Since the birth of my first child, I’ve had a basic ‘wish list’ of travel destinations and experiences floating around in my head that I wanted to experience with him. Add in two more children, and that list has somewhat grown in length.
Some major life events motivated me to set out a proper bucket list into written words and actually start ‘ticking off’ the items with my family, while creating some incredible memories together.
Visit a museum ✔
Visit an old gaol ✔ – Alcatraz, Old Dubbo Gaol, Port Arthur
Visit a zoo ✔ – Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Bearizona, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
Explore the underwater world at an aquarium ✔ – California Academy of Sciences, Monterey Bay Aquarium,
Go fossicking ✔ – Lightning Ridge, Chinchilla,
Find a dinosaur fossil
Find our way out of a maze ✔ – Tasmazia
Complete a Park Run
Play mini-golf
Explore a glow worm cave
Attend a professional sporting event
Go zip lining
See fireflies at night
Milk a cow
Ice-skating
See wild dolphins ✔ – Golden Gate Park,
Go whale watching
Go on a cruise
Visit an art gallery
Take a train trip
Visit the snow ✔- Thredbo
Visit the Australian War Memorial ✔
Holiday on a houseboat
Travel on a ferry ✔ – Alcatraz,
Visit every state of Australia – QLD, NSW, NT, ACT , TAS so far!
Stay on a real outback station
Watch a sunset at Uluru
Tackle the Gibb River Road in the Kimberley
Snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef
Go 4WDing on Fraser Island
Get back to nature in Australia’s National Parks – Cania Gorge
Explore Norfolk Island
Road trip around New Zealand in a motorhome
Feel the magic at Disneyland ✔
Visit the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco ✔
Visit 10 USA National Parks – Grand Canyon, Yosemite
Hang out in New York
Get soaked at Niagara Falls
Go island hopping in Hawaii
Cruise the Inside Passage of Alaska
Visit 25 of the 50 USA states – California, Nevada, Arizona,
RV road trip through Canada
Eat sushi in Japan
See the Northern Lights
Go on an African safari
What destinations and experiences are on your family bucket list?
