100 Things.
1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band. Um, yep if you count the school band ;-)
4. Visited The Great Barrier Reef.
5. Stood under the stars in the outback, the real outback – think Uluru. Lots of places, including Uluru.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to the Gold Coast’s theme parks – any one, you take your pick. Seaworld and Dreamworld... although in my defence it was in 1986!
8. Climbed a mountain. I reckon Mount Kosciuszko counts.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sung a solo.
11. Bungee jumped, jumped out of plane, been paragliding or hang-gliding, hot air ballooning – you get the idea, you’ve been hundreds of metres about earth in a seemingly flimsy contraption. Para-gliding and hot-air ballooning - bungee-jumping and sky-diving on are on my "Bucket List".
12. Visited Melbourne.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Had a child. Raised a child. Worked with children.
16. Had food poisoning. Who hasn't?
17. Been to the Snowy Mountains. See #8
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Visited the Brett Whitely studio in Surry Hills, Sydney. Although I've seen plenty of his work at other galleries.
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus. Don't recommend it.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Been backpacking.
23. Taken a mental health day.
24. Been buried in sand with just your head and toes sticking out.
25. Held a possum, kangaroo or koala – or any other native Australian animal. All of the above, plus many others.
26. Gone skinny dipping. Er, I was fifteen and was with all girls ;-)
27. Been in a fun run.
28. Been on the Blue Mountain cableway.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Played, or watched, summer cricket.
32. Sailed, kayaked or canoed our beautiful waterways. I assume whitewater rafting counts :-)
33. Seen the Daintree. Sensational.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. Which ones?! Mate, we're from everywhere ;-)
35. Visited an Aboriginal settlement or mission.
36. Learned a new language. French, 20-odd years ago. Now very rusty ;-)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Toured the Sydney Opera House.
39. Tried rock climbing (indoor or outdoor), abseiling or just simple bush walking. Abseiled and bush-walked a lot - rock climbing is not something I aspire to doing however.
40. Visit Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art.
41. Been to the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Given I grew up in Tamworth, this one was hard to avoid unfortunately.
42. Sunbaked at Bondi.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Broome.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance. Yep. Between hospitals whilst heavily in labour (i.e. pushing for over an hour) with child #2 in order to have an emergency c-section. I don't recommend it.
47. Had your portrait painted. Does having my silhouette cut out of paper count?
48. Gone fishing. Blerck. Rather pleasant until I actually caught something and had to deal with it.
49. Seen Tasmania’s old growth forests.
50. Been to the top of Q1, on the Gold Coast.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling. See #4. Awesome.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Driven the Great Ocean Road.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Norfolk Island.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Guide biscuits.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Got flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone jet boating.
66. Visited Port Arthur.
67. Bounced a cheque.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Australian War Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar. Yuck. I also hate oysters.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Federation Square. I haven't been to Melbourne since they built it!
74. Been on the Murray River. On a paddleboat steamer and all.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Travelled, or climbed, over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Climbing it is also on the Bucket List.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Three Sisters at Echo Point, Katoomba.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited St Mary’s Cathedral, in Sydney.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Been to Hermannsburg.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited Parliament House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating. A chicken at my grandparent's; Dad cut it's head off with a tomahawk.
88. Had chickenpox. With a big crater-scar in the middle of my forehead to prove it.
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury. I've avoided it twice so far, so I guess next time I'm out of luck ;-)
91. Met someone famous. Several at functions but none socially, unless you count Sophie Lee, before she was an actress.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Saved a pet.
95. Been to the site of the Eureka Stockade.
96. Swum in The Whitsundays.
97. Been involved in a lawsuit. Involving a car, a horse-and-sulky and laws dating back to the 1800's giving horses right of way, even if they are driven across four-lane roads directly in front of you and you don't have time to stop. My car was written off. And no, I didn't kill the horse. But it did run off with parts of the sulky still attached and ran amok through the nearby golf club carpark, damaging numerous cars, for which I was supposedly responsible. Sigh.
98. Owned a mobile phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
100. Read an entire book in one day.
I guess 72 out of 100 isn't bad ;-)
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