CURRENT MISSION

To see the world and be a better person for it

ABOUT ME

I travelled around Europe a bit before settling in London for most of the last year, and am going on one final trip before returning home to Australia. I'm a curious person who loves learning about people and places. I'll probably be full of questions about your home town (and answers about mine, if you want them), but am just as happy to discover things on my own. I'm pretty easygoing and very social. I love a few drinks, but am not a big party animal.

I'm a single gay male, so if you aren't comfortable with that, please don't offer to host me. Straight guys, that doesn't mean I'll hit on you, and gay guys, that doesn't mean I'll sleep with you, but I know it's an issue for some people.

PHILOSOPHY

I stole the motto of Scotland's Urquhart clan, although my own distant Scottish ancestry is MacPherson: mean well, speak well and do well.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By being the best damn house guest I can be. I'm a very amenable guest - I can be social and chatty, but if you'd rather I kept to myself, that's no problem. Either way, I'm a clean and considerate guest. Living in a small apartment with my family precluded me from hosting surfers in Australia, but hopefully when I'm settled again I can open up my couch space.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just once in Denmark so far, but it was an incredibly fun and informative few days.

Interests

Words, words, words! Reading, writing and editing. Cooking, history, music (listening to it and discussing it, I have no sense of rhythm and can't play anything myself), politics, picnics, travel, learning, communication, languages. Oh, and anything to do with Denmark. I'm a bit obsessed.

• animals
• writing
• dancing
• cooking
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• trivia
• reading
• traveling
• music
• genealogy
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Alien, Dancer in the Dark, The Devil's Backbone, Dogville, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, High School Musical, Labyrinth, Let the Right One In, Mean Girls, Muriel's Wedding, Pan's Labyrinth

Music: Tori Amos, Angelspit, Animal Collective, Emilie Autumn, Bat For Lashes, Bjork, The Birthday Massacre, David Bowie, Kate Bush, The Cardigans, Neko Case, Catatonia, Patsy Cline, The Dresden Dolls, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Diamanda Galas, Garbage, Goldfrapp, PJ Harvey, HK119, IAMX, The Kinks, The Knife, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, Le Tigre, Jesse McCartney, Kylie Minogue, Alanis Morissette, Roisin Murphy, My Chemical Romance, Nico, Oh Land, Amanda Palmer, Prince, Princess Superstar, The Siddeleys, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tokio Hotel, Veruca Salt, Vive La Fete, Wir Sind Helden, Patrick Wolf, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Books: House Of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski, The Crimson Petal & The White by Michel Faber, American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, The Little Friend by Donna Tartt, Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and many others

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of my favourite travel experiences was attending a dance party in Denmark's beautiful Royal Library. A bizarre and incredible night.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a pretty good cook, willing to whip up a meal for you or learn your local specialty. I also have an impressive but useless knowledge of music trivia, and will gladly stay up late discussing the merits of certain records if that's your thing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom