CURRENT MISSION

Travel and decide which path in life to take.

ABOUT ME

Loves to travel. Rather skinny.

I want to see the world before it changes, and its changing so incredibly quickly.

PHILOSOPHY

Follow the 'everybody's free (to wear suncreen)' song. Its pretty good advice.

My motto (which I'm working on) is "Fortune rewards those who seek it", which is a slight variation on an old latin proverb, or so wikipedia tells me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like to take a snap of where I've been. But I usually only keep one or two for each day of travel. Some of my photos are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brett-au/

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Two couches down, two good experiences. But its a lot more difficult that I had assumed. The forums were great in helping me travel in Iceland!

Interests

Interesting people grab my attention.
I spend my time planning my next trip (even while I'm still on one!)
I'm into Adventure racing, which is a triathlon with a map (there isn't anyone telling you where to go). But, with all the traveling, I'm far too unfit to compete any more :-(
Skiing, Mountain biking, Kayaking (whitewater) and more.

• triathlon
• traveling
• cycling
• kayaking
• skiing

Music, Movies, and Books

Rough guide, Lonely planet, Frommers. Did I mention I like to travel?

My taste in music is very wide. But I'm not overly in love with live music (gasp).

I have a long list of movies but only a few that get 9/10 or 10/10.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crazy taxi rides in India.
Saw a black bear, then a grizzly, then a BIG grizzly in Glacier national park, USA.
Fallen over in front of a tiger.
Hiked up from the chairlift at the remarkables in Queenstown, NZ to the lookout.
Hiked half dome & angels landing, USA.
Flew on a commercial DC3.
Saw the cherry blossoms in Tokyo.
And my cover photo was a lot of fun.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Belgium, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Guam, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia