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Overview

  • 4 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Solar Engineer
  • Australian National University
  • From Tumut
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travelling/cycling around Europe, WWOOFing, hopefully learning French...

ABOUT ME

I've recently come back to Australia after living and volunteering in Laos with Engineers Without Borders and AusAID. 2010/11 will be spent travelling and cycling around Europe while I figure out what to do with my life. All suggestions are welcome!

PHILOSOPHY

Nietzschean perspectivism

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll be travelling from late August 2010 and am excited to meet fellow couchsurfers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to couch surfing.

Interests

Music, film, literature, politics, climate science, cycling, squash, cooking...

  • literature
  • cooking
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • racquetball
  • science
  • volunteering
  • squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Animal Collective, Four Tet, Pantha Du Prince, Apparat, Bibio, Flying Lotus, Nick Cave, Fever Ray, Neil Young, Radiohead

Books: My two favourite books are The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir and Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, although I usually read non-fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling through Burma was amazing, although quite sad. Living in Laos for one year was also a great experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'll tell you when you meet me...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Myanmar, Netherlands, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, India, Laos

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