CURRENT MISSION

My mission, tricky. I needed to escape Australia, see family, go somewhere colder over Christmas, and swim in a Scottish loch...all this before starting my phd in invasive plant ecology in 2010!

ABOUT ME

I am an active, easy going fella on the final leg of my European trip. I've been in Switzerland with my best friend and her family for three months, followed by the UK where i worked as an ecologist at Imperial College. After breaking my foot, and rapidly running out of money, i decided to cut my losses and go on a final trip across europe and back to Australia.

PHILOSOPHY

I am trying my hardest not to get hooked up on life and its many stresses. Apparently you only get to live and die once, and that's our only certainty. I try to live in the moment, and any time my brain fidgets about an uncertain future i tell it to bugger off. Honesty and kindness are all that's needed to form life-long friendships!!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am very new to this. At the moment i want to participate as a surfer, and when i get back to Australia I can't wait to offer my couch up to other friendly guests.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Again, I am very new to this, although i have been officially surfing my friends' couches the last 12 months.

Interests

Botany, singing, reading, photography, drawing and print-making, dog walking, hiking, camping, canoeing, swimming in cold remote locations, cooking, pubbing, beer, brewing ginger beer, coffee, travel, writing, study

• dogs
• writing
• singing
• photography
• festivals
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• running
• walking
• clubbing
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• surfing
• swimming
• ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

Australia: Muriel's Wedding, Priscilla - Queen of the Desert, The Castle.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have walked acros a barren Scottish highland moor, all alone save for the eagles and deer; I stayed in a glorious five-star palace in Venice on the Grand Canal; I performed in front of 10,000 people at a folk festival; I saw a lizard hatch from its egg; I found and identified a really rare plant in the depths of an Australian rainforest; I stayed up till 4am four days in a row clubbing while at London Pride; I climbed a Swiss mountain.