Lisy Writes

I have been planning and putting notes down for this post ever since I had known that we were moving to Australia. And finally with the New Year upon us I have had another push to finish it. Although writing bucket lists is a trendy and fun thing to do, I had another reason for this one. When you start a new chapter of your life on a new land, far away from most of your family and friends, you realize how much well defined goals can help you to stay on track and to concentrate on all the good things that are ahead of you. Travelling and discovering new places has always played a special role in my life – for a long time it was the long awaited holidays with my family, followed by student backpacking trips, then an activity that I started doing as part of my job. Today travelling is a bit both, fun and work combined in a unique way, and for every minute of it I am so grateful.

The below list is a reminder to dream widely, to work hard, to plan ahead and to stay curious everyday! I am not sure for how long will it take to accomplish all of this list, especially that I am sure that I will keep on adding things to it, but I would be super happy and content if I could make just 8 of them happen this year. Whenever I reach a goal, or shall I call it a dream, I will cross it out and write about the experience on the blog, which means that this list will eventually become pink with all the links. I have also listed things which were on my list before moving here and which I have already done since we arrived. As well as few things, which are linked directly more to living in Australia, which for me falls under the label of travelling. Also you might notice that sometimes I am shooting for the stars, but you can never know, one day you might just reach them J So here comes …

My travel bucket list for Australia

1. Celebrating New Year in Sydney
2. Visiting the Pink Lake in Western Australia
3. Snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef
4. Climbing the Story Bridge
5. Camping on Fraser Island
6. Driving on the Great Ocean Road
7. Seeing a musical in Melbourne
8. Hug a koala
9. Swimming in the ocean
10. Going to Tasmania
11. Hiking at the Wall of Jerusalem
12. Hot air ballooning somewhere beautiful
13. Going to the Bay of fires
14. Going to Eden
15. Watch a show in the Sydney Opera House
16. Going to a rugby match
17. Having the most summery birthday ever
18. Going on a road trip* (*correction: many road trips!)
19. Having high tea in Melbourne
20. Discovering the Bellinger region
21. Celebrating Australia Day with a picnic on a beach
22. Tasting wine at the Hunter Valley
23. Making my first scrapbook travel journal
24. Walking on a sandy beach, where I do not see the end of it
25. Spending a day at the 12 Apostles
26. Visiting Adelaide
27. Visiting Brisbane
28. Visiting Canberra
29. Visiting Darwin
30. Visiting Hobart
31. Visiting Melbourne
32. Visiting Perth
33. Visiting Sydney
34. After visiting them all picking my favourite city
35. Making my own list of best beaches of Australia
36. Seeing animals in the wild…a wombat
37. …a kangaroo
38. … a platypus
39. … a koala
40. … a dolphin
41. … a penguin
42. Going to Ayers Rock
43. Visiting the Kimberley
44. Going whale watching
45. Going on the Brisbane wheel
46. Visiting the Salamanca market
47. Travelling in a motor home/caravan
48. Making my own list of best favourite spots in Australia
49. Going to the most west / east / south and north points of Australia
50. Getting published in an Australian travel magazine and or travel publication

What places, adventures, dreams and goals are on your travel bucket list?