Slightly eccentric female. Work part-time to keep funding my travels.
I grow herbs and various sub-tropicals vegetable and have 4 chooks.
Yoga, Pilates, walking and gardening are my activities of choice.
When traveling, I love walking around, watching the people and the places. Eating the local foods.
Never come home at night without looking up at the sky. Talk to the moon.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hoping to travel for longer, connecting with the people who live in the places I visit.
When I lived in Alice Springs and later in Kakadu National Park and then Darwin, I used to often host travellers I met through my work in tourism or while enjoying the parks and nature around my various homes.
I was a CS host before it existed!
These days, in my sixties, after caring for my mother for several years, and somewhat tired by life and autoimmune illness I find I need to save my energies for growing foods etc in order to optimise my health.
So, while I'm not currently hosting, I have a long history of doing so!

Interests

• yoga
• walking
• reading
• crochet
• classical music
• world music
• travel
• food
• nature
• museums
• recycling
• organic gardening
• herbs
• fermenting
• middle east music and dance

Music, Movies, and Books

Classical from Bach to Glass.
Films: Latcho Drom, Three Colours, The Five Pennies, The Weeping Camel.
Books: The museum of words, The museum of modern love, anything by Amélie Nothomb, Zorba the Greek...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- House sat in Tahiti, looking after 5 cats and 1 German Shepherd.

- Hosting a German couple I met at a campground in the Central Australia. They were camping in Central Australia for long enough so they could get married in Alice Springs. My housemate and I were their witnesses and only guests. They were driven from my home to the church in my friend's vintage silver Riley. Their honeymoon was spent camping in my backyard in their tiny tent!

Teach, Learn, Share

Use herbs for food and health. Ferment food and drinks.
Sharing in the many interests I have listed

What I Can Share with Hosts

My adventures working in remote areas of Australia.
Herbal lore and practices.
Sharing in the many interests I have listed.
Singing bits of French so gsm from my youth.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bhutan, Egypt, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belgium