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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Member since 2015
I've loved Canberra ever since I moved here 7 years ago as a student and after I graduated I stayed on to work. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do with my life work-wise, so to compensate I try to spend as much time doing the things I love as possible. I haven't travelled as much as I would have liked and this is mostly due to the fact that I am shocking when it comes to saving my money, but I have had a few great experiences. I'm a big fan of the 'active holiday' and my ultimate trip would involve running distance events all around the world.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Cooking
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
To give hosting a go and give back a little! My partner and I live in a two bedroom terrace in Canberra's inner north. When we started renting our current place we figured we should have a spare room for when our out-of-town family and friends visit. We feel a little bad that to date the room has spent 95% of the time being a clothes-drying room and would like to open it up to visitors with the intent of changing Canberra's reputation as a 'boring' place.
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: I like most things, and I have a special nostalgia for the 90s and early 2000s music of my childhood/early teen years. Even the stuff that wasn't that great. I am beginning to reach the point where I feel old at festivals (who are these young whipper snappers!?) and am more sensitive to loud music. Movies: I don't go to the movies much, but when I do I will probably eat ALL the popcorn before the film starts. I know we said we were going to share....sorry about that. Books: I recently became the proud owner of a kobo and am training my brain to think that reading off it counts as 'screen time' - which has been quite successful so far. Last year I finally finished 'A Suitable Boy' by Vikram Seth and it was 1400 pages. It was like carrying around a brick. I love dystopian fiction and fake a lot of enthusiasm about reading 'the classics' (which I define as any book older than me that I can feel confident saying that I have read among people who I don't necessarily like but am trying to impress) - but I did truly enjoy The Picture of Dorian Grey, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, The Handmaid's Tale, A Clockwork Orange and Brideshead Revisited.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
In December 2014 I ran the Kepler Challenge in Te Anau, New Zealand - a 60km ultra marathon.
What I Can Share With Hosts
I don't have many talents (I'm more of a jack-of-all-trades kind of person), but I can put together a very good salad (especially if there is access to haloumi) and I can teach you how to fold a paper crane.
My Interests
I'll give basically anything a go at least once. But you will find me running, playing hockey (and poorly attempting to fit in on any one of a number of social sport teams), skiing, climbing, striking yoga poses with a low degree of flexibility, swimming, cycling, kayaking, hiking, reading, cooking and wasting time on social media fairly regularly.