Hi, I'm Hayley

I live in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia yet I am American born and raised. I have been living in Australia for over 30 years and LOVE it. I am an outdoor enthusiast with special interests in bushwalking, paddling, canyoning, climbing and scuba diving. I live in a eco-home with solar power and tank water where I grow the family veggies. I have kids, dogs, horses, chooks, goats and a couple of shed cats. Aside from exploring the bush, I love to practice yoga, to cook organic delicious food, listen to music that speaks to me, read a good book and to swim in the ocean.
I have travelled allot in my life and my favourite destinations to date have been Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Kenya, India, Mexico, Greek Islands, The Outback and New Zealand.

At the moment I am reading Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue. The last book I read was ‘The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding’ by Holly Ringland. One of my all time favourite reads list are:
‘The Island of Missing Trees’ by Elif Shafak
‘Demon Copperhead’ by Barbara Kingsolver
‘The Overstory’ and ‘Bewilderment’ by Richard Powers
‘100 Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
‘Love in The Time of Cholera’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
‘Shantaram’ by Gregory Roberts
‘The Secret River’ by Kate Grennville
‘Haroun and the Sea of Stories’ by Herman Hesse
‘The Hobbit’ by JR Tolkien
‘The Alchemist, The Witch Of Portabello and By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept’ By Paulo Coelho
‘The Earthsea Trilogy’ by Ursula Le Guin
‘Dirt Music’ by Tim Winton

Music: Teskey Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, John Butler, The Waifs, Dave Matthews, Angus and Julia Stone, Passenger, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Harry Manx, Norah Jones, Mumford and Sons.

5 things I can't live without are:
Relationships - My husband, kids and friends
Coffee
Yoga
Outdoors - fresh air, untouched beautiful places, ocean, mountains, streams
Great organic food to eat and quality wine to drink

As a guest and host, I am responsible, clean and tidy, caring and generous.