I’m a writer on the road at the moment travelling around the Mediterranean after two years of study back in my home city of Naarm (Melbourne).

I into the arts that spring from the written word but also throughly enjoy the spoken word especially when I involves a few good comrads and some reasonable wine around a wooden table some where in the world. Could I be that perhaps we learn more from others than.. books. Though books are mightly important too.

While I’m on the road I’m keen on meeting the good people and learning from one another and eating some good food at the end of the day.

I’m against the Genocide of the Palestinians by the Israeli’s and really against all states and power that oppress and exploit any peoples, but especially indigenous peoples.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To connect with the marvelous and beautiful and fascinating people out there who also use this medium who also do so. I've been using Couchsurfing for many years and i've been to meet ups in Madrid, stayed with people in Mon Belgium, had really loose night is Oaxaca in Mexico, connecting with people, having yarns, learning about their culturals and their life, creating friendships, making life richer through the process. Its all marvelous and im grateful that the community exists.

Interests

• photography
• dancing
• yoga
• folk music
• hiking
• anthropology
• cultural studies
• history
• political science
• sociology
• cinema
• nature
• wilderness
• musica
• permaculture
• conservation
• psychoanalysis
• psychotherapy
• history and culture

Music, Movies, and Books

The Thin Red Line, Moonlight, The Great Escape, Embrace of the Serpent, Cold War, Schindlers list, A New World, Fight Club, The Mirror, Neruda, No Country For Old Men, Masculine Feminene, Three Colour Trillagy, Ema, American Honey, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Winter Sleep, Taste of Cherry,

Neil Young, Nicola Cruz, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tame Impala, Luzmila Carpio, Leonard Cohen, William Crighton, plenty of West African funk and Tradition kora folk music, Goran Bregovic, Bob Dylan, Queens of the Stone Age, Black Angels, Thom York and the bands, Idles, KGWL,

Love in the time of Chollera. Blood Meredian, On the Road, in the Skin of a Lion, The Crossing, A Moveable Feast, Junky, Howl, Dark Emu, English Patient, For Whome the Bell Tolls, Crime and Punishment, Rumi’s Red Book, Robert Blu - Eating the honey of words.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taking a slow boat from Letecia in Columbia in the Amazon to Iquitos in Peru.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to teach a few folk traditional songs to people on the guitar. I can tell you alot about the strange land of Australia where I come from.

I learn through many avenues. I deep enjoy having long conversations with people over coffee and wine and learning through this medium. Then there is learning through experience, so if I am with people we can enter the world and explore it together and continue to learn about the mysteries of the human psyche and the external world it shapes.

All we have is a small amount of time to share together and use it well, it is so precious. So I will share my time with you, perhaps we will talk, over long meals, that I can prepare as you rest and drink wine. We can then hit the streets and go dancing if the night calls for it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Someone who values the archetypes of host and guest immensely. I am thoughtful and respectful, aware that it is a great gift of be hosted by another. I will offer an act of service in a meal and perhaps a small gift of gratitude for the time spent together. I also am aware that we all need our own space to live and restore ourselves.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom