BUCKETLIST

Miscellaneous

• Fly a plane
• Do something newsworthy
• Get a second passport
• Graduate University ✓
• Become fluent in a second language
• Get my drivers license ✓
• Get my motorbike license ✓
• Learn to confidently drive a manual car
• Say ‘Yes’ to everything for a week
• Get a meaningful tattoo ✓
• Be on ‘The Amazing Race’ (PLEASE)

Travel Blogging and Writing

• Have 1000 Twitter followers (here)
• Have 1000 Facebook followers (here)
• Have 1000 Instagram followers (here) ✓
  • ^ Have 5000 Instagram followers ✓
  • ^ Have 10,000 Instagram followers
• Earn some money from my travel blog ✓
• Be a well known resource and expert of a particular region of the world
• Have an article printed in a major newspaper/on a major website ✓

Geography

• Step foot on all Seven Continents
• See Aurora Borealis (the Northern Lights)
• Drive Route 66
• Rock up to the airport and jump on the first flight out of there
• Visit and make a difference in a tribal village
• Go hot air ballooning ✓
• Ride a mechanical bull
• Take part in an archaeological dig
• Jump off a waterfall ✓
• Stay in a capsule hotel
• Climb a volcano (Greece/NZ) ✓
• Be in a snow storm
• Experience the shift of two tectonic plates (aka – an earthquake)
• Stand under a waterfall (Florence Falls in Darwin, NT / Minnehaha Falls in the Blue Mountains) ✓
• Be in a film or in a TV show (Cheeze TV) ✓
• Shoot a gun (Hamilton, NZ) ✓
• Shoot a crossbow
• Celebrate Christmas in a different country (Edinburgh) ✓
• Celebrate NYE in another country (Edinburgh) ✓
• Pursue a tornado with a team of storm chasers
• Sleep in a tree house
• Live abroad for at least a year
• Sleep in an igloo
• Meet real life pirates
• Take a road trip with no GPS or map

Australasia

Australia

• Drive from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, SA (Directly down the middle)
• Snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef, QLD ✓
• Visit the Whitsunday Islands, QLD ✓
• See Uluru, NT ✓
• Do the Uluru Base Walk ✓
• Go to Bondi Beach ✓
• Go to Manly Beach ✓
• See the Bungle Bungles
• See Kakadu and cruise Katherine River, NT ✓
• Valley of the Winds hike, NT ✓
• Kings Canyon Rim Walk, NT ✓
• See the animals in Kakadu National Park, NT ✓
• Walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW ✓
• Climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW ✓
• Do the Centre Point Tower Sky Walk, NSW ✓
• Climb and hang over the edge of the Qi Building, QLD ✓
• Co Canyoning in the Blue Mountains, NSW ✓
• Walk the same trail as the one taken in “Tracks” (Pipe dream…)
• Walk the Rabbit Proof Fence
• Drive the Great Ocean Road ✓

New Zealand

• Go Zorbing, Rotorua ✓
• Visit the Redwoods, Rotorua ✓
• Whitewater the largest commercial drop of 7m – Rotorua ✓
• Do a Lord of The Rings Tour, Christchurch ✓
• Go hot air ballooning in Canterbury ✓
• Hike Ben Lomond ✓
• Hike Queenstown Hill ✓
• Visit Hobbiton, Matamata ✓
• Go Canyoning, Auckland ✓
• Hike Rangitoto Volcano in Auckland ✓
• Do the Sky Walk in Auckland ✓
• Visit the volcanic black sand beach – Piha Beach, Auckland ✓
• Bathe in the mud pools in Rotorua ✓
• Visit Hooker Valley, Mt. Cook National park ✓
• Visit Lindis Pass, Otago
• Hike Roys Peak, Wanaka ✓
• Get a shot of That Wanaka Tree ✓
• Visit The Remarkables, Queenstown ✓
• Visit Arthurs Pass, West Coast ✓
• Climb the world’s steepest road (Baldwin Street, Dunedin)
• Go skydiving in Queenstown or Wanaka
• Bungy Jump in Queenstown
• Fly in a 6-seater plane over Queenstown to Milford Sound ✓
• Chill out in an ice bar in Queenstown ✓
• Try the worlds best burgers (according to Lonely Planet) FergBurgers, in Queenstown ✓
• Take a cruise in Milford Sound ✓
• Live in Queenstown ✓
• Spend Crate Day in Hamilton ✓

Fiij

• Go Paragliding ✓

China

• Celebrate Chinese New Year
• Walk the Great Wall of China

Japan

• Visit Hiroshima
• See the Cherry Blossom Festival
• Visit Himeji Castle ✓
• Have a traditional Japanese meal in full yukata dressing ✓
• Eat in Memory Lane, Shinjuku ✓
• Take a ‘Lost in Translation’ inspired photo ✓
• Cross the famed Shibuya Scramble ✓
• Make udon noodles ✓
• See Mount Fuji ✓
• Ride the Shinkansen ✓
• Go wakeboarding in Fukushima ✓
• Visit the historical town of Ouchijuku ✓
• Visit Dogo Onsen, Miyazaki’s inspiration for Spirited Away ✓

India

• See the Taj Mahal
• Experience the Holi Festival

Vietnam

• Take a roadtrip ✓
• Stay in Hoi An ✓
• Go Fishing ✓
• Visit the Imperial City, Hue
• Visit Thien Mu Pagoda ✓
• See the Marble Mountains ✓
• Take a river cruise and see the Buffalo roam ✓

Malaysia

• Visit Orangutan Sanctuary ✓
• Visit a Turtle Rehabilitation Sanctuary ✓

Singapore

• Visit Singapore Zoo ✓
• Visit River Safari ✓
• Visit Night Safari ✓
• Visit Sentosa ✓
  • Visit Universal Studios  ✓
  • Climb to the top of the Merlion ✓
  • Catch the Sentosa cable car from Mount Faber to Sentosa ✓
• See Gardens of the Bay & it’s night show ✓
• Swim in the Marina Bay Sands pool

Thailand

• Bring in the New Year with the Worlds Biggest Water Fight (Songkran)
• Visit Koh Phi Phi ✓
• Visit Maya Bay from “The Beach” ✓
• Visit James Bond Beach ✓
• Visit the Floating Football Field ✓

Hong Kong

• Visit Tian Tan Buddha
• Ride the Victoria Peak Tram
• Visit Disneyland Hong Kong ✓
• Visit Ocean Park ✓

Nepal/Tibet

• Climb to Mt Everest Base Camp
• SEE Mt Everest
• Climb Mt Everest (Yeah I know, likely)

Indonesia

• Visit Uluwatu Temple
• See Mount Bromo
• Visit Ubud Monkey Forest ✓
• Visit Borobudur
• Visit Prambanan
• Visit Piaynemo in Raja Ampat ✓
• Swim with Manta Rays (Raja Ampat) ✓
• Rent a Scooter (Ambon, Maluku) ✓
• Snorkel at Bunaken National Park ✓
• Cruise through Komodo National Park for sunrise on a liveaboard schooner ✓
• Hike at Padar Island ✓
• Visit Pink Beach, Flores ✓
• See the Komodo Dragons in Komodo National Park ✓
• Witness the Easter Friday processions in Larantuka ✓

Europe

• Ride the whole length of the Trans-Siberian Railway – Moscow to Beijing
• Ride the whole length of the Orient Express – Paris to Istanbul

Britain

• Visit Stonehenge
• Visit Harry Potter World ✓
• Go on the London Eye ✓
• Go to the London Dungeons ✓
• Visit Camden Markets ✓
• Visit Newcastle and its Angel of the North
• Party Geordie style in Newcastle
• Live in Manchester ✓
• Watch a Manchester derby match ✓
• See the White Cliffs of Dover ✓
• See Buckingham Palace and Westminster Palace ✓
• Ride the London Eye ✓

Wales

• Climb Mount Snowdonia ✓
• Visit the Doctor Who Experience ✓
• Visit Mermaid Quay ✓

Scotland

• Board the Hogwarts Express, Scottish Highlands
• Visit Edinburgh ✓
• Hike Arthurs Seat ✓
• Visit Edinburgh Castle ✓
• Learn a Scottish dance
• Buy a kilt

Ireland

• Celebrate St Patricks Day in Dublin
• Visit the Giant’s Causeway
• See the Cliff’s of Moher
• Visit the Titanic Museum in Belfast

Germany

• Drink down at Oktoberfest in Munich ✓
• See the Berlin Wall ✓
• Watch river surfing at Eiswachwelle in Munich ✓
• Go museum hopping in Berlin ✓
• Visit the German Christmas Markets ✓
• See a Schalke04 match ✓

Italy

• Visit the Colosseum, Rome ✓
• Visit Pompeii ✓
• Climb Mt Vesuvious ✓
• Visit the Amalfi Coast ✓
• Sunbathe on Positano Beach ✓
• Hike the Path of the Gods  ✓
• Visit the Blue Grotto in Capri ✓
• Visit Venice, the floating city! ✓
• See Burano, Venice ✓
• See the Grand Canal, Venice ✓
• Take a canal ride in a gondola in Venice ✓
• Visit Florence ✓
• See the Duomo in Florence ✓
• See the Leaning Tower of Pisa ✓
• Visit the Vatican ✓
• See Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel ✓
• Explore Cinque Terre ✓

Norway

• Visit the Viking Ship Museum
• Visit Geirangerfjord
• Visit Alesund
• Visit Pulpit Rock in Norway
• Visit Trolltunga
• Visit Stavanger

Spain

• Party in Ibiza
• Do the Running of the Bulls
• Visit La Concha
• Visit Toledo
• Visit San Sebastian
• Visit Valencia
• Visit Barcelona

Portugal

• Visit Lisbon
• Explore Porto
• See Monsanto, the village built around a rock
• Explore the Algarve region, Lagos

France

• Visit the Eiffel Tower ✓
• Walk the stairs of the Eiffel Tower ✓
• Get a kiss on the top of the Eiffel Tower ✓
• Take in the view from the top of Notre Dame Cathedral ✓
• Roam the lavender fields in France
• See the Mona Lisa ✓
• Tour the Catacombs ✓
• Climb the spiral stairs to the top of the Arc de Triomphe ✓
• Dinner and a show at Moulin Rouge ✓
• See Van Gogh’s Starry Night in Musee D’orsay

The Netherlands

• See a windmill ✓
• Visit Anne Frank House
• Go cycling in Amsterdam
• Visit the Van Gogh Museum ✓
• Go to the avocado café ✓
• See the iAmsterdam sign ✓
• Try spacecakes in the redlight district ✓
• Go on a canal cruise ✓
• Visit Edam ✓

Croatia

• Sail the islands of Croatia ✓
• Visit Plitvice Lakes National Park ✓
• Visit Dubrovnik – King’s Landing!  ✓
• Visit Korcula ✓
• Visit Rovinj

Russia

• Visit Siberia
• Visit Saint Basil’s Cathedral
• See the Valley of Geysers

Greece

• Visit the Slammer Bar for a Slammer Shot in Ios ✓
• Explore Anti-Paros by boat ✓
• See the famous Oia Sunset in Santorini ✓
• Walk the picturesque streets of Mykonos ✓
• See the Mykonos Windmills ✓
• Swim in a infinity pool overlooking Santorini’s Caldera ✓
• Learn a traditional Greek dance ✓
• Go bar hopping in Ios ✓

Switzerland

• Visit Lucerne ✓
• Cruise down Lake Lucerne ✓
• See the Lion Memorial in Lucerne ✓
• Take in the views from the top of Mount Rigi ✓
• Take the cliché topless shot when friends on top of Mount Rigi ✓
• Drive through Klausen Pass ✓

Czech Republic

• Visit Prague ✓
• Take in the views from Prague’s Astronomical Clock Tower ✓
• Walk Charles Bridge in Prague ✓

Africa

• GO ON A SAFARI
• See Victoria Falls
• See the wildebeest migration
• Trek to see mountain gorillas in Uganda
• See Lemurs in Madagascar
• Visit the Avenue of the Baobabs in Madagascar

South Africa

• Visit Tsitsikamma National Park
• Spend a night in Kruger National Park
• Abseil and climb Table Mountain, Cape Town
• Go cage diving with Great White Sharks
• Visit the Cape of Good Hope

Tanzania

• Climb Mt Kilimanjaro and watch the sun rise

The Middle East

• Float in the Dead Sea

Egypt

• See the pyramids and sphinx
• Take a boat down the Nile
• Explore the museums

Israel

• Visit Bethlehem

United Arab Emirates

• Visit Abu Dhabi
• Visit Emirates Palace

North America

• Visit all 50 states
• See Niagara Falls from both sides (US and Canada)
• Go to a Rodeo

Canada

• Walk Lions Gate Bridge
• Go mountain biking in Whistler ✓
• Do an adventure ropes course in Whistler  ✓
• Go ziplining in Whistler ✓
• Catch the Rocky Mountaineer train line ✓
• Stay at Free Spirit Spheres on Vancouver Island
• Kayak down the Yukon River ✓
• See Lake Louise, AB ✓
• Go on an iceberg quest in Newfoundland
• See a wild Salon taking part in the salmon run, Whitehorse ✓
• Go hiking around Lake Louise, AB ✓
• See Moraine Lake, AB ✓

America

• Do a roadtrip across America
• Spend New Years Eve in Times Square, NYC
• Climb the Statue of Liberty, NYC
• Drive down the Enchanted Highway in North Dakota ✓
• Visit the Empire State Building, NYC ✓
• Visit Central Park, NYC ✓
• Do a TV/Movie Site Tour in NYC ✓
• See a Baseball Game ✓
• Walk the Highline, NYC ✓
• Visit Times Square, NYC ✓
• Attend Burning Man in Nevada
• SEE the Grand Canyon
• Hike the Grand Canyon in Arizona
• See the Space Needle in Seattle
• See the White House in Washington DC ✓
• See Pearl Harbour in Hawaii and learn the history
• Surf in Hawaii
• Go on a hike in Hawaii
• Step out on the ledge at Skydeck Chicago ✓
• Visit a Jazz festival New Orleans
• See Mount Rushmore
• Visit Cloud Gate, Chicago ✓
• Visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND ✓
• See the Badlands, ND ✓
• Visit Disneyland California ✓
• See a Broadway musical, NYC
• Drive Route 66
• See Horseshoe Bend in Arizona
• See The Painted Hills in Oregon
• Visit Battery Spencer at photograph the Golden Gate Bridge
• Walk the Golden Gate Bridge ✓
• Visit Walt Disney World, Florida
• Visit Magic Kingdom, Florida
• Visit Florida Keys and Ocean Highway
• Visit the Everglades, Florida
• Visit Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Florida
• Visit Wizarding World, Florida
• Visit Universal Studios, Florida
• Visit Salt Lake City, Utah
• Visit South Beach, Florida
• Walk the Walk of Fame, CA ✓
• See the Hollywood sign, CA ✓
• Visit Universal Studios Hollywood, CA ✓
• Visit Yellowstone National Park
• Get a behind-the-scenes tour of the White House
• Drive the Pacific Coast Highway through California
• Swim with manatees in Florida
• See the Lincoln Memorial ✓
• See the Jefferson Memorial ✓
• See the National Mall, Washington ✓
• See the Pentagon ✓
• Visit Yosemite National Park
• See someone famous in California ✓
• Take a Jurassic Park tour in Hawaii

Mexico

• Go on Spring Break in Cancun
• Visit Chichen Itza
• Visit Acapulco
• Visit Los Cabos

South America

• Visit the Amazon Jungle
• Take a river cruise in the Amazon

Brazil

• Celebrate Carnivale in Rio de Janeiro
• Take a tour of the favelas (slums)
• Visit Tijuca National Park
• Visit Sugarloaf Mountain
• Visit Copocabana
• Visit Christ the Redeemer

Peru

• Hike the Inca Trail from Cuzco to Machu Picchu
• Hike Colca Canyon (deepest canyon in the world) in Cuzco

Chile

• See the statues on Easter Island
• See Patagonia

Antarctica

• Step foot on Antarctica

Other;

Animals

• See a Giant Panda (Singapore) ✓
• See a Raccoon (North Dakota) ✓
• Touch a Seal (Taronga Zoo) ✓
• Feed a Giraffe (Taronga Zoo) ✓
• Swim with Whale Sharks (The Philippines) ✓
• See a Thorny Dragon (Kings Canyon, NT) ✓
• See the Crabs at Christmas Island
• See a Rhinoceros Beetle
• See a Wolverine (North Dakota) ✓
• See a Slender Loris (Thailand) ✓
• See wild Crocodiles (Darwin) ✓
• See a wild shark (Fiji) ✓
• Go to an Orangutan Sanctuary (Malaysia) ✓
• See a wild Polar Bear
• See a Whale jump out of the water
• Go on an African Safari
• See a wild Bear
• See a Grizzly Bear that look intimidating in size (Japan) ✓
• See a Zebra Galloping (Taronga Zoo) ✓
• See a wild Elephant Seal
• See a Narwhal
• See a Saiga Antelope
• See a Bush Viper
• See a Piranha (Singapore) ✓
• See a pod of wild Dolphins (Sydney) ✓
• Swim with Dolphins (Akaroa, NZ/Coffs Harbour, NSW) ✓
• See every remaining species of Rhino before they go extinct
• See a Leopard Seal (Taronga Zoo) ✓
• See an Armadillo (Japan) ✓
• See a Sperm Whale
• Visit a Turtle Rehabilitation Sanctuary (Malaysia) ✓
• See a Mustang (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota) ✓
• See a Walrus ✓
• See a Manta Ray (Hong Kong) ✓
• See a Bison (MY FAVOURITE ANIMAL! Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota) ✓
• Swim with Manta Rays (Raja Ampat, Indonesia) ✓
• See Prairie Dogs (North Dakota) ✓
• See a Basking Fish (Singapore) ✓
• See a See Dragon (Sydney) ✓
• See a Hedgehog (Japan) ✓
• See a Pink Fairy Armadillo
• See a Dumbo Octopus
• See a wild Platypus (Jenolan Caves, NSW) ✓
• See an Indian Rhinoceros (Singapore) ✓
• See a Kiwi (New Zealand) ✓
• See an American Beaver (Singapore) ✓
• See a Yak (North Dakota) ✓
• See a Hyena (Singapore) ✓
• See a Hippopotamus (Singapore) ✓
• See a Rhino (Singapore) ✓
• Feed a Bear ✓
• Feed a Tiger ✓
• Swim with Crocodiles (Darwin, NT) ✓
• See Tigers up close (Phuket, Thailand) ✓
• Ride a Camel (Newcastle, NSW) ✓
• Wrap a snake around my shoulders (Reptile Zoo, NSW) ✓
• Meet Steve Irwin on a VIP Crocodile feed ✓
• Milk a cow ✓
• Ride a horse ✓
• Go cage diving with Great White Sharks (my biggest fear)
• Get pulled by sled-dogs
• Help protect an endangered species
• See a Killer Whale in the wild
• See a wild Moose

Events

• Go to the Olympics
• Go to Banff Mountain Film Festival ✓
• Go to Radical Reels ✓
• Go running with the bulls
• Go to La Tomatina

Sports

• Go sky diving (Wollongong, NSW) ✓
• Do indoor skydiving (Penrith, NSW) ✓
• Go hang gliding
• Go paragliding (Fiji) ✓
• Go mountain biking (Whistler, Canada) ✓
• Go ziplining ✓
• Do a high ropes course (my fave is in Nowra, NSW) ✓
• Go on a giant swing ✓
• Go quad biking (Malaysia) ✓

Eating

• Eat something from the particular cuisine from every country I visit
  • Australia ✓
  • Malaysia ✓
  • Vietnam ✓
  • Singapore ✓
  • France ✓
  • Thailand ✓
  • Japanese ✓
  • Italy ✓
  • Switzerland ✓
  • The Netherlands ✓
  • Germany ✓
  • Scotland ✓
  • Greece ✓
  • Croatia ✓
  • The Philippines  ✓

Inspired by,

• Bitten by the Travel Bug (here)
• A Dangerous Business Travel Blog (here)