cats very well and no, she doesn't chase them. She is NOT a pet and so, if you could, please keep interaction with her to a minimum. She will push it, but too much interaction then distracts her for when she is working. The worst of distraction is she could be taken off me because she can’t do her job and that would be horrendous for both of us. I appreciate your consideration 🙏 Life has been and still is pretty good overall all said and done. Regrets are many but what we learn from and importantly, one needs to learn from one’s SNAFUs. There is little point of life otherwise.

Hayley and Brian are a fusion of Aussie charm and American swagger. We’re a married duo who live for adventure, exploring, entertainment, and great food. Brian has been Couchsurfing for over a decade, traveling the world for both work and fun. He loves meeting up with other surfers to explore a city, swap stories, or join a good bar crawl. Hayley has lived and worked across Europe several times and now manages international operations, bringing a calm head and creative spark wherever she goes. Brian works as part of a global engineering team and spends his downtime on photography, home improvement projects, and video games - something we both love to unwind with. We’ve both spent much of our careers traveling full-time and actually met on an airplane - a story that still makes people smile. These days, we’re based in Port Macquarie, Australia, where we enjoy music festivals, road trips, beaches, and a good glass of wine. We’re both book lovers at heart and rarely hit the road without an audiobook playing, especially when walking our hairy little Jack Russell. Hayley loves fresh foods (especially greens) but also knows when to enjoy the occasional bag of bad servo snacks. Yum. She’s happiest when sipping a good coffee, cooking at home, or planning the next getaway. We’re friendly, curious, and always up for a good chat. And yes - we’re unfailingly polite to our Alexa and ChatGPT, just in case the AI uprising ever happens. We're passionate wanderlusts that enjoy a wide variety of music, quality conversation, and meeting new people who share a love of life on the move.