CURRENT MISSION:
Sustainable living in tiny house in The Catlins, New Zealand.

At home Sept - April:
Alternative housing, off grid energy, vegetable gardening and self sufficient low impact living. Designing and building a timber frame house.

Travelling April - Sept: Ausi and Asia.

ABOUT ME:

Unfortunately it is just me now, the beautiful girl in the photos who I used to travel with has settled down in Flensburg.

Cooking and eating good healthy food, guitar, animated movies, dogs, hitching, animals, nature, and of course travelling and meeting nice people.

PHILOSOPHY:

Helen Keller "Life is an exciting adventure, or nothing".

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSMURFING

Host couchies when home. Surf couches in between wwoofing when travelling.

COUCHSMURFING EXPERIENCE

Mostly great!

Interests

Travel, self sufficiency, vegetable gardening, alternative energy, hitching, dancing, guitar, singing, friendly dogs, animals and plants, the outdoors, op shops, just the usual, good food and good company, star filled night skies, nice sunrises and sunsets, meeting nice people, sharing food, conversation, massage, you know, the finer pleasures in life :D

• animals
• dogs
• wildlife
• singing
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• traveling
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• snorkeling
• food
• massage
• wild camping
• self defense
• urban camping
• wildlife photography
• inaturalist

Music, Movies, and Books

Enjoy making music! Play a guitar and sing. Like to read well written books. Like watching well directed, well acted movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Held a 100 year old wild tuatara on an offshore wildlife sanctuary.

Released a wandering albatross back into the wild after rehabilitation.

Caught the first snake I ever saw - a 2ft Pacific Boa in Fiji 2012. And the second snake I ever saw a 9ft Carpet Python in Australia, 2013. And the 9th snake I ever saw - another 9ft Python in Ausi in 2018.

Hitched Bangkok to Chang Mai and all around the north of Thailand with my girl, 2016.

Lived with the locals in a village on top of a mountain for a week in Thailand, working the fields, hunting and fishing. Not as a tourist but as guests of the chief! Increadible experience.

Hitched Copenhagen to Bremen through the night with my girl, 2017.

Photographed Adders in the wild in Scotland 2019.

Stayed three weeks on Bornholm (an Island between Denmark, Sweden, and Germany, with my girl 2019.

Lived with and worked in the fields with the locals in Rarotonga for 3 months in 2022.

Lived on the dirt floor in a village in Indonesia and went out fishing every morning in the dark for a month. 2023.

Helped catch and relocate a huge King Cobra in Indonesia in 2024.

Swam with Whale Sharks and visited the Komodo dragons 2025.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everyone has a story, everyone has something to teach. Am happy to share guitar skills or help you learn to defend yourself.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to play guitar if there is one handy. I don't like to only stay one night. I like to hang out with hosts for a few days and get to know them and their lifestyle and get involved with anything that is going on if possible. Am also good at entertaining myself if hosts are too busy to hang out.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Fiji, Germany, Indonesia, Laos, Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand