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Bucket List – Done!

Last updated August 2025.

The term “bucket list” is used a lot, previously for me it was the “must do” list usually a range of activities or experiences I wanted to do when determining a travel destination. This also includes other life goals like education and financial security.

Sometimes these activities seemed impossible, too costly, too dangerous even but really that is really just a brunch of excuses, if you want something there is almost always a way.  There is still much To Do.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
Chretien Malesherbes

Some of the major bucket list experiences I have undertaken (recent to last order):

  1. Renovate apartment (kitchen and living room – completed May 2025)
  2. Take a Cruise around the Caribbean (Dec 2024 – Jan 2025)
  3. Snorkel in The Galapagos Islands (December 2024)
  4. Visit the Amazon (December 2024)
  5. Visit the Florida Keys (December 2024)
  6. Visit the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia (April – May 2024)
  7. Explore Turkey / Türkiye in particular Gallipoli (May 2023)
  8. Travel on a major multi day rail journey (The Ghan September 2022)
  9. Travel the West Coast of Australia (August 2022)
  10. Be debt free by 2024 – no mortgage (achieved February 2022)
  11. Experience Mt Everest from Base Camp (October 2018)
  12. Attend either Men’s of Women’s Final at Australian Tennis Open (January 2018)
  13. Experience the African Big Five – elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo & rhino (November 2017 – January 2018)
  14. Visit Victoria Falls (December 2017 and January 2018)
  15. Visit Serengeti – the cradle of life (12 December 2017)
  16. See the endangered Mountain Gorillas (2 December 2017)
  17. Fly First Class on International Long Haul Flight (22-23 November 2017)
  18. Visit Angkor Wat, Cambodia (July 2016)
  19. Visit Vietnam and explore Vietnam War history (July 2016)
  20. Explore India (April 2015)
  21. Visit Hiroshima and try to understand what happened (9 May 2015)
  22. Zip-lining – Monteverde, Costa Rica (25 January 2013)
  23. Smoke a Cuban Cigar in Cuba (4 December 2012)
  24. Visit every continent – last one Antarctica (8-18 November 2012)
  25. Sleep under the stars in Antarctica (11 Nov 2012)
  26. Swim in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland (17 October 2012)
  27. Hike the Inca Trial to Machu Picchu  (7-10 January 2010)
  28. Visit the Salt Flats, Bolivia (25 December 2009)
  29. Experience Iguassu Falls (12 December 2009)
  30. See Stonehenge, England (5 July 2009)
  31. Experience Wimbledon Championship Match (25 June 2009)
  32. Climb Mt Sinai, Egypt (19 June 2009)
  33. Sailing down the Nile on a felucca (11 June 2009)
  34. Explore Chinese countryside on a bike (24 August 2006)
  35. Visit to Hobbiton, New Zealand (29 July 2007)
  36. Travel on the Yangtze River (21 August 2006)
  37. Visit the Canadian Rockies (28 July 2006)
  38. Visit Red Square, Moscow (14 July 2006)
  39. Visit the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (12 July 2006)
  40. Go on a tapas crawl, Barcelona (30 June 2006)
  41. Experience the Football (Soccer) World Cup (24 June 2006)
  42. Visit the Colosseum in Rome (13 June 2006)
  43. Ride a Gondola in Venice with a beautiful woman – turned out to be five! (9 June 2006)
  44. Visit St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican (4 June 2006)
  45. Attend a concert in Vienna (23 May 2006)
  46. Visit Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin Wall (13 May 2006)
  47. Visit Anne Frank House, Amsterdam (8 May 2006)
  48. Enjoy hash cookies in Amsterdam (7 May 2006)
  49. Eat Belgium chocolate and waffles in Bruges (4 May 2006)
  50. Visit the Louvre, Paris (3 May 2006)
  51. Visit Versailles, France (25 April 2006)
  52. Climb the Eiffel Tower (25 April 2006)
  53. Bungee jump – Knysna, South Africa (17 April 2006)
  54. Experience the wildlife at Kruger National Park (7 April 2006)
  55. Visit Port Arthur, Tasmania (January 2005)
  56. Climb Cradle Mountain, Tasmania (January 2005)
  57. Complete Great Victorian Bike Ride (October 2004)
  58. Drink Guinness with locals in front of fireplace in Ireland (18 February 2000)
  59. Visit Las Vegas (January 2000 & multiple other times!)
  60. Visit and hike the Grand Canyon (16 January 2000)
  61. Visit Niagara Falls (06 January 2000)
  62. Experience a National Basketball Association match (Boston Jan 2000, New York City Nov 2009, Miami Dec 2024)
  63. Experience New Year’s Eve in New York City (31 December 1999)
  64. Visit the Statue of Liberty (23 December 1999)
  65. Visit the White House (21 December 1999)
  66. See Glow Worms in the Waitomo Caves in New Zealand (14 November 1999)
  67. Watch the sun rise and set at Uluru (June 1988)

More to come!

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