CURRENT MISSION

To live in the moment.

ABOUT ME

Down-to-earth and easy-going guy who enjoys being social and connecting with people through real conversation. Passionate about science, music and traveling. Get along with everyone I've ever met in this crazy life. International social butterfly who enjoys house parties to pubs and starlight to fluorescent light.

PHILOSOPHY

If not now, when?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am an active host who strives to make his surfers as comfortable as possible while also regularly attending local CS gatherings and contributing quality reviews to all. Simply put, everyone I've met through couchsurfing (hosting, surfing and socially) has been an absolutely amazing person.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Westhered. Been hosting regularly for many years now and looking forward to a lifetime of amazing experiences.

Interests

Doing science, playing music, world travel, camping in my VW van, talking philosophy, enjoying human interactions, watching quality films, taking photos, getting lost in laughter, and, of course, sharing travel stories.

• partying
• pub crawls
• house parties
• movies
• traveling
• music
• camping
• surfing
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Fat Freddy's Drop, Katchafire, Kora, Trinity Roots, Pitch Black, Lemon Jelly, Widespread Panic, New Mastersounds, Umphrey's McGee, Zilla, The Bridge, New Monsoon, Will Bernard and Motherbug, Particle, Perpetual Groove, Everyone Orchestra, Garaj Mahal, The Codetalkers, KVHW, Lotus, Keller, moe., Dumpstafunk, Greyboy Allstars, Tiny Universe, Soulive, Jazzam, U-Melt, and, of course, Blue Funk.

Movies: Princess Mononoke, Dumb and Dumber, Big Lebowski, Spirited Away, Astrix, Pi, Malholand Drive, Twin Peaks, Kung Pow, Blair Thumb, Eternal Sunshine.

Books: Ishmael, The Power of Now, Lost City of Z, State of Fear, Learning to Dance Inside, Deep Survival, The Female Brain, Inferno

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Took a mind-blowing 5 week trip to NZ in January 2011. The people I met and the natural wonders I experienced are beyond the grasp of prose. Second to this would be the three weeks i spent on the tiny Fijian island of Caqalai in 2005, where i gazed upon stars that redefined my concept of amazing! All in all my desire to re-connect with the cultural diversity available on this planet among my fellow Humans has not dwindled since my return from OZ in October 2009 after some 5 years of pure international tomfoolery!

Teach, Learn, Share

My scientific interests/research lie within the field of Functional Genomics. Thus, as one might suspect, I enjoy talking about any/all kinds of science (endless topics really) and how this relates to our experiences in real-time. Always looking to learn something new about the infinitely interesting things in this reality!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Comfy couch or, possibly, a comfy bed

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Fiji, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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