Over the last few weeks I’ve been cracking on with planning my next RTW trip. I’ve also spent some serious time having a gander through other travel bloggers sites for inspiration on where to go and what to do.

What I’ve suddenly noticed is that I’m missing one key thing in my planning – I haven’t written my ultimate travel dreams down. I haven’t created the bucket list.

My Bucket List

So here it is – my own personal bucket list, some of which I’ve done (including some links to posts about them), some of which I havent’t – but all of which have driven my travels…

1. Skydive – DONE; At Mission Beach in Australia

2. Learn to SCUBA – DONE; On the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns

3. Live in a campervan – DONE; Both hired on the West Coast of Oz and in my own on the East Coast

4. Photograph Teauphoo in Tahiti

5. Teach surfing as a job – DONE; landed my dream job surf coaching in Ecuador

6. Full moon party on Koh Phanghan – DONE; Twice now actually and Haad Rin was epic both times!

7. Elephant trekking

8. Glacier Hiking in NZ - DONE; I heli hiked on Franz Josef Glacier

9. Hot Air balloon ride at sunset

10. Hike the Inca trail – DONE; I hiked it with G Adventures in April 2012

Machu Pichu – Well Worth The Hike!

11. Surf in Australia – DONE; All over, but mainly in the warm water of Byron Bay

12. Mile high club

13. Snorkel with a whale shark – DONE; Although it was SCUBA diving instead on Koh Tao

14. Cage diving with sharks

15. Surf/swim with dolphins – DONE; Surfed with them heaps in Byron and swam with them in Kaikoura, New Zealand

16. Drive Route 66

17. Drink mint tea in Morocco – DONE; numerous times in Tamraght – love the stuff!

18. Relax in a hammock with a coconut cup – DONE; the joys of Montanita in Ecuador

19. Visit Hawaii

20. Watch the Haka - DONE; saw it at the Skyline Gondola in Queenstown

21. Feed a Kangaroo – DONE; in Perth, Australia (and a wild one at that!)

22. Have Xmas on the beach – DONE; at the infamous Bondi Beach

23. Spend New Year in Sydney watching the fireworks – DONE; an awesome day and night out!

24. Surf in every major ocean – I’m getting there, 5 out of 7!

25. Campervan west coast of Europe from Devon to Morocco

26. Explore Indo

27. Island hop in Fiji

28. Couch surf at the houses of my travel buddies

29. Experience and earthquake

30. Do a full RTW trip

31. Immigrate somewhere warm!

32. Visit at least 2 of the 7 wonders of the world

33. Gamble in Vegas

34. Do something incredibly spontaneous and that I’ll probably regret! – DONE; My RTW2012 trip was an incredibly spontaneous change of travel plans, but I don’t regret it at all…yet!

35. Travel with my 2 best mates Kyle and Jimmy

36. Go tubing in Laos – DONE; Tubing is an epic way to get drunk!

Tubing…

37. Get a tailored suit in Thailand

38. Drink tequila in Mexico

39. Gather enough passport stamps to warrant a new one

40. Do a border run

41. Have an epic holiday that doesn’t involve surfing! DONE; My trip to Thailand in late 2011 was amazing and no surfing in sight!

42. Travel alone, with mates and with the girl – DONE; All on my Oz trip!

43. See somewhere on an organised group trip

44. Visit Noosa - DONE – even got to shoot the Noosa Longboard Pro

45. Own a VW T4 and convert it

46. Visit the floating markets in Vietnam

47. Eat some really crazy traditional cuisine – DONE; I’ve eaten some really odd things lately, although this is definitely and ongoing challenge!

48. Surf some remote spots on a surf charter boat - DONE; I was lucky enough to jump on a Bali surf charter in Indo

Sunny Waves Somewhere in Indo…

49. Make enough money from blogging to fund my travels

50. Get a picture of my being barrelled

51. White water raft the Grand Canyon

52. Party at the Rio Carnival

53. Chill with some penguins in Antarctica

54. Visit the gorgeous beaches of Phi Phi Island - DONE; And I have the pictures to prove it!

55. Learn to ski or snowboard

56. Go on Safari in Africa

57. Soak up the scenery of Halong Bay in Vietnam

58. Get a bamboo tattoo in Thailand - DONE; Got a Sak Yant Tattoo in Phi Phi

59. Complete everything on my bucket list – Surely this is the ultimate bucket list item?!

60) Sail in the Galapagos Islands - DONE, and here are some of my top shots!

61) Ski in the Alps – I’ve snowboarded now, skiing is in the pipeline!

Snowboarding in the Alps

62) Gorge on Swiss chocolate – DONE, uggggh I felt sick!

63) Find an island paradise – DONE, Koh Rong in Cambodia was AMAZING!

64) Book a spontaneous trip - DONE, I randomly decided to head to Switzerland!

65) Travel properly with my brother

66) Surf in Raglan, New Zealand – DONE; And I totally fell in love with Raglan

67) Inspire one of my buddies to book a RTW trip – nearly done, she’s planning it now!

68) Travel only on hand luggage for half a year

69) Get in a travel blog press trip

70) Cruise around Halong Bay on a junk boat

71) Surf in Vietnam

72) Learn a new language – nearly done - I failed at Spanish but I’m now trying German!

73) Become a dive master (despite bailing out this year I still want to complete it!)

74) Go paragliding – DONE; Ticked it off paragliding whilst in Interlaken, Switzerland

75) Make a mini surf movie

 76) Take a trip in a helicopter – DONE; I kind of cheated and tied it in with my glacier hike!

Heli Hiking in NZ

77) Force myself to bungee jump (despite being terrified of heights!)

78) Experience a hop on, hop off bus

79) Dive the Liberty Wreck in Bali

80) Road trip the Cali coast

81) Learn to snowboard properly - I did some lessons in Switzerland, but I still have a way to go!

82) Camp in the outback

83) Visit Bocaray Beach, Philipines (I’ve been inspired by Breakaway Backpacker and Never Ending Footsteps and their amazing pictures!)

84) Sell all my stuff and go completely nomadic!

85) Do 12 countries in 12 months

86) White water raft the Grand Canyon

87) Explore Hawaii

88) Visit the Pyramids in Egypt

89) Eat steak and drink wine in Argentina

90) Chill out in Costa Rica

91) Eat a Queenstown Fergburger – DONE; It was freaking epic!

92) Gorilla trekking

93) Get that postcard perfect shot of Whitehaven Beach, Australia – arrrggghhhh 2 attempts have resulted in cloudy days!

…as you can see I’ve still got alot to keep me busy! I’ll keep updating the list as I stumble upon some awesome things to do – and feel free to suggest things I may want to add!

I also highly recommend making one yourself – nothings more motivating than to seeing everything you want to do on paper…expect maybe crossing them off!