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Overview

  • 14 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • Unspecified age, Female
  • Member since 2006
  • Travel, study, work , read , hang around with friends. No...
  • Mostly by travel and having a curious, open and questioni...
  • From Brisbane, Queensland.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Not really sure what my mission is, I tend to have many that change over time.

ABOUT ME

Not good at answering this question. Possibly haven't discovered who I am yet!
I have probably said enough under the other headings

PHILOSOPHY

Trying to make sense of it all without getting too depressed in the process.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The Couchsurfing experiences I have had have been superb, I feel I have a global family. Thank you fellowcouchsurfers

Interests

Mostly in travel and having a curious, open and questioning mind. Other cultures fascinate, food customs, handcrafts etc.I like gardening and the plantesphere in general. Done a few weird workshops in my time. I also have done a reasonable amount of formal study in the areas of Health and Teaching.

  • books
  • dining
  • gardening
  • politics
  • movies
  • traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

I am in a great little book club in Australia where we share and discuss many different books. I like Isabel Allende and try to get to Foreign Film festivals in Oz and hopefully catch an Almodovar film. I like a range of music , not techno.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I am fortunate enough to have travelled a lot, and things of amazement are often unexpected images and encounters with people and places. For some reason Victoria Falls in flood, enveloped in hundreds of rainbows stands out as a personal highlight.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am interested in most things that are not "main stream". Books, movies, ideas,therapies, people and politics. I am interested in health and wellbeing and understanding different health systems and how they try to address inequality. I am an Occupational Therapist, most of my time spent working in the public health system in Australia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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