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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Student and Scientist
  • University of Sydney, Bachelors and Masters degree
  • From Cronulla
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Openly explore the world and people around me, share my views on life and learn off others, continually re-discover myself and push my limits.

PHILOSOPHY

Risk. Speak for yourself. Face the truth. Strive for self-actualisation.

Interests

Bushwalking, camping, exploring, running, climbing, canyoning, MTB, frisbee, basketball, beach cricket, beach sumo, sandmodelling, gardening, bodysurfing, kayaking, XC skiing, swimming, snorkelling, cooking indian and thai food, making damper, making jaffles on a fire.
Environmental Science, Mapping, Sketching, Drawing, Pottery, Painting, Reading, Photography & Film making

  • photography
  • film making
  • sketching
  • dining
  • cooking
  • running
  • gardening
  • reading
  • pottery
  • painting
  • drawing
  • guitar
  • kayaking
  • camping
  • skiing
  • basketball
  • cricket
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • religion
  • science
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

TV: David Attenborough, M.A.S.H, Billy Connolly

Movies: Master and Commander, Me Myself and Irene, Footrot Flats, Eddie Murphy delerious, Blue Lagoon, The Matrix, Dumb and Dumber, Cool Runnings, Snatch,
Fight Club, Enter the dragon, Step up, Step up 2, LOTR, Princess bride, Horatio hornblower.

Books: Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead, James Clavell - Shogun, Tao - Deng Ming Dao, Captain Corellis Mandolin, Fantasy novels - Eddings, R.Hobb, Chinese philosophy, T.S.Eliot poetry.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The depths of canyons and the heights of the highest peaks in Australia.

Lived in the Simpson Desert dunefields, SW QLD, Australia.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn:
More Spanish - I am learning at the moment
More guitar - "
About other cultures/religions/points of view.

I can teach:
Pottery
Watercolour painting
Canyoning
Climbing
Navigation (GPS and compass)
XC-Skiing
swimming

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